‘Battlefield 6’ First Trailer Blows Up Brooklyn

Move over, Call of Duty. There’s a new jingoistic military simulator in town. This morning, Electronic Arts revealed the first official look at Battlefield 6, the latest entry in their long-running first-person shooter series.

Published on the official Battlefield YouTube channel, the trailer gives players a taste of what to expect from the game, which arrives this fall for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. No firm release date has been announced.

The trailer opens with an out-of-focus camera shot from inside the White House press briefing room, before showing the game’s fictional president addressing the nation. A group of separatist mercenaries called the Pax Armata have conducted some kind of strike on New York City, with multiple horrific sequences of Brookyln’s DUMBO neighborhood under fire as the Manhattan Bridge is hit by a missile, collapsing as subway cars plummet. In response, the U.S. military and NATO allies appear to be going to all-out war to bring the collation down, with the president ominously declaring, “It’s over.” Haunting stuff, especially with excerpts of Bob Dylan’s 1963 song “Masters of Wars” reverberating over the footage.

Battlefield 6 brings the series back to the modern era for the first time since 2015’s Battlefield Hardline. More recently, games like Battlefield 1 (2016) and Battlefield V (2018) focused on period settings in World Wars I and II, respectively. The last game, 2021’s Battlefield 2042, was set in a technologically advanced near future.

The trailer doesn’t show any actual gameplay footage, primarily leaning on pre-rendered cinematic cutscenes. The Battlefield series is known for having a single-player campaign in most titles, but it’s the multiplayer that’s generally the draw. EA ends the video with a teaser for another reveal, with footage and details of the game’s multiplayer mode teased for July 31.

Previously, the series had been mostly shepherded by EA DICE, an internal development team known for their work on multiplayer-centric titles like Battlefield and Star Wars: Battlefront. In 2025, a collective called Battlefield Studios was formed, featuring four of EA’s premier teams — DICE, Motive Studios, Ripple Effect Studios, and Criterion Games — all working together to developer a more ambitious sequel that ultimately ended up being Battlefield 6.

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The Battlefield games have a long history, starting with 2002’s Battlefield 1942 (predating Call of Duty by one year). Although the two series are often viewed as competitors due to their shared military shooter aesthetic, they play extremely differently and have found their own dedicated audiences. Since the early games, Battlefield has emphasized large-scale, squad-based combat with massive open environments to trudge and vehicles like planes and tanks to commandeer. With class-based mechanics prevalent in many of its titles, cooperation is key; some players serve as field medics to heal, while others focus on engineering to keep lifeline vehicles from breaking.

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Another fan-favorite element of the series that was popularized with titles like 2008’s Bad Company is the destructibility of buildings and environments. While other shooters let players safely turtle behind cover, Battlefield gives users the ability to tear down walls and wreck structures entirely, ensuring that there’s minimal safety in sweatier shootouts. The series’ more realistic approach to first-person gameplay — from bullets with drop distance and realistic vehicle physics — have made it popular with a more hardcore crowd than widely adopted casual-friendly franchises like Call of Duty.

Although early on the two might’ve been comparable in popularity, Battlefield ultimately fell behind Call of Duty in terms of cultural clout. While Call of Duty releases annually, and it is guaranteed to top sales charts each year, Battlefield games come around every few years and have wavered in quality between entries. With Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 arriving this fall, EA has their work cut out for them to take back their ground. Players will be able to find out for themselves when the game launches for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC later this year.