Let's go over some fundamentals. The rule #1 of any closed game testing session is that NDAs come before anything. The second rule is that the speed limit for NDA violation is causality, ie information cannot travel faster than light.
With that in mind, it is unsurprising that Battlefield players managed to get secret information out faster than War Thunder fans share restricted military documents to settle forum arguments.
The big wigs at Battlefield Studios and at Electronic Arts might be angry or disappointed to see this go out so fast, but fans are practically worshipping the leakers.
This excitement is more than justified, as the few minutes of multiplayer gameplay footage are the first to make anyone say "hell yeah" about a Battlefield game in over a decade.
What's In The Battlefield Leaks?
On top of a few screenshots here and there, the bulk of leaks is approximately five minutes of fresh footage. The recording comes from a busy Conquest multiplayer round in the Abbasid map, which clearly represents a large Middle Eastern city.
The direct inspiration for the map is unclear, but some fans believe it to replicate the suburbs of Baghdad, founded during the Abbasid Caliphate by...
