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Sydney Morning Herald
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Interview with Battlefield 6 developers Alexia Christofi and David Sirland
The next big installment in the Battlefield game series has been unveiled. Nine's Julian Price caught up with developers Alexia Christofi and David Sirland at the Battlefield 6 multiplayer reveal event in Los Angeles.
The Age
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Interview with Battlefield 6 developers Alexia Christofi and David Sirland
The next big installment in the Battlefield game series has been unveiled. Nine's Julian Price caught up with developers Alexia Christofi and David Sirland at the Battlefield 6 multiplayer reveal event in Los Angeles.
Toronto Sun
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
EA shooter 'Battlefield 6' to appear in October
Published Jul 31, 2025 • 3 minute read Electronic Arts showed off 'Battlefield 6' in Paris, in parallel with promo events also held in London and Los Angeles Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP PARIS — Promising vast combat zones and pounding action, team-based first-person shooter 'Battlefield 6' is set for release in October, pitting it against longtime rival 'Call of Duty' for autumn sales dominance. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Publisher Electronic Arts threw events for journalists and influencers in multiple locations around the world to announce the Oct. 10 release date, hoping to stoke renewed hype for a flagging property. 'This is a new start' for the series whose beginnings stretch back to 2002, Damien Kieke, game design director at Swedish studio Dice, told AFP in Paris. Long a beloved mass-combat format that AE says has won over 100 million players in the past two decades, 'Battlefield' inexorably lost ground to 'Call of Duty' over the years. EA has acknowledged that the latest instalment, 2021's 'Battlefield 2042', did not perform as well as hoped at release, without providing sales figures. That puts pressure on the new game to perform, after occupying several hundred developers split across four studios worldwide for four years. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'We needed that firepower to recreate that feeling of total war,' said Roman Campos-Oriola, creative director at Montreal studio Motive, which led work on the single-player campaign mode. 'Believable context' The story follows a near-future conflict in 2027, which sees the United States and allies fighting a tooled-up private army dubbed Pax Armata alongside several European former NATO countries. 'We came up with all this a few years ago, so if there's anything very close to today's reality, it's a coincidence,' Kieken said. 'We wanted a believable context to better immerse players' in the action, he added. But the most addictive side of 'Battlefield' has always been its online multiplayer option, which gives players free reign to fight on foot or in tanks, jets and helicopters across miles-wide maps. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Journalists from more than 30 outlets were invited to try out 'Battlefield 6' in a room packed with PCs in Paris on Thursday, escorted by actors playing soldiers in full war gear. The game offers hyper-realistic graphics to players on PC, Xbox Series and Playstation 5, as well as fully destructible environments that allow for tactics like demolishing structures with rocket launchers. With dozens of players in each match, the games have typically rewarded good communication and strategy as much as mayhem, with teams cooperating to control objectives, eliminate enemies or infiltrate their opponent's home base. The roster of locations available on launch will include the streets of Cairo, Gibraltar and Brooklyn as well as the mountains of Tajikistan. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Developers promise that they will add other game modes and battlefields in the wake of the release. Autumn showdown Where 'Call of Duty' focuses on tighter, smaller skirmishes, Battlefield has always striven to paint on a more epic canvas. It's 'this mix of large-scale battle, vehicles and squad-based gaming' that sets it apart, said Campos-Oriola. Over the years, the series moved away from reproducing famous historical battles — including in the First World War, Second World War and Vietnam War — towards fictional scenarios. EA bosses will be hoping a return to the contemporary world featured in the third and fourth games dating back to the early 2010s will revive flagging sales. The new release will go head-to-head in autumn with 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 7,' one of a long-rolling string of games in the franchise from Activision Blizzard, whose release date has yet to be revealed. While dubbed 'Battlefield 6,' the new EA game is in fact the 10th in the series, which also includes several spin-off titles. Canada Canada Tennis Basketball Wrestling
Engadget
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Engadget
Battlefield 6 gets an October 10 release date
