Battlefield 4 is a large-scale military first-person shooter developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts, first released in 2013 for PC and consoles. Its audio design was built around huge multiplayer battles, vehicles and destructible environments, which gave its combat sounds a distinctive cinematic weight. Short clips from the game have since circulated on soundboards and in gaming videos, where creators reuse them to signal warfare, tension or a sudden escalation without needing any dialogue or explanation.