Battlefield 6's Big Reveal Teases Campaign, but Doesn't Show Multiplayer or Confirm Release Date

The authoritative Battlefield 6 authoritative uncover trailer has debuted successful a cacophony of explosions, but wrapped up without providing the game's merchandise date. Instead, today's look simply ended with connection of a further reveal adjacent week — this clip of the game's multiplayer modes — connected July 31.

Still, for Battlefield fans, today's large uncover provided immoderate invited reassurance that bid staples specified arsenic large-scale demolition and vehicle-based combat featuring planes, trucks and tanks would erstwhile again return. We besides got to spot astatine slightest 3 helicopters clang successful nether 3 minutes.

But today's trailer did not see confirmation of the game's now-leaked merchandise date. As IGN reported this morning, Battlefield 6 is widely-expected to get connected October 10 — thing that eagle-eyed fans person present seen is backed up by the game's ain presumption and conditions connected EA's website, which enactment that day arsenic erstwhile the game's pre-launch offers volition end.

Instead, today's trailer was focused connected Battlefield 6's campaign. Picking up connected yesterday's tease of a caller planetary mercenary group, Pax Armata, which has threatened the satellite and targeted NATO, this caller trailer saw the US warring backmost amid attacks connected its ain soil.

"For the Pax Armata mercenaries who are watching now, I person a message," the US president states, aft nervously stepping up to the White House podium. "It's over."

After a lengthy improvement and an array of improvement studios moving connected the project, it was intriguing to spot Battlefield 6's archetypal due trailer statesman with a nervous-sounding US person down the microphone. For him, arsenic with EA itself, this is thing of a large moment.

A quality that looks precise akin to histrion Tony Curran. Image credit: EA

Quick shots of warfare crossed an array of countries follow, including explosions astir New York's Brooklyn Bridge, dozens of soldiers leaving a mountainous airbase, combatant jets flying implicit snow-capped peaks, and tanks rolling retired crossed a desert.

Fans of Battlefield's large destructive setpieces get to spot a immense dam being exploded, Brooklyn Bridge being exploded, and a skyscraper being exploded.

There's besides a fewer speedy shots of a quality that looks to beryllium played by Daredevil and Doctor Who histrion Tony Curran. He looks grizzled, angry, and holds a knife. I deliberation he's a atrocious guy?

In caller months, footage of Battlefield 6 from assorted closed playtests has started leaking online, showing the game's modern setting, assorted firefights, destructible environments, prime of beingness improvements, and the commencement of a conflict royale match. Presumably we'll get to spot much of each this adjacent week — and possibly adjacent authoritative confirmation of that merchandise date.

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