The next big 'Battlefield' game returns to World War II and makes some major gameplay changes - here's what we know

For the first time in nearly a decade, this year's "Battlefield" game is returning to World War II. 

The game's name: "Battlefield 5".

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That's right - despite the last game in the series being named "Battlefield 1" - the series is returning to a standard numbering convention.

Semantics aside, "Battlefield 5" promises to be the largest "Battlefield" game yet. Here's everything we learned about it in a recent briefing from the folks behind the "Battlefield" series, EA's DICE studios.

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