Battlefield 1 is a
first-person shooter game developed by
DICE and published by
Electronic Arts. It is the tenth installment in the
Battlefield series and the first main entry in the series since
Battlefield 4 in 2013. It was released for
PlayStation 4,
Windows, and
Xbox One in
October 2016. Similar to its predecessors, Battlefield 1 is a
first-person shooter game that emphasizes teamwork. It is set in the
period of World War I, and is inspired by historical events. Players can
make use of World War I weap0ns, including bolt-action rifles,
submachine g0ns, automatic and semi-automatic rifles, artillery,
flamethrowers, and poison gas to combat opponents. Melee combat was
reworked, with DICE introducing new melee weap0ns such as sabres, trench
clubs, and shovels into the game. These melee weap0ns were divided into
three groups: heavy, medium and light. Players can also take control of
various armored vehicles, including light and heavy tanks, armored
trucks, cars, torpedo boats, bi- and tri-plane aircraft, an armored
train, reconnaissance vehicles, a dreadnought and an M-class zeppelin,
as well as ride horses into battle. Destructible environments and weap0n
customization, features present in the previous games, returned in
Battlefield 1 and are more dynamic.