Ex-Battlefield developer who worked on Battlefield 2142 and now Paradox employee, Gordon Van Dyke, has spoken up about the possibility of seeing a sequel to one of DICE's greatest creations, revamped in modern Frostbite Engine glory. He questions whether DICE would 'have the balls' for such a move.

"BF2142 successor on Frostbite Engine would be amazing, but does DICE got the balls to leave the safe haven of a modern war setting?" was his full tweet, he then added that he hoped DICE did indeed have enough balls to buck the trend and go back and revisit this time period. He went on to say that "When I worked on BF2142 we definitely didn't hit the game's full potential, and I think under the right leadership they could now", but he also doubted whether modern DICE staff could manage the task as they "have way too many new people to know where they'd go".

Van Dyke reckons that the EA/DICE relationship may hamper any wishes to create a 2142 sequel, due to the money that DICE are bringing in with Battlefield's current modern setting. Still, maybe DICE could prove Van Dyke wrong.