Battlefield 6 (PS5) News Articles
Tuesday18th Nov 2025
News Try Battlefield 6 for Free in One Week Trial, from 25th November
Access to five modes and three maps
EA has confirmed a free trial for Battlefield 6 will go live for one week on 25th November 2025, allowing anyone access to five multiplayer modes and three maps until 2nd December. While the Battle Royale mode Redsec is free-to-play, the main game is a full-priced title. Through the free trial, you could get a...
Wednesday5th Nov 2025
News Battlefield 6 Challenges Made Much Easier Following Community Feedback
Less challenging
If you've been playing Battlefield 6 and feeling frustrated by the challenges, it seems the developers have heard you. In a community post, the game's official accounts have outlined some sweeping changes to in-game challenges, making them easier to attain pretty much across the board. The post says over 90 challenges have been...
News Ghost of Yotei Can't Beat Battlefield 6 as EA's Shooter Dominates PS5 in October
Ninja Gaiden 4 and The Outer Worlds 2 struggle
October saw the release of some very heavy hitters on PS5, and so the PS Store download charts were always going to make for an interesting read. Given that it released right at the start of the month and is a PS5 exclusive with the full weight of Sony's marketing behind it, you would have expected...
Friday24th Oct 2025
News Battlefield 6's Battle Royale Mode Set to Shadow Drop on PS5 Next Week
All the rumours, leaks suggest so
Alongside the first wave of Season 1 content, it's heavily speculated the Battle Royale mode for Battlefield 6 will release on 28th October too, in a shadow drop launch. The mode was teased during the game's big reveal event, but a date was never attached to its release. There have been murmurs for weeks now that...
Wednesday22nd Oct 2025
News Battlefield 6 Gets Even Better on 28th October, New Maps, Modes in Season 1 Update
Say hello to Blackwell Fields
EA has today shared a first look at the sort of content that'll keep you coming back to play Battlefield 6 now that it's out on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Just over two weeks after the release, from 28th October, the game's Season 1 batch of content begins to roll out. The overall roadmap is split into three...
Thursday16th Oct 2025
News Battlefield 6 Demolishes Series Records, Sells Over 7 Million Copies in First Three Days
Explosion sound
As was perhaps expected, Battlefield 6 has been a barnstorming success. Following a huge pre-launch push from publisher EA, the first-person shooter has broken records for the franchise, including the biggest opening weekend in the series' history. Most notably, Battlefield 6 has sold over 7 million copies in its first three days...
Saturday11th Oct 2025
News Battlefield 6 Has a Bunch of Benefits Exclusively for PS Plus Members on PS5
Level up your progress
Sony is all over Battlefield 6 now it no longer has dibs on Call of Duty. And once again, it’s offering incentives for players on its platform. This is a pretty minor one so don’t get too excited just yet, but if you join a party with two or more PS Plus subscribers, you’ll be eligible 5% XP boost. You’ll also get a...
Friday10th Oct 2025
News Battlefield 6 Server Queues Are Absolutely Humongous on Launch Day
Game servers full
Battlefield 6 is out now, and hundreds of thousands of you will be waiting in a queue. Why didn’t we attach a score to the game prior to its release? Because, given the franchise’s track record, we wanted to see how it would handle the laund day load. Social media is awash with reports of the release’s servers reaching...
Wednesday8th Oct 2025
News Now Xbox Owns Call of Duty, Sony's Investing Its Marketing Budget into Battlefield 6 Instead
Let them fight
Prior to Xbox’s acquisition of Activision, Sony would invest ungodly sums of money into Call of Duty’s marketing. This year, it’s decided to put that money behind rival Battlefield 6 instead, and the marketing is beginning to appear all around the world. For example, this billboard spotted in Hollywood shows the key art from...
Tuesday7th Oct 2025
News Battlefield 6 PS5 Physical Copies Break Street Date, Full Game on Disc
But online seemingly required, even for campaign
Twitchy Battlefield 6 players are already beginning to receive their physical PS5 copies of the game ahead of its release later this week, on 10th October. And there’s good news for fans of boxed copies: the full game is included on the disc. Now, this excludes any inevitable day one patches, so...
