Battlefield Hardline was revealed on an EA blog post by Vice

 President and General Manager of Visceral Games, Steve Papoutsis. The game was due for announcement duringE3 2014, but information was leaked early.

 Unlike other games in the Battlefield franchise that feature military warfare, Hardline features a "cops and robbers" gameplay style.

The leaked trailer refers to the game as Omaha. "Visceral started work on Battlefield Hardline about a year before Dead Space 3 shipped," creative director Ian Milham has revealed, suggesting that the game may have entered development in early 2012.