Footage of Battlefield 6’s upcoming battle royale mode has leaked online, giving players their best look yet at the huge map and some of the mechanics set to appear in the mode. On top of the usual selections of maps and modes, Battlefield 6 is also set to bring a new Firestorm battle royale mode. Although this isn’t launching with …
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Why Battlefield 6 ditches ray tracing for smoother gameplay
Potentially disappointing for those with higher-spec PCs, Battlefield 6 won’t include ray tracing at launch. The decision may sound surprising to some, but the reasoning behind it makes sense once you hear it. Battlefield 6 is set to release on October 10, 2025, following an extremely successful beta that ran across a couple of weekends. Thousands of players queued in …
Read More »Battlefield 6 Battle Royale Map Leaked in New Footage
A leaked footage shared earlier today on the popular Chinese online video sharing website Bilibili provides the first look at the Battle Royale map that Battlefield 6 players will eventually find in the game. It was early 2024 when we first reported on a rumor that the new Battlefield installment would include a Battle Royale mode. That rumor, from renowned …
Read More »Battlefield 6 Ditched Ray Tracing to Focus on Performance
As any PC gamer who played some Battlefield 6 during the recent beta test weekends will have already noticed, there is no trace of ray tracing options whatsoever in the graphics settings. That, alongside the complete absence of any mention from the developers, was already more than telling. However, just to be absolutely certain, Comicbook.com got the chance to ask …
Read More »Battlefield 6 skips ray tracing to reach more players – VideoCardz.com
Battlefield 6 skips ray tracing to reach more players VideoCardz.com Battlefield 6 says no to ray tracing now and in the near future — dev says decision made to ‘focus on making sure it was performance for everyone else’ Tom’s Hardware EA tells Battlefield Labs testers not to leak Battlefield 6’s new big map, so of course they leaked it immediately PC Gamer …
Read More »Battlefield 6 is getting persistent servers, and two vehicle-heavy maps are coming in the next Labs playtest
Battlefield 6‘s open beta may be over, Battlefield 2042 might also have been transformed into Battlefield 6, but there must be more battles in the fields of six, so sign-ups for another round of Labs testing are now open. Two fresh maps with plenty of room for vehicle-based fisticuffs will be on offer, as well as a chance to check …
Read More »Many Battlefield 6 Fans Played Beta Using Minimum Specs, Says EA
According to EA, the Battlefield 6 play test is the biggest beta in Battlefield’s history in terms of players. Research firm Oppenheimer estimated that the beta reached more than 20 million people. However, a “substantial number” of those fans may have been playing Battlefield 6 with the minimum recommended specs. Battlefield 6 technical director Christian Buhl made that assertion during …
Read More »It really sucks” Battlefield 6 technical director bummed out about those unable to play due to Secure Boot requirement, believes anti-cheat cat-and-mouse game will “never end
The Battlefield 6 open betas proved exceptionally popular earlier this month for many, but a significant portion of the PC playerbase were met with a daunting wall to play thanks to the game’s Secure Boot requirement. This technical hurdle is in place for the game’s anti-cheat, a kernel-level bit of software dedicated to curbing a rising cheating problem across online …
Read More »Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools
Earlier this month, EA announced that players in its Battlefield 6 open beta on PC would have to enable Secure Boot in their Windows OS and BIOS settings. That decision proved controversial among players who weren’t able to get the finicky low-level security setting working on their machines and others who were unwilling to allow EA’s anti-cheat tools to once …
Read More »Battlefield 6 dev says “a significant number” of users played the game below the minimum recommended specs, as EA points to the importance of weaker hardware
A “substantial number” of Battlefield 6 open beta players were playing on or around the minimum recommended specs, according to technical director Christian Buhl. In an interview with Eurogamer, Bulh broke down some user data for the initial wave of PC players who hopped into the game earlier this month, stating that of the “millions of players” who were jumping …
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