EA and DICE have been going about building anticipating for the next Battlefield in some fairly unusual ways. The game’s title has yet to be officially announced, and no reveal – of any kind – has taken place, yet.
The people making the highly-anticipated shooter instead decided to run an invite-only testing environment – dubbed Battlefield Labs – and have that, well, do the talking. It’s clear DICE and co wanted to get the people who care most about Battlefield involved as early as possible, because it’s them who’d be more than happy to generate that word of mouth organically.
Of course, you have to keep in mind that those same people are more than happy to tell you when there’s something they don’t like, too – and that’s a problem when what that is seems integral to the vision of the game.
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If you’ve not been paying attention to any of the recent (and many) Battlefield 6 leaks, the short version is that the game looks good! The art style is grounded, depicting gritty combat in environments where you expect it to take place. There’s a big emphasis on destruction, combined arms gameplay, and a focus on bringing back the type of squad combat Battlefield 2042 abandoned in its attempt at Apex Legend-ifying the series.