To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. Fall is often first-person shooter season, and looks like this year's release calendar will include the next entry in the Battlefield series. Battlefield 6 is launching on October 10, and will be available to play on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC via Steam, Epic Games and the EA Play app. The previous trailer for the first-person shooter only showed content from the game's single-player campaign. While there have been some solid stories in the Battlefield franchise, the main draw for many fans is the sprawling multiplayer matches, which were the focus of today's new trailer and livestreamed event. The signature Conquest, Rush and Breakthrough modes will return in Battlefield 6 , as well as typical FPS fare such as Team Deathmatch, Squad Deathmatch, Domination and King of the Hill. The new game mode coming this fall is called Escalation, where teams will face off to control and hold several capture points. On the map front, there are new locations in Egypt, Gibraltar, Tajikistan and Brooklyn, plus at least one familiar one: a remake of Operation Firestorm from Battlefield 3. There will be four familiar classes for players to choose from: Assault, Support, Recon and Engineer. Other tweaks showcased in the multiplayer content unveiled today include a new Drag and Revive option, where downed teammates can be lugged to a safer spot before you rez them, and an option for wall-mounting weapons for less recoil. There will also be plenty of opportunities for high-tech environmental destruction between the tanks, rocket launchers, aerial assaults and drone-mounted explosives. Or you can keep it simple and smash stuff with a really big hammer. If you can't wait until October 10 to get into the combat, Battlefield 6 will have two open beta weekends on August 9-10 and August 14-17. It's encouraging for fans to see some solid news about the upcoming game after an investigation by Ars Technica surfaced some concerning problems with its development and with AAA gaming at large.
France 24
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- France 24
EA shooter 'Battlefield 6' to appear in October
Publisher Electronic Arts threw events for journalists and influencers in multiple locations around the world to announce the October 10 release date, hoping to stoke renewed hype for a flagging property. "This is a new start" for the series whose beginnings stretch back to 2002, Damien Kieke, game design director at Swedish studio Dice, told AFP in Paris. Long a beloved mass-combat format that AE says has won over 100 million players in the past two decades, "Battlefield" inexorably lost ground to "Call of Duty" over the years. EA has acknowledged that the latest instalment, 2021's "Battlefield 2042", did not perform as well as hoped at release, without providing sales figures. That puts pressure on the new game to perform, after occupying several hundred developers split across four studios worldwide for four years. "We needed that firepower to recreate that feeling of total war," said Roman Campos-Oriola, creative director at Montreal studio Motive, which led work on the single-player campaign mode. 'Believable context' The story follows a near-future conflict in 2027, which sees the United States and allies fighting a tooled-up private army dubbed Pax Armata alongside several European former NATO countries. "We came up with all this a few years ago, so if there's anything very close to today's reality, it's a coincidence," Kieken said. 'We wanted a believable context to better immerse players' in the action, he added. But the most addictive side of 'Battlefield' has always been its online multiplayer option, which gives players free reign to fight on foot or in tanks, jets and helicopters across miles-wide maps. Journalists from more than 30 outlets were invited to try out 'Battlefield 6' in a room packed with PCs in Paris on Thursday, escorted by actors playing soldiers in full war gear. The game offers hyper-realistic graphics to players on PC, Xbox Series and Playstation 5, as well as fully destructible environments that allow for tactics like demolishing structures with rocket launchers. With dozens of players in each match, the games have typically rewarded good communication and strategy as much as mayhem, with teams cooperating to control objectives, eliminate enemies or infiltrate their opponent's home base. The roster of locations available on launch will include the streets of Cairo, Gibraltar and Brooklyn as well as the mountains of Tajikistan. Developers promise that they will add other game modes and battlefields in the wake of the release. Autumn showdown Where "Call of Duty" focuses on tighter, smaller skirmishes, Battlefield has always striven to paint on a more epic canvas. It's "this mix of large-scale battle, vehicles and squad-based gaming" that sets it apart, said Campos-Oriola. Over the years, the series moved away from reproducing famous historical battles -- including in WWI, WWII and Vietnam -- towards fictional scenarios. EA bosses will be hoping a return to the contemporary world featured in the third and fourth games dating back to the early 2010s will revive flagging sales. The new release will go head-to-head in autumn with "Call of Duty: Black Ops 7", one of a long-rolling string of games in the franchise from Activision Blizzard, whose release date has yet to be revealed. While dubbed "Battlefield 6", the new EA game is in fact the 10th in the series, which also includes several spin-off titles.
