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Forbes
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘Battlefield 6' Players Revolt Over A Lack Of Weapon Locking
Battlefield 6 EA While previews of Battlefield 6 have looked intense and quite good, the game has already stumbled into controversy with its early test, and a major change was just detailed by DICE. Players hate it. Battlefield 6 is putting a spin on the class system in that technically it still has classes, but a major point is that weapons are not locked to specific classes. There are bonuses with each class if you use a specific type of weapon, called a 'signature weapon,' but the issue is that there is a pretty clear lack of identity and the potential to be a jack-of-all-trades one-man-army for each player. Here's what DICE said about classes yesterday: So, rather than locking weapons to classes, the fixed class bonuses are signature weapons, an example being a Recon class that gives increased breath holding, whereas other classes will not have that. But they can all still use sniper rifles. Battlefield 6 EA Other fixed things with classes are Signature Traits, ie. Recon spotting enemies when AD. There are Signature Gadgets, class-specific tools. There are Default Weapon Packages, custom easy loadouts for each class but again, the weapons are not locked. This is not the first time this has happened (Battlefield 2042, for example) but it's something that players mostly dislike, as evidenced by the social media reaction to the breakdown of the new system. There are theories that this new system may actually be in place in order to sell weapon cosmetics. The idea being that if every class preferred by players can use any weapon, you are more likely to buy a skin than if you only have a few weapons you can use. I mean, DICE is not saying that specifically (not that they ever would), but it's what some fans are suggesting. It's also monetization-happy EA we're talking about here. Is this system locked in place? (ha). That depends. The 'labs' post says it welcomes player feedback but this may be a pretty significant rework of the entire class concept that is likely not as easy as it sounds, with balance and gameplay created around it. Though fans don't care, and want it fixed. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
EA thinks it got Battlefield right this time, projecting confidence to investors in advance of a summer reveal: 'When we get it right, Battlefield is a giant franchise and often the biggest shooter in the year'
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. After the unhappy reception for Battlefield 2042, EA went all in on player feedback, methodically addressing complaints and promising that the next Battlefield game will center the opinions of fans from the start, with what EA CEO Andrew Wilson calls "the biggest playtesting initiative in franchise history." Wilson has been talking up Battlefield 6 (or whatever the new game ends up being called) to investors for a while now, and in this week's quarterly address he reported that a "core group" of playtesters have already played thousands of hours of the game. The CEO reiterated his usual talking points during the call: This is the "biggest Battlefield" yet, with "the biggest team behind it" yet, and EA has learned its lesson from Battlefield 2042. "We've always worked closely with the community, but we haven't always worked as closely as we should have," he said during the Q&A portion of the call. "We haven't always really worked to help them understand the things that we're building and for us to understand the things that they really want out of a Battlefield. "We know that when we get it right, Battlefield is a giant franchise and often the biggest shooter in the year. And so this time, we wanted to ensure that, one, our player base and our global community had a better understanding of the things that we were building and how we were building and some of the approaches that we're taking to building, but more importantly, we wanted them to have the ability to feed back on map construction, weapon lineup, progression, all of the things that make Battlefield great at Battlefield scale." Wilson also acknowledged that he would say that everything is going great, but even so, I can't say I'm not curious about what makes this Battlefield so "big." The word probably doesn't refer to map size or player count, since Battlefield 2042's 128-player maps weren't received all that well. It may just mean that they've spent a lot of money on it, which they clearly have. This is the first Battlefield produced with Infinity Ward and Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella in charge of the series, and a bunch of studios are involved aside from series progenitor DICE. Ripple Effect, which made the cool Portal custom servers mode for Battlefield 2042, is "working on a new Battlefield experience." Motive, the studio behind the Dead Space remake and Star Wars: Squadrons, is working on singleplayer. Need for Speed studio Criteorion is working on