EA's president stated the BF4 is officially announced as a upcoming project.

So close on the heels of BF3....seems odd

Anyway, after playing BF3, what do you all want to see in the next iteration?

( article from IGN)
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1212018p1.html

its just confirmed they will make it.  Its not like he said hey BF4 2012, BF5 2013 like some franchises i know  

to be fair, they did this with basically every Battlefield game since 1942... their timeline for a game is about 2-3 YEARS though, so I dont think that it is a bad thing.

SSG.Braxis*BK*

In BF4, I want to be a ninja dual wielding DAO-12s with night vision scopes, dragon's breath rounds, and smoke bombs so I can vanish without a trace when I get into a tight spot!