We’re mere days away now from the launch of one of many most-anticipated video games of 2025. Battlefield 6 arrives this Friday to (hopefully) satiate pleasure from longtime collection followers, and anybody who checked out its wildly profitable beta.
And to supply potential consumers some assurance that the sport goes to have a protracted tail, EA has began speaking about what gamers can anticipate within the months following launch.
The sport’s first season was not too long ago revealed to a lot reward from followers, and it arrives fairly rapidly, too, simply 18 days after launch. However there’s much more past that, which Battlefield Studios has formally began teasing.
Within the newest Group Replace, the developer primarily touched on knowledge from the beta, in addition to the varied Battlefield Labs checks held earlier than and since. After over 30 periods and over 92 million hours of beta gameplay, the developer discovered that class choose charges have been assorted and had a wholesome unfold.
Whichever class was extra standard primarily trusted the map, with extra close-quarters maps favouring Help, and maps with longer ranges going in the direction of Recon. Apparently, Open and Closed Weapons playlists had barely any distinction on class choose charges between them.
One other factor that the 2 playlists didn’t have an effect on is kills per hour, although they noticed a small variance in match size, with Closed Weapons playlists having barely greater match durations.
Closed Weapons playlists additionally noticed a 3% greater revive price in Breakthrough, and a couple of% for Conquest, which means gamers caught to their roles whatever the weapons they have been utilizing. By way of time spent in fight, each playlists had about the identical proportion.
Maybe essentially the most unsurprising reveal from the weblog put up, nevertheless, is that almost all gamers picked the weapons they needed in Open Weapon playlists, quite than sticking with their class’ Signature Weapons and benefiting from the bonus that comes with that. Apart from Recon gamers, who favoured sniper rifles no matter playlist.
That stated, the developer revealed that there was no dominant weapon archetype, which is just a little stunning contemplating the flexibility of some over others. Certainly, that’s one factor that may undoubtedly change as the sport evolves at launch and past.
It additionally feels like gamers didn’t see the worth of Open vs Closed Weapons playlists, as “the overwhelming majority of gamers” caught with the previous after making an attempt the latter. That is deceptive, as Closed playlists have been buried deeper within the menus and also you needed to know they a) existed, and b) the place to seek out them.
Regardless, each playlist choices shall be within the launch construct, and Closed Weapons will itself stay a modifier in Portal for customized experiences.
Seeking to the long run, the developer stated that Battlefield 6’s seasons “could have extra content material than ever earlier than in a Battlefield sport,” which is sort of the declare. Extra particulars will apparently be revealed quickly.
Lastly, the put up teased the return of naval warfare, in addition to the Little Chicken helicopter – two highly-requested additions which are unusually lacking from the launch bundle. Platoons, primarily Battlefield’s clans function, was additionally teased.
You’ll be able to try the total weblog put up on the hyperlink on the high for a recap of what the sport’s day one patch goes to alter. The Battlefield 6 pre-load is now accessible throughout all platforms, with the sport to go stay on October 10 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X/S.
