Whoa, let me tell you, EA really rolled out quite the spectacle with Battlefield 6’s multiplayer showcase. It was one of those all-nighters, right? I think they were downright obsessed with the franchise’s core stuff and how those Battlefield Studios peeps are jazzing it up for the new-gen phase.
But here’s the kicker—they yammered on about features, maps, and modes, yet—how do I put this?—a lot of us were itching to see one particular thrill that kinda didn’t show. Or did it? Hmm…
Okay, hold up, it wasn’t totally M.I.A. Just dropped a feature so sneakily, you might’ve blinked and missed it. Yup, that elusive battle royale mode chatter—swirling around the rumor mill—crafted by Ripple Effect, the minds behind Battlefield Portal. Don’t recall seeing it? Yeah, me too, almost missed it myself between gulps of coffee.
Right at the end of the dev chatter, there’s this sudden treat—a teaser clip just before they tossed it to the army of content creators, gearing up to stream Battlefield 6 gameplay like there’s no tomorrow.
Picture this: players hightailing it from some off-screen mayhem, eventually revealed as an advancing wall—a fiery one, at that. And there were vehicles—oh, lots of ‘em—racing desperately. Kinda typical, I suppose.
No direct nod to it being battle royale-ish. No explicit Firestorm callout either. But come on, that looming ring of fire? Screaming some new twist on BF5’s flopped Firestorm thingamajig, right? And hey, if they stick with the Firestorm name, amidst the Operation Firestorm map chaos, wouldn’t that be a riot?
Did they say if it’ll drop with Battlefield 6 on October 10? Nope, nada. But they did mention those Battlefield Labs folks getting early dibs.
Whatever they end up naming it, odds are it’ll be a freebie like Call of Duty: Warzone. EA’s eyeing that elusive 100 million player mark, after all. I mean, you gotta go free to get numbers like that these days.