Wednesday24th Sep 2025
News Battlefield 6 Shares Explosive Look at Single Player in New Trailer, Captured on PS5 Pro
Oorah
With Battlefield 6 launching in just a couple of weeks, EA has released a new trailer, this one focusing on the single player campaign. Check it out below: The trailer shows the game running on PS5 Pro, and it's looking pretty darn good too. The gameplay looks exactly like what we'd expect from a military first-person shooter in 2025, with...
Thursday18th Sep 2025
News Battlefield 6's Lack of Console-Only Crossplay Suddenly a Sticking Point for PS5 Players
A new field of battle
Battlefield 6 is just three (and a bit) weeks from launch, and it feels like the game's been picking up wins for a while. The general consensus is that Battlefield is back, baby. However, a potential sticking point has only just been made apparent: the shooter will not feature console-only crossplay. This news has come as a...
Tuesday9th Sep 2025
News Get Your First Look at Battlefield 6's Single Player Campaign at Tokyo Game Show
Kaboom
Battlefield 6 exploded onto the scene this summer with a huge multiplayer reveal event and a massively popular open beta test, but it'll soon be the single player campaign put in the spotlight. According to the official timetable for Tokyo Game Show 2025, publisher EA is planning a Single Player Live Showcase, which will be broadcast on 26th...
Monday18th Aug 2025
News Earn 30 Battlefield 6 Items for Free in New Battlefield 2042 Event
The road to Battlefield 6 begins
EA is offering you the chance to earn more than 20 Battlefield 6 items ahead of release, as the anticipated PS5 game's open beta comes to an end. As part of a new Battlefield 2042 event called the Road to Battlefield 6, a free Battle Pass provides bonuses for launch in October. The event begins today and will be...
Tuesday12th Aug 2025
News EA's Stock Reaches a Record High on the Back of Explosive Battlefield 6 Open Beta
Respawn
EA is riding high right now after an explosive Battlefield 6 beta which looks like it’s going to be one of the biggest games of the year. The publisher, which recently suffered some difficult times due to lower than expected sales of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and EA Spo
Sunday10th Aug 2025
News Battlefield 6's Open Beta Has Completely Blown Up
Tops Call of Duty's highest ever player peak
Battlefield 6’s open beta has blown up. On Steam, the only platform we get public player numbers, the test’s attracted a peak concurrent of 521k players at the time of writing, making it one of the top three titles on the platform. Now obviously the beta’s free to download, which can help, but not...
Friday8th Aug 2025
News Battlefield 6 Open Beta Rewards You for Playing on PS5 with Exclusive Skin
For use in the full game
There's a lot of buzz around Battlefield 6 right now, in part thanks to a beta test that's going on right now. It's opening up to all players starting tomorrow, 9th August, and it offers a neat little incentive for playing on PS5. If you play the Battlefield 6 open beta at all on PS5, you'll earn yourself the 'Advance...
Thursday7th Aug 2025
News Call of Duty 'Too Big to Fail' as Activision Braces for Massive Battlefield 6 Hype
This means war
We don't know if you've noticed, but there's a lot of buzz around Battlefield 6 right now — although Call of Duty publisher Activision apparently isn't worried. Hyped as a grand return to what made Battlefield... well, Battlefield, the military shooter is racking up serious support from those who have grown weary of the...
Wednesday6th Aug 2025
News Battlefield 6 Will Bring Back Classic Maps Based on Community Feedback
War never changes
It's more good news for Battlefield fans, as the upcoming new game will reintroduce old favourite maps in post-launch updates. Battlefield 6, launching on PS5 on 10th October 2025, will have nine maps to begin with, one of which is a remake of Battlefield 3's Operation Firestorm. However, that won't be the end of the title's...
