Battlefield is a popular military first-person shooter video game franchise developed mainly by Swedish company EA DICE and published by Electronic Arts. The series is known for its large-scale online multiplayer battles that emphasize teamwork and combined arms warfare, including infantry, tanks, airplanes, and other vehicles. The first game, Battlefield 1942, was released in 2002 and since then, the franchise has sold over 88 million copies worldwide. Key features include the class system, destructible environments using the Frostbite engine, and the flagship Conquest mode where teams fight for control points on large maps. The series also includes various historical and futuristic settings across its many titles, like Battlefield 2 (modern warfare), Battlefield Vietnam, Battlefield 2142 (sci-fi), and the more recent Battlefield 2042 and Battlefield 6.