Battlefield: Earth

Battlefield Earth is a 1 person shooter video game developed by EA DICE and published by Electronic Arts. It is an installment of the Battlefield series and the 1 to include science fiction elements and have a Teen rating. It also takes inspiration from the L Ron Hubbard novel, Battlefield Earth, and it negatively reviewed Film Adaptation. It will be released on Play Station 4 and Xbox 1, with the versions released on Play Station 5 and Xbox Series X released with the subtitle, Ultimate Edition.

Gameplay
The game plays the same as other games in the franchise, with the player shooting and fighting enemies to complete objectives with new elements consisting of laser weapons and knives based on the lightsabers from the Star Wars films. The enemies in the game are robots, Battle Drones, and other machines before facing off against the villain. In the space battle, the player will pilot a space resistant suit and destroy the pods, a 1 in the franchise history.

Players can also battle in multiplayer modes including a Battle Royale mode that will be exclusive to the Ultimate Edition.

Loot boxes are available in this game, either for purchase using its in game currency or finding them in random locations throughout the game.

Story
After the events of 1 of the Battlefield games, drones sent by Volte start invading the Earth, forcing the 4 game protagonist, Daniel Recker, to fight his way through the planet and take the battle to space with the help of his partner, a woman who crash landed on Earth and leads a resistance force.

Voice cast

 * James Franco as Daniel Recker, the protagonist of Battlefield 4
 * John Travolta as Volte, a tyrannical overlord from the planet Cyber Psychlo and the game main antagonist. He is based on Terl, another character who Travolta plays, from the film adaptation
 * Cherami Leigh as Nebula, leader of the Soldiers for the Resurgence of Earth and Recker partner who he saves from being experimented by scientists
 * Felicity Jones as member of the villain race
 * Karen Gillan as alien member of the villain race
 * Yuri Lowenthal as villain partner
 * DC Douglas as Bishop, Recker pod who was salvaged from one of the enemy ships, formerly named Exterminator. It role is based on Douglas role as Pod 042 from the game, Nier Automata.
 * Jeremy Renner as lead scientist who experiments on the woman
 * Taika Waititi as member of an alien species who sides with the protagonist and fight against the villain

Additional Resistance Members

 * Brie Larson
 * Cara Delevingne
 * Patrick Seitz
 * Benedict Cumberbatch
 * Josh Brolin
 * Steve Blum

Additional voices
Listed in alphabetical order
 * Hayley Atwell as Astrid, Recker ship.
 * Kira Buckland as Hala, Volte ship.
 * Donna Burke as Vers, Nebula ship.
 * Tom Hardy as soldier and Recker former partner who gets killed in the drone attacks

Reception
The announcement of the game received mixed reviews, with some about the debut of the sci fi elements and most about the game title, which can make fans of the franchise think that it would be based on the commonly known and poorly reviewed film adaptation.