Battlefield 6 is a pivotal moment for the series — and EA

Battlefield 6 is one of EA’s most important launches in years. As the company becomes laser-focused on big, bankable franchises and looks to compete with the beast that is Activision’s Call of Duty, EA needs Battlefield 6 to be a hit when it debuts on October 10th – especially after the previous game in the series had a rough release – and it’s putting an incredible amount of effort into making it successful. The recently announced $55 billion deal to take EA private has only upped the stakes.

“EA’s fate is tightly tied to Battlefield,” New York University games professor Joost van Dreunen tells The Verge. “If Battlefield 6 underperforms, i …

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