Battlefield V Won’t Have Loot Boxes

<p>Many have speculated that <em>Battlefield V<&sol;em> would have loot boxes&period; However&comma; that won&&num;8217&semi;t be the case according to EA&period; Speaking to Kotaku&comma; the publisher confirmed that there won&&num;8217&semi;t be any form of loot boxes&period; The news comes on the heels of the game&&num;8217&semi;s announcement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><em>Battlefield V<&sol;em> Loot Boxes<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;138720" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-138720" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-138720" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;24084237&sol;Battlefield-V-Release-Date-Confirmed1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Battlefield V Release Date Confirmed" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-138720" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Battlefield V &&num;8211&semi; DICE&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Kotaku reached out to EA during their reporting of the game&period; According to the publication&comma; a studio rep simply replied&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;<em>I can confirm that there are no loot boxes&period;<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After the game was announced&comma; many thought that loot boxes would feature prominently&period; This is because of many of the games that EA has released in the past&period; However&comma; the publisher has received a lot of backlash due to their use&period; Because of that&comma; they would have been reluctant to use them&period; Turns out&comma; most of the speculation was wrong&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Season Pass<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The loot box announcement comes on the heel of some major <em>Battlefield V<&sol;em> news&period; First&comma; EA and developer DiCE announced <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;battlefield-v-release-date-confirmed-by-ea&sol;"><em>Battlefield V<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s release date<&sol;a>&period; Then&comma; they confirmed that the game wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t have a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;battlefield-v-wont-have-a-season-pass&sol;">Season Pass<&sol;a>&period; Instead&comma; the game will have a load of free content&period; Speaking about the games upcoming release&comma; Oskar Gabrielson&comma; General Manager of developer DICE&comma; said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>Battlefield V is a homecoming for DICE as a studio—a return to the era that came to define the Battlefield franchise&period;<&sol;em> <em>But as nostalgic as we are about World War 2&comma; we wanted to challenge the preconception of the era with an unexpected portrayal of this familiar setting&period; Our vision with Battlefield V is to let players explore new and untold sides of the conflict that shaped the modern world&period; The scale of each battle and level of immersion is unlike anything we’ve done before in Battlefield and players are in for an epic journey&period;<&sol;em>”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game is set to be released on October 19&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"fb1MR85XFOc" title&equals;"Battlefield 5 Official Reveal Trailer"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;fb1MR85XFOc"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;fb1MR85XFOc&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Battlefield 5 Official Reveal Trailer"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kotaku&period;com&period;au&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;battlefield-5-ww2-first-look&sol;">Kotaku<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;