Battlefield 6's Battle Royale Footage Has Leaked — Here's What It Shows Us

A nine-minute portion of Battlefield 6's conflict royale mode has leaked online.

Despite presumably signing NDAs, participants successful Battlefield's closed beta environment, Battlefield Labs, are continuing to stock snippets of their experiences. This peculiar video from Misako_Mikato_01 connected bilibili not lone gives a bully look astatine what to expect from the mode, but besides reveals a mates of gameplay mechanics we didn't antecedently cognize about, too.

As highlighted connected the Gaming Leaks and Rumours subreddit, Misako_Mikato's video confirms players tin swim, spell underwater, and sprout from wrong the water, reveals the ladder gadget seemingly has 2 modes — 1 arsenic a ramp, different arsenic a ladder — and there's a "massive map."

The video kicks disconnected from erstwhile the subordinate picks their loadout and departs the jumpship, landing successful a built-up country connected the shore. We spot them swimming and aboriginal pulling retired a sledgehammer to sound down what appears to beryllium a nationalist bath successful real-time. Apparently the ruckus gets unwanted attention, though, though they seemingly sacrifice themselves to spell backmost into the sky, this clip moving in-land and visiting a fancy, if ransacked, villa. Cue the sledgehammer again.

Commenters look rather impressed by the video.

"I cognize galore Warzone players that volition beryllium blessed to yet person a superior [battle royale] alternative," said 1 viewer. "This could, potentially, propulsion successful a ample magnitude of players. If they enactment depends connected however bully it volition be." Another added: "If this Battle Royale retains the demolition from the basal game, it has the accidental to beryllium the astir dynamic [battle royale] of each time. That demolition volition marque each crippled consciousness different."

Battlefield 6's playtests person proven to beryllium leaky indeed, though developer DICE has said it gathered "loads of feedback from the precise progressive testers selected." Unlike Battlefield 2042's lukewarm reception, fans look beauteous pleased with what they've seen truthful far, and for immoderate clip EA wasn't adjacent trying to instrumentality their leaked opinions down. So far, we've seen grounds of a caller resistance mechanic and the quality to cling connected to vehicles, arsenic good arsenic improved in-game movement, 3D maps, improved destruction, prime of beingness improvements, and the commencement of a conflict royale match.

We're having a large clip with what we've played truthful far, penning successful our Battlefield 6 review-in-progress: "Right now, adjacent successful beta form, Battlefield 6 mightiness beryllium the astir amusive shooter I’ve played this year."

Don't hide that from present until October 7 — Battlefield 6's motorboat time — EA has a "wave of content" planned for Battlefield 2042, including a escaped caller walk "celebrating the bequest of Battlefield," caller hardware, and a reimagining of the instrumentality favourite Iwo Jima map. As you advancement done the 'Road to Battlefield 6' pass, you tin expect 50 exclusive cross-rewards, including 20 for Battlefield 6 that volition beryllium acceptable for you connected motorboat day, connected which you tin besides expect large changes to subordinate movement, maps, modes, and subordinate counts.

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