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Introducing Battlefield Labs - BF6 First Gameplay

EA writes: "Welcome to Battlefield Labs.

We'd like to invite you to join us for our most ambitious community development collaboration ever. This is an opportunity to provide feedback, validate the future of Battlefield, and have a direct and lasting impact on the next generation of Battlefield games."

Fishy Fingers81d ago

I'm going out on a limb. BF might be back.

Christopher80d ago

It's EA, they've got time to shoot themselves in the foot multiple times before full release. If it gets more attention, you know the execs are going to start sticking their head into more doors.

Fishy Fingers80d ago (Edited 80d ago )

Absolutely. Its a crap shoot, might bite me in the ass and maybe its just Vince leading but I'm going in glass half full.

Cacabunga80d ago

Something must be wrong, BF cannot be back.. I want to believe but I’m more than careful.

peppeaccardo80d ago

The EA propaganda is back to fool us all ..... never again one cent to these greedy corporations !!! F them All

thorstein80d ago

Depends on how much they trust Vince Zampella to run it.

If they micromanage and try to control everything he does like Activision did when Respawn was making the best CoD games, then it's going to be a disaster.

If they trust him, then odds are is going to be great.

That footage is gameplay and it has what I want.

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_SilverHawk_80d ago (Edited 80d ago )

the game looks amazing. reminds me of bf3. if they can make a modern bf3 game then thatll be amazing. my hope now is that its not on old hardware like ps4 xbox one or switch 1 or 2 and itll only be on ps5, pc, xbox series x. i wonder what the final version of this new bf game will look on my ps5 pro or my pc. hopefully ill get into alpha build even though the queue says over 100 thousand ahead

Putte80d ago

It might easily beat these past years Call of Duty that's for sure. No matter what.

Profchaos80d ago

This year's cod is heavily rumoured to be black ops 7 with Activision taking a similar strategy as last year's MW3 as a expanded content offering "basically DLC" for the prior years mainline game. which will again feature a heavily watered down campaign and focus all efforts on multi player content.

So by that logic we could see bf actually step up and regain some momentum if the new cod turns out as weak as predicted

The_Blue80d ago

Doubt it. Lazy, cheap and disorganized for the MXT

outsider162480d ago

That last bazooka shot..made me shout out..alright bf is back. Could be just marketing ploy...
I just hope the maps are interesting like bf3- not too big and not too small either. Just the right balance.

1nsomniac79d ago (Edited 79d ago )

Get back to proper real BF, BIG maps! none of this COD spawn camp bollox that young'uns ruined the series with.

I want to go back to 1942/Vietnam/BF2/Special forces route! where the series belonged before it got ruined by the casuals.

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isarai80d ago

Maintaining my curiosity, but still don't trust it till i hear and see people's 1st hand experience

outsider162480d ago

They should give us an open beta playtest

Noskypeno80d ago

People saying this isn't the same Dice that made Bad Company and 3 or 4 is like saying the modern Yankees aren't the same as the 50s Yankees, still a great team every year.

porkChop80d ago

That's not a good analogy at all. Regardless of athletes moving from team to team, they're still playing the same sport. BF is unlike any other FPS, so not having any experience creating the good BF games is actually a big deal. Have the Yankees swap out their entire roster for golfers or basketball players and let me know if they're still a great baseball team.

PapaBop80d ago

There is something seriously flawed with your logic, going by that, Veilguard should have been a 10m+ selling masterpiece because Bioware and we all know how that turned out.

Inverno80d ago

Multiple teams across the world working on different parts of the game. Completely unnecessary disjointed effort to work on something that simply needs a dedicated group of devs with focus and real direction of where to take the series. Huge fragmented teams have often been the reason why so many games turn out mid as all hell.

Knushwood Butt80d ago

I'm no expert on game development but whenever I watch end-game credits there always a bunch of other remote companies involved, many of which are external.
Many years ago I worked for a company that did localization for xbox games. We weren't based in Redmond.

porkChop80d ago

It depends on what is being outsourced. It's normal to outsource localization, cg cutscenes, etc. You'll also see credits for companies whose tech/software is being used in the game, like Havok for physics, SpeedTree for creating vegetation, etc. But having multiple studios around the world work on the core game itself is a bit different.

Arkane managed to do it effectively for many years with their Lyon and Austin studios. Ubisoft regularly has several studios work on each game and they've struggled a lot in terms of quality, and it's one of the reasons they've adopted such a formulaic approach to their games. It's difficult to create something good with so many cooks in the kitchen.

porkChop80d ago

The fragmentation has been a big issue with Ubisoft games. Different standards of quality, polish, design, etc, at the different studios.

xfire80d ago

Why do they make this harder than it needs to be! Just remaster BF1 and release it with a new name!

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Leaked Battlefield 6 Concept Art Shows Return To Gritty Aesthetic

Concept art from EA and Battlefield Studios’ next first-person shooter, Battlefield 6, has allegedly been leaked.

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Battlefield 6: The Pros and Cons of 3D Spotting Returning

The controversial 3D spotting feature has recently appeared in a Battlefield 6 playtest, and it's a mechanic with some clear pros and cons.

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1nsomniac27d ago

Where has this narrative come from and why is it being pushed? There has always been "3D Spotting" although it's always been called "Ping" or "Mark" until this stupid narrative arrived..

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Battlefield 6 Aims To "Define Future of First-Person Shooters" As Series Hits 100 Million Players

EA's latest listing for Battlefield 6 reveals one of the team's ambitions for the next big entry in the AAA franchise.

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peppeaccardo43d ago

Useless Marketing mambo-Jambo. First they have to win back all the people that have lost fate in the francise after the dumpster fire of BF 2042 (like me). It is a loooong way up for EA .... Looooooooong !

Notellin43d ago

I'm hoping that having Vince Zampella in charge of this game will help to get the series back on track but I won't hold my breath.

RaidenBlack42d ago

That was the plan all along behind onboarding Zampella.
The dude made the best MoH and then created CoD and then made modern warfare setting in FPS more believable with CoD4 and then created Titanfall and is now fixing Battlefield. What a career.

Tacoboto43d ago

> Develop
> Release
> Monetize Properly

Gaming is entertainment not a drama, "Win back" is only difficult if you deliberately mess it up.

blacktiger42d ago

2042? as much I don't mind Battlefield 1 and 5, I still think they completely failed it bro!
We talking DICE one of the best developer out there and 1 & 5 is pretty horrible for DICE standard.

peppeaccardo42d ago

I have to say that I prefer way more the feeling of immersion of BF V than any other (recent) game of the series. The Audio is very immersive, playing with a squad of friends make it feel as part of a team with a mission and with a commanded in charge. The perks for which you can deploy bombs or other amenities over your enemies was just majestic and the maps where you can destroy prettymuch anything were top notch. .. but this is just my opinion. in BF 2042 you cannot even tell who are the enemies ... and you can only discern it from the red dot on top of the opposite faction ... just lame. Peace

MrCrimson42d ago

Agree, this is a stupid marketing campaign. They should save the money for the development.

redfire_bt42d ago

i actually lost faith after BF5

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FPS_D3TH43d ago

Waiting a full two weeks for the honeymoon phase of brand new game glaze fades away before I even consider purchasing this one. 2042 literally pissed me off so much and I have little faith that EA & new age DICE will deliver on what fans deserve and expect. Spent a long time playing and hoping bfv could be better only for them to ditch it once it finally was and 2042 was just a wholesale bargain bin cash grab. I won’t be giving them another dime until they can truly prove themselves worth my time and investment.

Inverno42d ago

It'll be ruined once they too add micro transactions into an incomplete game.

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