'Battlefield V' Developers Confirm There Will Be No Loot Boxes

Developers of the upcoming first-person shooter video game “Battlefield V” confirmed they are not going to release in-game loot boxes.

The announcement and big reveal of “Battlefield V” is one of the most talked-about events within the gaming community this week. The game’s publisher, Electronic Arts (EA), also unveiled more details about the upcoming game including many people’s concerns about microtransactions and loot boxes.

This is a major change in the franchise and is probably tied to EA’s unflattering experience from the release of “Star Wars Battlefront 2” last year. The video game company faced massive criticisms after gamers learned that many of the contents and playable characters crucial to the “Star Wars Battlefront 2” gameplay were locked in microtransactions.

Learning from that experience, EA confirmed that “Battlefield V’s” microtransactions will only feature cosmetics and that they are abandoning random loot drops. This will give gamers a fair chance of acquiring upgraded gameplay contents that affect their progress in the game.

EA told IGN, “What you can purchase are vanity items directly and through grind and premium currency. You cannot pay for any advantage or power [in Battlefield V]."

EA’s subsidiary and “Battlefield V” developer, DICE, reiterated this major change and said that any changes or upgrades affecting the playable characters’ power can only be acquired through actual gaming. Cosmetics will also not improve the characters’ gameplay performance in any way.

The developer and publisher of “Battlefield V” also deserve credit for rectifying their previous mistakes. They even took it to the next level by announcing that no Premium Pass is going to be sold this time — a notable first for the franchise. All “Battlefield V” players can enjoy post-launch releases of expansions and gameplay maps without paying more money to EA.

“Battlefield V” will be released on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on Friday, Oct. 19. Players with EA and Origin Access accounts as well as those who will purchase the game's deluxe edition can play "Battlefield V" at an earlier schedule on Oct. 11 and Oct. 16, respectively.