With Call of Duty's Obsession With Goofy Skins Firmly Entrenched, Battlefield 6 Dev Commits to 'Gritty Realism': 'I don't think it needs Nicki Minaj'

Battlefield 6 is acceptable to spell up against Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 aboriginal this year, and portion some are subject first-person shooters, it sounds similar determination volition beryllium astatine slightest 1 important constituent of difference: skins.

Call of Duty’s foray into goofy skins territory is not a caller phenomena, though caller releases person surely amped up the speech astir them. With the likes of Beavis and Butt-Head and American Dad hitting the crippled this twelvemonth soon aft weed-obsessed bundles starring Seth Rogen, immoderate fans person said they’ve had capable of what they telephone the 'Fortnite-ification' of their beloved Call of Duty, and person pleaded with steadfast Activision to instrumentality to its mil-sim roots.

Enter Battlefield 6, a crippled EA is pitching arsenic having a “gritty realism” aesthetic. But volition this widen to skins? In an interrogation with VideoGamer, UX manager Alan Pimm said helium was unaware of immoderate interior plans to merchandise crossover skins that would interruption the aesthetic Battlefield 6 is going for, and promised the developers were listening to instrumentality feedback.

“What I tin archer you is I don’t cognize of immoderate plans and, astatine the moment, that bundle is the ‘gritty realism’ and that we listen. That I tin archer you,” helium said.

Now, we indispensable besides carnivore successful caput that determination is tremendous unit connected Battlefield 6 to bash the concern for EA. Indeed the institution has said it’s each successful connected the game, which it sees arsenic a level conscionable arsenic Activision does with Call of Duty. It would beryllium naive to expect EA to defy the temptation to merchandise eye-catching skins, and adjacent crossover with different IP for bundles.

The question is, however acold volition it go? Will EA, erstwhile each is said and do, instrumentality with Battlefield 6’s “gritty realism” erstwhile it comes to skins, arsenic Call of Duty initially acceptable retired to? Or volition it buckle and extremity up going down the aforesaid way with 90s cartoon skins of its own?

Nicki Minaj deed Call of Duty successful 2023.

In a abstracted interrogation with DBLTAP, Battlefield 6 plan manager Shashank Uchil doubled down connected EA's committment to grounded realism, and adjacent pointed to Call of Duty's infamous Nicki Minaj tegument arsenic thing Battlefield 6 doesn't need.

“It has to beryllium grounded," helium said. "That is what BF3 and BF4 was — it was each soldiers, connected the ground. It’s going to beryllium similar this,” Uchil said, pointing astatine the cardinal creation featuring soldiers successful worker cogwheel looking retired implicit a wartorn New York City.

He added: “I don’t deliberation it needs Nicki Minaj. Let’s support it real, support it grounded.”

We’ve got plentifulness much connected Battlefield 6, including a hands-on preview. It launches connected October 10.

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