Introduction

Battlefield Hardline is the Cops v Robbers theme first person shooter that was developed by Visceral and published by EA. This would be Visceral’s first attempt in creating a Battlefield game as they are generally known for the Dead Space series and this would be considered a theme shift considering that Dead Space is known as a third person horror shooter. Although it wasn’t as well received as its predecessor Battlefield 4 which was developed by DICE, EA were still happy with the sales that Battlefield Hardline had. This could be due to the fact that it was leading the sales for video games in March 2015 . The essay will cover the violence that an audience is exposed to when playing violent video games such as the Battlefield franchise and depict whether or not the violence is being presented in a more explicit manner and whether the audience should be concerned. The main topic that will be explored is the moral panics that these games would offer. To enforce this idea “children said 17 years ago “war is shit” . This could highlight the desensitisation that an audience would have towards their exposure to violent content. However, this opinion with children has changed over time as “children enjoying killing”  in the modern day.