Tuesday5th Aug 2025
News Battlefield 6 Has Taken 'Huge Inspiration' from the Best Game in the Series
Good company
After its full reveal and an influx of super-positive impressions from the media, Battlefield 6 seems to be in a very strong position, apparently bringing the series back to its former glory. Given which previous Battlefield title was a "huge inspiration", we can certainly see why 6's reception has been so good. Speaking in an...
Monday4th Aug 2025
News Battlefield 6 Will Hit 60fps in Performance Mode on PS5, and Even Higher on PS5 Pro
Smooth operator
We recently got a huge blowout of information and gameplay footage relating to Battlefield 6, and new details are still coming through — including how the first-person shooter will perform on consoles. In an interview with YouTube channel Tech & Co, Florian Le Bihan, principal game designer at DICE, confirms that the team will...
Friday1st Aug 2025
Aiming for "gritty realism" in Battlefield 6
It doesn't sound like Battlefield 6 will offer its player base the chance to dress up as Sabrina Carpenter or Darth Vader a few months after launch, as lead developers within Battlefield Studios are committing to a "gritty realism" aesthetic across the whole experience. Throughout today's reveal event,...
Thursday31st Jul 2025
News Battlefield 6 Out on PS5 This October, Tons of Gameplay Revealed in Grand Presentation
Multiplayer unveiling goes hard
EA has confirmed as part of its big reveal event that Battlefield 6 will launch for PS5 on 10th October 2025, and you can catch the explosive multiplayer trailer above. An open beta is being held for the FPS game in the coming weeks, with the two main weekends of availability being 9th-10th August and 14th-17th...
News Battlefield 6 Trailer Leaks All Point to October PS5 Release
To the sound of Limp Bizkit
Clips taken from what seems to be tomorrow's Battlefield 6 multiplayer trailer are doing the rounds online. To the sound of Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit, they all but confirm the leaked PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC release date of 10th October 2025 is real. Here's one clip below: EA plans to properly reveal the...
Wednesday30th Jul 2025
News 'We're Really Building It Out as a Platform': EA Going 'All In' on Battlefield 6
Full reveal imminent
It seems as though Battlefield 6 is an enormous project for publisher EA, as it describes it as more of a platform than a singular game. Responding to a question about the title's marketing push during an earnings call, CEO Andrew Wilson talks up the company's big push behind the upcoming FPS, saying it's "investing more behind...
Monday28th Jul 2025
News PS5's Battle Royale Craze Appears to Continue in Battlefield 6
What looks like a Battle Royale map leaks
Are you really an online multiplayer shooter in 2025 if you don't ship with a Battle Royale mode? That is the mantra most FPS titles subscribe to nowadays, and it seems Battlefield 6 will also ship with one. The upcoming PS5 title will receive its multiplayer unveiling later this week on 31st July, but one...
Thursday24th Jul 2025
News Battlefield 6 PS5 Reveal Trailer Sets Up Modern-Day Setting, More on 31st July
Single player campaign confirmed
EA DICE has today shared the debut reveal trailer for Battlefield 6, which confirms a modern-day setting, a multiplayer reveal on 31st July... and that's about it. Compared to past Battlefield game reveals, it's quite the step down. Check the trailer out above. "Lock & load for the ultimate all-out warfare...
Wednesday23rd Jul 2025
Rumour Battlefield 6 Out in October for PS5, Competes with Call of Duty
Reportedly priced at £70 / $70
The debut reveal trailer for Battlefield 6 will go live tomorrow, 24th July, but reliable leaker Billbil-Kun already appears to have many of the important release details. According to them, Battlefield 6 releases for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on 10th October 2025, meaning it'll compete directly with Call of Duty:...
Tuesday22nd Jul 2025
News Battlefield 6 Officially Confirmed, Reveal Trailer on Thursday
"The ultimate all-out warfare experience"
EA DICE has officially announced Battlefield 6, and you'll get your first glimpse of the FPS in a reveal trailer debuting this Thursday, 24th July 2025. The YouTube premier for the trailer is live now and carries the marketing slogan: "Prepare for the ultimate all-out warfare experience in Battlefield 6."...
