EA’s next instalment in the Battlefield series is set to be revealed later this month, as details leak via a surprise care package.
The next Battlefield game looks set to be a pivotal title for EA, as it aims to rejuvenate the series and put it back on the map as a serious rival to Call Of Duty.
While we’ve seen snippets of gameplay, thanks to leaked videos from player tests, EA still hasn’t properly revealed the upcoming sequel – or even confirmed whether it’s actually called Battlefield 6 or not.
It seems we now have a definitive answer on the latter thanks to a trigger happy content creator, who has posted an image of a promotional package sent to them from EA.
In a post on X, streamer DooM49 shared a picture of a briefcase from EA emblazoned with the title ‘Battlefield 6’ – confirming the game’s title. While the post has since been deleted, presumably because they posted it earlier than they should have, screengrabs have been circulated by others online.
The briefcase has several straps tied around it with mentions of ‘Conquest’, ‘Breakthrough’, and ‘Rush’, which are gameplay modes featured in previous titles.
If this package didn’t already imply an announcement from EA was around the corner, a report on Insider Gaming has seemingly outed the game’s official reveal date.
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According to the report, Battlefield 6 will be revealed on Thursday, July 31 with gameplay and developer interviews, after a two-day hands-on event for content creators and media starting on Tuesday, July 29.
Content creators who have been sent a care package will apparently be able to open them up from Thursday, July 24, which will confirm the aforementioned reveal date.
While it’s being billed as the sixth entry, Battlefield 6 is technically the 13th mainline entry in the series following 2021’s Battlefield 2042, which was a financial flop for EA.
Battlefield 6 is being co-developed under a new ‘Battlefield Studios’ umbrella consisting of four studios. DICE, the main developer of previous games in the series, is working on the multiplayer; Criterion is developing the single-player campaign; while Motive is helping to create multiplayer maps and ‘single-player mission content’.
The last studio, Ripple Effect, is working on another project designed to ‘open Battlefield up to a whole group of new players’ – which is expected to be a free-to-player battle royale spin-off to rival Call Of Duty: Warzone.
EA previously confirmed Battlefield 6 will launch sometime before March 2026, so it’s likely we’ll get a release date during the reveal later this month.
There’s potentially more gaming announcements happening in the coming weeks too, with a Nintendo Direct rumoured for some time in July.
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