EA promises largest ever post-launch content for Battlefield 6, teases naval combat, and maybe even the return of the Little Bird

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 sequence followers, and anybody who checked out its wildly successful beta.

And to supply potential consumers some assurance that the sport goes to have an extended tail, EA has began speaking about what gamers can count on within the months following launch.

The sport’s first season was lately revealed to a lot reward from followers, and it arrives pretty quickly, too, just 18 days after launch. However there’s much more past that, which Battlefield Studios has formally began teasing.

Within the newest Community Update, the developer primarily touched on information from the beta, in addition to the varied Battlefield Labs assessments held earlier than and since. After over 30 classes and over 92 million hours of beta gameplay, the developer discovered that class decide charges had been diverse and had a wholesome unfold.

Whichever class was extra fashionable basically relied on 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 decide 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 increased match durations.

Closed Weapons playlists additionally noticed a 3% increased revive fee in Breakthrough, and a couple of% for Conquest, which means gamers caught to their roles whatever the weapons they had been utilizing. When it comes to time spent in fight, each playlists had about the identical share.

Maybe essentially the most unsurprising reveal from the weblog put up, nonetheless, 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 mentioned, the developer revealed that there was no dominant weapon archetype, which is a bit 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 had 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 will likely be within the launch construct, and Closed Weapons will itself stay a modifier in Portal for customized experiences.

Trying to the long run, the developer mentioned that Battlefield 6’s seasons “can have extra content material than ever earlier than in a Battlefield recreation,” 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 Chook helicopter – two highly-requested additions which are surprisingly lacking from the launch package deal. Platoons, basically Battlefield’s clans characteristic, was additionally teased.

You’ll be able to take a look at the complete weblog put up on the hyperlink on the prime for a recap of what the sport’s day one patch goes to alter. The Battlefield 6 pre-load is now available across all platforms, with the sport to go stay on October 10 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X/S.