Battlefield 4 stats carry over to next-gen

EA has confirmed that progress made in current-gen versions of Battlefield 4 can be carried over to next-gen.

This means that if players rank up their characters in the Xbox 360 version, the same stats can then be worked on in the Xbox One version.

The same goes with the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 versions.

"All the time and effort you spend building up your Battlefield 4 stats will carry over when you upgrade from the Xbox 360 to Xbox One and from the PlayStation 3 to PlayStation 4," said EA.

"That way, on 29 October, you can get in the game without any worries that you will have to start ranking up all over again when the next generation consoles launch. We got your back."

Of course, players will still have to pay out full price for a next-generation copy of the game.

Yesterday Activision also revealed that big rival Call of Duty: Ghosts would also allow character progression to transfer to next-gen.