Battlefield 5 Battle Royale Named Firestorm, Featuring 64 Players

By TJ Denzer ·

It would appear that Battlefield V is gearing up to join the growing number of battle royale games. In a new video, they announced Firestorm as a 64-player, battle royale-style mode.

Battlefield 5 Battle Royale Named Firestorm, Featuring 64 Players

Ever since the Blackout battle royale mode was announced for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, many eyes have turned back to EA and DICE, expecting to see an answering battle royale mode in Battlefield 5. As it turns out, Battlefield 5 will have a battle royale mode. It will be called Firestorm and feature 64-player matches.

The reveal was made in a new video featuring Battlefield 5 game modes, first appearing on the official Battlefield YouTube channel. In its short part of this overall video, Firestorm is explained as a 64-player match featuring 16 teams of 4 players, vying for victory as a circle of fire swirls inwards. You can see the video in its entirety below. The Firestorm segment begins around the 1:06 mark.

Firestorm will reportedly feature all the tools of war and destructible elements you might expect out of Battlefield 5, set in a battle royale setting. Tanks, destructible buildings, and more will be available as teams fight to survive the encroaching, titular firestorm.

The video also goes over the Tides of War, which will be a series of events available across all of Battlefield 5's game modes, assumedly including Firestorm. Taking the place of a season pass, Tides of War will have seasons represented by chapters that play out and introduce new content as they progress. The first chapter at launch will be the Fall of Europe, featuring battles between French and Nazi forces which will feature "daily and weekly content" and "span months" according to the video. Chapter 2 will reportedly take the battle to a new location in Greece.

As the circle approaches in Firestorm, the cover you can find and keep seems like it will be all the more crucial in Battlefield 5's battle royale.
As the circle approaches in Firestorm, the cover you can find and keep seems like it will be all the more crucial in Battlefield 5's battle royale.

How will Battlefield 5's Firestorm battle royale stack up against Black Ops 4's Blackout mode? It remains to be seen, but with the destructibility of the maps pushed to an even greater level, Battlefield 5 is set to offer strategic and tactical opportunities you might not see in other shooters. It will interesting to see if the battle royale applied to the Battlefield formula can stack up properly.

Be sure to check out the details on Black Ops 4's Blackout mode as well, featuring vehicles, players, and an light invasion of Zombie Mode mechanics.