One of the nice perks of EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (which includes EA Play) are 10-hour trials for new releases from EA. It's a good way to try a game before dropping money on buying it. But the free trials are not available for every EA game, including the just-launched Battlefield 6. The game launched today, October 10, and has no free trial, a spokesperson for EA confirmed to GameSpot.
Once Battlefield 6 players start digging into user-created Portal content, they'll find that someone already made a familiar map from Battlefield's biggest competitor. As Portal tools were already available a day before the release of Battlefield 6 itself, creator DANNYonPC took it upon himself to recreate Call of Duty's Shipment map using the Portal editor. In a YouTube video, the creator specified that this version of Shipment is based on the iteration seen in the 2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot,
As reported by Eurogamer, a Rendezook dog tag cosmetic is now given to players who successfully jump out of their jet, use a well-placed shot from a bazooka to take out an enemy jet, and then safely return to the jet. It would be an impossible stunt to pull off in real life, but a player who goes by Stun_Gravy discovered it was possible in Battlefield 3 and shared a video to prove it.
The Battlefield 6 release date has finally come around, promising one of the most engaging FPS games experiences in recent memory. With so much hype around the title, it wouldn't be surprising to stumble upon connectivity issues, or long queue times. Whether it's a problem with the game's servers or something to do with your hardware can be difficult to determine, we've got all you need to know about the current Battlefield 6 server status.
Analyst Rhys Elliott of Aliena Analytics said in his newsletter that the game reached 1.8 million pre-sales on Steam alone prior to launch, which works out to more than $100 million in revenue. Right now, Battlefield 6 ranks as the No. 1 best-selling game on Steam in the US and globally. "All signs, at least pre-launch, suggest Battlefield is back in the fight. Our estimates reflect a perfect storm of pent-up demand after years of missteps and a huge potential comeback narrative," he said.
EA executive Rebecka Coutaz, who serves as VP general manager at Criterion and Dice, two of the four studios involved in the development of Battlefield 6, told BBC Newsbeat that there was no GenAI-created content within the final game. Coutaz said that generative AI had been utilised in preparatory stages to allow developers "more time and more space to be creative".
At its best, Battlefield 6 is everything you could ask for from a Battlefield game. Intense, close-quarters firefights transition into long-range skirmishes as control points change hands and the action moves from the tight confines of half-destroyed buildings to open stretches of land. As fighter jets and helicopters swoop overhead, a medic pulls out a defibrillator and rushes into a hail of bullets to revive a squadmate who was just blown up trying to destroy a tank with a handful of C4.
It's a matter of days now before Battlefield 6 comes out, so EA is celebrating with not just a launch trailer, but a "launch hype trailer." The new video for the FPS features all sorts of explosions, demolition, crashing helicopters, and even a soldier wielding a sledgehammer for a deadly attack. Seen below, the Battlefield 6 launch trailer is all about showing off large-scale warfare. We see buildings getting blown up, aerial combat, and tanks rolling around.
Reportedly funded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, the Valley of Memory DLC is a free major update for the 2023 game that takes Basim to the AlUla region in search of his long-lost father. It includes a new skill, tool customization, difficulty levels, and replaybale missions and challenges. The most important change to me, however, is the addition of a manual jump to add more depth to the parkour. The stealth action series hasn't had a dedicated jump button since Unity as movement became more streamlined and automated. Hopefully, the experiment pays dividends in Valley of Memory and paves the way for more complex parkour in the next big Assassin's Creed sequel.
After over 30 sessions and over 92 million hours of beta gameplay, the developer found that class pick rates were varied and had a healthy spread. Whichever class was more popular essentially depended on the map, with more close-quarters maps favouring Support, and maps with longer ranges going towards Recon. Interestingly, Open and Closed Weapons playlists had barely any difference on class pick rates between them.
Exophase has shared all 53 of the Xbox Achievements in Battlefield 6, which will show up as Trophies on PlayStation 5. On Xbox, the Achievements account for 1,185 Gamerscore points. There are 11 secret tasks, including awards for playing 74 matches in any version of Battle Royale or winning seven matches in Battle Royale: Duos. Some of the awards appear to have random numbers chosen for their goals, including stunning enemies 316 times or reviving teammates 1988 times.
