EA has provided a first look at its nextBattlefieldgame, along with the new team that’s designing it.Battlefieldhas long since been a major player in the first-person shooter genre, beloved for its strategic gameplay and vehicular combat. However, many players have called for a return to form since thedisastrous launch ofBattlefield 2042. The nextBattlefieldgame - tentatively calledBattlefield 6- apparently aims to deliver on that promise, but fans have next to no information about this upcoming release - that is, until today.
The developers ofBattlefield 6made a spate of massive announcements this past week, introducingnew gameplay, a new studio, and a new community projectin a five-minute deep dive on the officialBattlefieldYouTube account. What caught most fans' eyes were the multiple, short-but-sweet clips ofBattlefield6’s gameplay, showcasing chaotic gunplay, environmental destruction, and thrilling vehicular combat. The introductory trailer also includes a bit of a tour throughBattlefield Studios, a new development team within EA DICE devoted solely to developingBattlefield 6. Finally, it revealsBattlefield Labs, a massive playtesting programcoming soon.
Battlefield Labs, Battlefield Studios & Battlefield Gameplay Footage Revealed
What To Expect From Battlefield 6
The trailer begins withan introduction to Battlefield Studios, DICE’s new development team for theBattlefieldseries. The studio consists ofboth EA veterans with over 20 years of experience working on theBattlefieldfranchise, and a fresh crop of talent from elsewhere in the industry.
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That’s interspersed with footage fromBattlefield 6, which, while pretty standard for the series, is graphically impressive and consistent with a reinvention of the series. World War II-era tanks share the battlefield with modern jets as massive squads rush into battle. A plane smashes into the side of a stone lookout, causing it to splinter, careen, and fall. These clips are very deliberately brief and obfuscating, but the effect is clear: it’s hard to pin down a particular time period in which this game takes place. It might even span multiple, but whatever the case, it’sas beautifully chaotic asBattlefieldhas lookedin a long time.
How Battlefield Labs Works
In one such Discord message,Battlefield’s Community Manager explains that"(almost) everything" will be up for testing during the Labs program, potentially including things like new maps, new modes, new vehicles, new weapons, et cetera. The tests will begin, though, with the basics: combat and environmental destruction, then branch out as the Labs program goes on. Classic modes like Conquest and Breakthrough will be subject to testing, as willBattlefield’s class system. Of course, these tests will be limited, closed, and under non-disclosure agreements, so it may be some time before we hear about their contents publicly.
It’s still very early days forBattlefield 6, which doesn’t have a proper title or a release date as of yet. However, this is an exciting program forBattlefieldfans, and seems to align with many players' wishlists for the next game in the series. We may still not know much about the nextBattlefieldgame, but this is a promising first look.
