Battlefield 6 Boss’ Raw Reflection: “Call of Duty Only Exists Because EA Were Idiots”

Battlefield 6 It has been grabbing the attention of users for several days now, and for good reason. New shooter The war game from Electronic Arts became a real sensation, marking the return of the franchise to victory after the fiasco Battlefield 2042. Moreover, for the first time in a long time he attracted attention Call of Dutyreviving a historic rivalry in the video game industry.

It is in this context Vince Zampellachapter Battlefield 6triggered a kind of reflection. In an interview with GQthe iconic designer and leader did not hesitate to accuse Electronic Arts of the existence Call of Duty. For the distracted: Zampella himself is considered the father Call of Dutywhich gives the comment an even darker tone.

“The only reason why Call of Duty “It exists because EA were idiots.”– said the aforementioned. A phrase that only someone who has your back, track record and experience in the industry can afford to utter, especially when it is done to the detriment of their own superiors.

Although Vince Zampella avoided going into depth with his statement during the interview GQthe reasons for his position are quite clear. Long before Battlefield 6Electronic Arts had another one shooter famous fighter, Medal of Honor: Allied Attack, The main designer of which was Zampella, and this led to an explosion in the popularity of the saga.

However, relations between the parties deteriorated when Electronic Arts decided to continue development. Medal of Honor at your own expense. This meant breaking ties with Zampella and his partners, who had recently founded Endless Chamber. This studio has teamed up with Activision to develop a new first-person shooter with a military setting: Call of Duty.

Vince Zampella Medal of Honor And Call of Dutyto rage for Battlefield 6

From that moment on, the panorama began to change. Call of Duty has become the main benchmark in the segment shooter wars, while EA put its efforts into the saga Battlefield. Yes, ok Medal of Honor continued to exist, the main series was last updated in 2012 with Fighter. True, it was launched in 2020 Higher and furtherbut this delivery was designed for virtual reality headsets.

Vince Zampella remained involved with Call of Duty to Modern Warfare 2since 2009, but abandoned the saga and Infinity Ward due to a conflict with Activision. He later founded Respawn Entertainmentstudio behind fall of the titans And Apex Legendspassed into the hands of EA in 2017. However, his entry into the world Battlefield This only happened in December 2021, after the disaster Battlefield 2042.

Since then, Zampella has not only been at the forefront of improvements Battlefield 2042but also any project related to the franchise. Among his many responsibilities, he was responsible for lead and coordinate development Battlefield 6which involved four studios: DICE, Ripple Effect, Criterion and Motive.

Battlefield 6 enjoys a relentless debut. Although the campaign is short and far from revolutionary, the multiplayer received very positive reviews. On Steam, the game has almost 75% positive ratings based on more than 75,000 user reviews. In addition, he broke records, reaching 747,440 simultaneously on the Valve platform at the time of its release. And throughout the weekend there were endless queues on their servers.