Battlefield 6 Contaminated Map Revealed for Season 2 With Classic BF4 Map Also Confirmed to Return

Battlefield Studios is prepping for BF Labs investigating by giving fans a archetypal look astatine contented coming to Battlefield 6 Season 2 and beyond, including the uncover of 1 brand-new representation and a returning Battlefield 4 map.

The workplace discussed its plans to get backmost connected way with behind-closed-doors investigating successful a blog station published connected its website. It’s a lengthy connection from the EA squad that comes with a fewer highlights arsenic it attempts to triumph backmost fans who whitethorn person been turned disconnected by the caller hold of Season 2.

Battlefield 6 Season 2 Contaminated Map First Look. Image courtesy of EA.

Battlefield 6 players privation caller maps, and BF Studios wants to deliver. We don’t cognize however galore caller maps volition beryllium included successful Season 2, but the Labs blog station confirms the sanction of 1 of the caller locations: Contaminated. The workplace says that, successful presumption of size, it falls betwixt Season 1 representation Eastwood and motorboat representation Mirak Valley, portion besides comparing it to Battlefield 1’s St. Quentin Scar and Battlefield V’s Arras.

“We’ll beryllium evaluating however conveyance gameplay and aerial beingness interact with infantry combat, alongside screen and plus placement, and nonsubjective boundaries,” the station says of upcoming pre-release tests. “We’ll besides beryllium investigating however the map’s unsocial gameplay mechanics relation successful unrecorded matches, arsenic good arsenic the tools disposable to players to interact with them.”

A first-look, work-in-progress representation of the representation (above) shows a rocky upland battleground. Fog and wood some place what appears to beryllium a tiny craft runway, with snipers perched betwixt the trees.

It’s hard to prime retired 1 defining diagnostic from the caller representation with specified a constricted look, but BF Studios has thing a small much acquainted planned for the future. Buried successful the “On the Horizon” conception of the Labs blog station is the announcement that a “fan-favorite” Battlefield 4 representation is acceptable to get “in a aboriginal season.” That determination is nary different than motorboat representation Golmud Railway, which, arsenic a fewer dedicated Reddit users fto america cognize past year, stands arsenic not lone 1 of the larger Battlefield 4 maps but 1 of the bigger Battlefield maps ever.

It is worthy noting that Battlefield 6 has brought backmost maps before, with Operation Firestorm launching alongside the crippled itself successful October. The wide-open godforsaken country featured successful the latest installment is really a smaller mentation of the aforesaid representation from Battlefield 3, truthful it’s unclear if Golmud Railway volition person the aforesaid treatment.

Still, BF Studios says this afloat rebuilt mentation of the Battlefield 4 representation volition beryllium the biggest Battlefield 6 multiplayer representation yet, promising to “preserve what made the representation truthful memorable successful Battlefield 4, peculiarly its combined arms gameplay, portion improving however it plays and supports Battlefield 6 systems.”

“We’re bringing Golmud into Battlefield Labs aboriginal arsenic this volition beryllium a multi-session project,” the developer says. “Through Labs, we privation to trial changes specified arsenic larger formation space, accrued screen for aircraft, and different adjustments arsenic the representation evolves implicit time.”

Outside of a caller tweak to pitchy gameplay, fans of aerial combat person besides been hoping to spot much emotion successful Battlefield 6. To assistance conscionable their desires, BF Studios utilized the Labs station to corroborate upcoming tests volition see the rumored instrumentality of the AH-6 Little Bird.

Expect to spot the compact chopper backmost successful Season 2 astatine an unspecified constituent successful time, with things similar the antecedently promised aerial radar besides acceptable for Labs investigating soon. Also inactive successful the cards is simply a solo queue for REDSEC conflict royale, though BF Studios says the long-desired enactment is continuing arsenic “internal and exploratory” testing. There’s nary connection connected erstwhile the mode could travel to Labs oregon if it volition ever marque its mode to the nationalist mentation of Battlefield 6.

Battlefield planetary assemblage manager Kevin Johnson took to X/Twitter with much accusation astir however BF Studios volition proceed to rotation retired investigating for caller content. Much of what was elaborate contiguous has nary steadfast merchandise date, but Labs players tin spell hands-on with astatine slightest immoderate of the caller content, including Contaminated, “as soon arsenic this Friday.”

“Alongside that, we privation to guarantee much ongoing and meaningful enactment is taken connected your feedback - Battlefield Labs volition beryllium the conduit for that,” Johnson said. “Things whitethorn instrumentality time, and we admit your patience, but what is successful store is going to beryllium a large collaboration moment!”

Battlefield 6 launched October 10, 2025, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. It’s recovered itself successful a spot of a hindrance heading into 2026, with players taking to societal media to beg for caller contented arsenic BF Studios works to present its delayed Season 2 travel February 17.

Michael Cripe is simply a freelance writer with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).