All the Improvements and Features Revealed by the Battlefield 6 Gameplay Leaks

Battlefield's playtest is giving america plentifulness of sneaky peeks astatine what's to travel successful EA's shooter, and developer DICE has "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 the leaks person been truthful impressive, EA's not adjacent trying to instrumentality them down yet.

While the Battlefield squad has teased there's inactive much tests to travel to springiness much players a accidental to get involved, we've pulled unneurotic each the improvements and caller features we've spotted truthful far.

Battlefield 6 has a resistance mechanic

Perhaps astir notable is the quality to resistance wounded allies distant to safety. At the clip of writing, a video clip connected the Battlefield subreddit showing disconnected the caller diagnostic has had astir 8,000 upvotes.

In a station connected X, Battlefield pb producer, David Sirland, confirmed helium was "not good with leaks," hinting that "[leakers] are [being] dealt with accordingly." Despite this, however, Sirland acknowledged that the caller resistance and revive diagnostic is simply a cardinal portion of the "revive loop," adding: "I americium expecting to spot immoderate absorbing usage successful the adjacent trial connected labs."

"With this feature, there's much of that amusive enactment with much pieces to the puzzle," helium teased. "There's immoderate truly amusive combinations that tin hap (it's cancellable astatine immoderate clip with clasp version). I can't hold for you guys to commencement uncovering retired what they are."

Battlefield 6 lets you cling connected to vehicles

It besides looks arsenic though players tin cling to vehicles, too, either to get astir the representation quicker oregon prevarication successful hold for a cleanable sneaky ambush. While immoderate players inactive aren't definite if the images are simply enter/exit animations, this diagnostic was rumored immoderate clip ago, and it appears the playtest present confirms it.

Battlefield 6 has improved in-game movement

There's besides been a batch of affirmative chatter astir in-game movement, too, with improved and/or reintroduced question features specified arsenic crouch sprint, combat dive, and landing roll, arsenic good arsenic caller ocular indicators "to marque it easier to recognize erstwhile movements specified arsenic vaulting oregon leaning are possible."

Battlefield 6 reportedly has 3D maps

3D maps are backmost arsenic well. According to sources who've played the pre-alpha playtest, it looks arsenic though some the mini-map and the spawn surface maps are 3D. This makes it easier to spot the elevation of gangly buildings and landscapes, helping you take the cleanable spawn point. The past clip we saw 3D maps successful Battlefield was successful 2018's Battlefield 5.

Battlefield 6 has improved destruction

Environmental demolition — a cardinal portion of Battlefield's entreaty that tin beryllium utilized to springiness players a tactical vantage — is likewise beefed up, arsenic this little clip, with implicit 9000 upvotes and 600 comments, shows.

As for what's next? Lead shaper Sirland revealed DICE present has "loads of feedback from the precise progressive testers selected [...] successful bully amounts and successful the close areas for america to beryllium capable to usage it."

"There is simply a rationale to the attack we are taking, and it's moving good truthful far. There volition beryllium much tests and we'll unfastened up to much implicit time," helium added.

Have we missed your favourite diagnostic oregon mechanic? Let america cognize successful the comments below.

EA has been playing its cards beauteous adjacent to its thorax astir the caller Battlefield, and we inactive don't cognize when, exactly, it volition launch. But EA's past fiscal study suggested it'll travel sometime betwixt April 2025 and March 2026.

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