October 28: Rogue Ops This first phase adds the Blackwell Fields map, along with a new mode called Strikepoint and a new vehicle called Traverser Mark 2. It also adds new guns, including the SOR-300SC carbine, the GGH-22 sidearm, the Mini Scout sniper rifle, and the Rail Cover and LPVO attachments. November 18: California Resistance The second phase of Season 1 adds a new map, Eastwood, along with a limited-time mode called Sabotage.
As confirmed previously, there is no early access for Battlefield 6, so the game will launch at the same time for everyone on October 10. The global rollout begins at 8 AM PT on October 10, which works out to 11 AM ET and 4 PM BST. You can see more global launch times below, as posted by Battlefield Bulletin. GameSpot has contacted EA in an attempt to confirm these times and get more information.
Battlefield 6 players have made it pretty clear that they don't want the game to follow in the footsteps of Call of Duty with its celebrity operators and cartoon-like skins featuring Beavis and Butt-head. Now, EA and Battlefield Studios appear to be poking fun at Call of Duty with a live-action Battlefield 6 trailer that introduces some celebrities soldiers before ruthlessly dispatching them.
When DICE revealed Battlefield Portal in 2021, it seemed like the end-all-be-all of the series' multiplayer mode. As it was pitched, this mode would let players customize their experience down to the finest details. They could recreate the feel, loadouts, vehicles, maps, and limitations of past Battlefield games spanning any era. The Portal would also let players create brand new rule sets that are as wacky or as hardcore a Battlefield experience as they craved.
Battlefield 6 is one of the rare triple-A games whose developers were happy to let the public - some of them, at least - play the game well ahead of its release. This wasn't as part of a beta/demo three weeks from launch; it was a conscious effort to get the community involved months in advance, and give the developers enough time to actually iterate and implement whatever feedback they felt would help make a better game.
The Fidelity mode emphasizes resolution, while Performance targets frame rate. Fidelity mode on Xbox Series X reaches a maximum resolution of 1440p and targets 60fps, while PS5's Fidelity mode cranks up to 1440p and 60fps. Performance mode on Xbox Series X reaches a maximum resolution of 1280p but targets 80fps, and the same values hold for PS5's Performance mode. The PS5 Pro, meanwhile, ratchets things up to 2160p/60fps for Fidelity mode and 1620p/80fps for Performance mode.
A spokesperson for EA confirmed the finer details about how cross-play works on console, and that is that when it's toggled on, the game will prioritize console-only cross-play, but not guarantee it. Players can select Cross-play Off to only play against people on their platform. On PC, cross-play is on by default and cannot be turned off. Here are the two settings and their descriptions, as written by EA:
It's no secret that Xbox Series S isn't as powerful as Xbox Series X and PS5. As such, that created a challenge for EA and Battlefield Studios in bringing Battlefield 6 to Microsoft's console. But, at the same time, technical director Christian Buhl noted supporting Xbox Series S wasn't much different than focusing on different performance targets across PC builds.
"That was because we wanted to focus on performance," Buhl said. "We wanted to make sure that all of our effort was focused on making the game as [optimized] as possible for the default settings and default users."
Roughly 9-minutes of new footage of Battlefield 6 recently leaked showing off more of its battle royale mode. The map looks massive and the gameplay shows swimming and shooting while in the water. There's also a dual-purpose ladder gizmo and smashing through a concrete wall with a sledgehammer. "Can't wait to play 1 single round of this then go back to the real Battlefield and never touch it again," wrote on fan on Reddit.
The Battlefield 6 testing program, Battlefield Labs, is ramping back up this week following the end of the game's popular open beta earlier this month. A leaked document reveals that the next Battlefield Labs test will begin on Friday, August 29, across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. There is no word yet on what content might be in the next Labs test, however.
Battlefield 6's open beta didn't top all of the charts last week, but it did take No. 1 on Steam before landing at No. 4 on both the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. Circana senior director Mat Piscatella has shared charts tracking player engagement during the week ending on August 16, and Battlefield 6 was dominant on Steam in North America, Canada, and Mexico.
