Battlefield 6 has had most playtesting ever as official reveal looms

Following the disastrous motorboat of Battlefield 2042, EA is adopting a antithetic attack to enactment the shooter bid backmost connected the map.

It whitethorn look hard to judge now, but Battlefield was erstwhile considered a superior rival to Call Of Duty, astir eclipsing Activision’s juggernaut shooter successful the aboriginal 2010s.

The past 2 Battlefield games, however, person failed to conscionable EA’s expectations, with some Battlefield 5 and Battlefield 2042 stumbling retired of the gross with rocky launches.

EA has confirmed different Battlefield is connected the way, with promises it’ll follow a back-to-basics approach, but it seems the developers down the task are besides determined to marque it a large deed with players.

According to Insider Gaming, playtests with ‘external players’ for Battlefield 6 are ‘happening overmuch much frequently’ than past instalments, portion the magnitude of information and feedback being collected is ‘the astir the franchise has seen successful its history’.

These tests are said to alteration betwixt tiny feedback sessions and large-scale subordinate tests, successful what is described arsenic a ‘player first’ approach.

As portion of this, it’s claimed EA is readying to bring backmost the Battlefield Community Test Environment aboriginal adjacent year, which was past featured successful 2016’s Battlefield 1. In the Test Environment, players could trial gameplay features connected a abstracted server earlier they were rolled retired arsenic authoritative updates.

In September, EA confirmed a ‘large standard community-driven investigating program’ for Battlefield 6 would statesman successful aboriginal 2025 – truthful this is apt the instrumentality of the trial server.

On the same investor’s day, Battlefield wide manager Byron Beede said the adjacent instalment had undergone ‘nearly daily’ playtesting ‘for good implicit a year’ – truthful it sounds similar the workplace is doing everything it tin to debar different flop.

While it remains to beryllium seen if this caller attack volition enactment Battlefield backmost connected the map, EA is putting a batch of resources down the adjacent entry. Battlefield 6 is being developed by 4 studios successful total; DICE, Motive, Criterion Games, and Ripple Effect.

EA has confirmed Battlefield 6 volition instrumentality to accepted classes and a modern time setting, portion the 128-player matches from Battlefield 2042 look to person been ditched.

Along with a sequel, a ‘new Battlefield experience’ is besides successful improvement astatine Ripple Effect, which is rumoured to beryllium a free-to-play conflict royale to rival Call Of Duty Warzone.

An nonstop merchandise day for Battlefield 6 is yet to beryllium announced, but it is expected to motorboat adjacent year.

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