Battlefield, too, as well as another "Central Tech Team." Fellow PC Gamer Battlefield-liker Morgan Park and I have a running joke about new Battlefield games, which is that the newest Battlefield is always the worst Battlefield ever, but only until the next one comes out, at which point it becomes the best Battlefield ever, and everyone wonders how EA could've been so foolish as to change direction. Will the new Battlefield break the cycle? It's hard to imagine a lot of people going to bat for Battlefield 2042 given how acidic the initial response was, but it is funny to notice Delta Force, a free-to-play shooter that cribs quite a bit from Battlefield 2042, doing brilliantly on Steam today. EA will now open up its Battlefield Labs testing program to even more players as it heads into a summer reveal. So far, a 10 second clip in the Battlefield Labs announcement video is all we've seen of the game, at least officially—you can find supposed leaked footage with a quick search, and, yep, it looks like a Battlefield game. 2025 games: This year's upcoming releasesBest PC games: Our all-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest RPGs: Grand adventuresBest co-op games: Better together Sign in to access your portfolio
Engadget
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Engadget
The next Battlefield game will launch sometime before April 2026
Electronic Arts has confirmed that the next Battlefield game will be revealed this summer, ahead of a launch date some time before April 2026. The news was shared in the company's Q4 and and financial year 2025 results , published this week. EA CEO Andrew Wilson called the latest installment in the long-running first-person shooter series a 'pivotal step in delivering on our next generation of blockbuster entertainment' and recommitted to a previously announced FY26 release window for the currently untitled game. That means it can't launch any later than March 2026, when EA's fiscal year ends. A launch date before April next year would mean the new Battlefield game will get a bit of room to breathe before the recently delayed Grand Theft Auto 6 , which is supposed to arrive on May 26, 2026. Like every other publisher on the planet, EA has likely factored GTA 6 into its own upcoming launch plans for a number of titles. Eurogamer reported earlier this year that Wilson had admitted a willingness to delay games in order to get out of the way of the (unnamed, but heavily implied) competition. The most recent Battlefield game was 2021's Battlefield 2042 , to which EA has steadily added new content. Back in February, EA launched Battlefield Labs , a community testing initiative that allows registered fans to playtest and give feedback on series fundamentals such as combat, destruction, vehicles and map designs. EA also confirmed in an investor call that it currently has no plans to increase the price of its games, following the recent Xbox price hike and Nintendo making the decision to charge a whopping $80 for Mario Kart World on its upcoming Switch 2.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Battlefield 6 Leaks Have Me Very Excited About EA's Upcoming Shooter
The next Battlefield game—referred to unofficially as Battlefield 6—is currently holding an early beta and despite players having to sign an NDA to participate, footage has leaked online. Encouragingly, the reactions are overwhelmingly positive as players seem excited about new features, details, and the return to the modern combat seen in past entries. After the disastrous 2021 launch of Battlefield 2042 and the poor sales of Battlefield V in 2018, the long-running FPS war franchise was in rough shape. Fans weren't sure what to expect next and many wished the series would return to the class-based, modern combat glory days of Battlefield 2, 3, and 4. And that seems to be exactly what's happening, judging by leaked gameplay from the next Battlefield. Last week, EA and Dice launched the game's first playtest as part of Battlefield Labs, an ongoing testing program designed to help the studios working on the sequel get lots of feedback early, hopefully leading to a better, more successful online FPS. The tests are supposed to be closed and players were forced to sign NDAs forbidding them from sharing any gameplay. But then, of course, a ton of players broke those NDAs and posted clips on Reddit, YouTube, and Twitter. Some of these clips show new features and details not seen before in the series, and a result they have gone viral in the Battlefield community. One clip reveals that players will be able to grab downed comrades and drag them behind cover to heal them and get them back in the fight. This is something other military shooters have done and fans have wanted it in Battlefield for some time now. Another popular clip showed a player getting shot by a powerful sniper rifle and being sent flying back. This is new and makes snipers even scarier to face. Players are impressed by the level of destruction seen in some leaks, too. The other thing people seem happy about is less specific and more of just