Battlefield Hardline

Battlefield Hardline
Developer(s)Visceral Games
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Director(s)Ian Milham
Producer(s)
  • Julian Beak
  • Mike Glosecki
  • Cate Latchford
  • Scott Probst
  • David Woldman
Designer(s)
  • Thad Sasser
  • Scott Warner
  • Ben Walker
Programmer(s)
  • Simon Everett
  • Steve Timson
Writer(s)
Composer(s)Paul Leonard-Morgan
SeriesBattlefield
EngineFrostbite 3
Platform(s)
Release
  • NA: March 17, 2015
  • PAL: March 19, 2015
  • UK: March 20, 2015
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Battlefield Hardline is a 2015 first-person shooter game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in March 2015 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. The game is chronologically set between Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4, Hardline focuses on crime, heist and policing elements instead of military warfare. Upon release, the game received a mixed critical reception, with critics praising the game's multiplayer mode, accessibility and voice acting, while criticizing the game's plot, stealth and narrative. It was the final Battlefield game to be released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms and also the last game to be developed by Visceral Games before the company shut down in 2017.