The Near Future
5 Places the Next Battlefield Should Go
The other prominent rumor floating around the internet at the moment is that the new Battlefield game will be Bad Company 3. The last game, Bad Company 2, was released back in 2010 and was a direct sequel to Bad Company. The series takes place in a near future during a second Russo-American war and is known for its massively destructible environments. The games have always been well-received and the IP well-recognized so releasing a sequel or even reboot of the Bad Company series would be a safe bet by EA.
The main issue they would face is in distinguishing it from their more modern shooters Battlefield 3 and 4, both of which took a lot from the Bad Company series. They could go even further into the future but it seems like players are a little fatigued on futuristic shooters at the moment.