a general vibe from these leaks that seems to indicate that the next Battlefield game, which still has a wide release window of fiscal 2026, is looking a lot like a next-gen evolution of Battlefield 3 and 4. The combat looks more grounded and modern, unlike that in 2042. Even the UI elements and HUD seem ripped out of BF4. And I'm excited to report that classes seem to play very differently from each other, harkening back to the older games in the franchise. There's a lot of excitement around the leaks, which probably explains why EA seems to be looking the other way and not removing them. Some have remained on Reddit for days now, despite bringing in thousands of upvotes, views, and comments. I also wonder if EA understands better than other companies that removing leaked content sometimes just makes it spread further and gain more views as people seek out forbidden knowledge. But to be clear, EA doesn't like people leaking content, at least officially. One developer, replying to leaked footage of someone dragging an injured teammate away from combat, clarified that he is 'not okay' with the leaks. He also warned players that EA plans to deal with them 'accordingly.' So expect these leaks to be Probably. Just, maybe after a few more days of positive press and fan hype, something the Battlefield franchise has been lacking for years now. . For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Battlefield playtest gameplay is leaking all over the internet, and fans seem cautiously but genuinely excited: 'Okay, we might be back'
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Early playtesting of the next Battlefield game is now underway—there hasn't been an official announcement to that effect as far as I know, but we can tell because gameplay footage is flooding the internet. The testing is taking place under the auspices of Battlefield Labs, the initiative announced in February that aims to ensure future Battlefield releases go better than Battlefield 2042, the most recent addition to the series, which did not make an especially good impression among fans. The Battlefield Labs announcement video concluded with a 10-second clip of pre-alpha gameplay showcasing environmental destructibility, and that's central to quite a bit of the leaked gameplay footage as well. Interestingly, Charlie Intel said on X that the playtest is under NDA and that leaked videos "are being taken down immediately by EA," but it's not clear whether that's actually the case. BobNetworkUK_, who posted a compilation of four clips totalling about eight minutes of gameplay, wrote that "it seems EA retracted the takedowns." I don't know whether that's true, but there's no overlooking the fact that these videos are still out there, and not hidden in some secret, dark corner of the internet: Charlie Intel has than five million followers on X, so you can be quite sure EA knows it's sharing these videos. If EA is letting it all slide, it means two things: One, that NDAs are meaningless when developers solicit testing from the general public; and two, that EA has enough confidence in where the next Battlefield game is currently at that it doesn't mind letting the world lay eyes on it. That doesn't mean much at the pre-alpha stage of things, but on the whole I think it's more encouraging than a PR guy screaming "Don't look at it!" while desperately firing takedown orders like Animal Mother charging an enemy sniper. To speculate further, if EA did decide to let the leaked gameplay stand, it may have been encouraged to do so by the reaction to it. There is understandable caution and obligatory negativity here and there, but the overall response to the early build's crumply destruction tech that, from a distance, looks on par with The Finals is very positive. The audio in particular draws a lot of praise, but even though there are some glitches and oddities here and there, the whole thing looks pretty tight for a game that's supposedly still very early in development. 5 minutes gameplay, thoughts? from r/Battlefield Another point of "more excitement than you might expect": The scoreboard is back. First look at victory screen from r/Battlefield (To be fair, Battlefield fans were really mad that EA dropped the traditional scoreboard from BF2042, to the point that they successfully bullied developers into putting it back in.) Electronic Arts has a lot of ground to make up here. Battlefield has always played second fiddle to the Call of Duty series, and BF2042 was a pretty significant misstep in the eyes of many long-time fans of the series: EA put in a lot of effort into turning BF2042 around and largely pulled it off, but it needs the next game in the series to come out very strong if it wants Battlefield to be taken seriously as a modern military contender. These gameplay leaks are a long way from that, but they do at least look like a big step in the right direction. 2025 games: This year's upcoming releasesBest PC games: Our all-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest RPGs: Grand adventuresBest co-op games: Better together
