The Battlefield franchise has lengthy been outlined by its huge multiplayer battles, however this yr it’s also bringing again one thing followers have been ready for: a full story marketing campaign to go alongside the core multiplayer expertise and Portal choices.
Battlefield 6 launches on October 10, 2025, and I had the prospect to play three of the sport’s single-player story missions ahead of the full reveal later this week and converse instantly with Alma Talbot, Director of Manufacturing at Motive, and Maryse Joseph, Lead Degree Designer at Motive, about what to anticipate when gamers step into this new, near-future battle.
Here is what I can share about Battlefield’s 6 marketing campaign from my hands-on and interviews:
The Setting and Time Interval of Battlefield 6’s Story
A Grounded Close to-Future Warfare
The marketing campaign takes place in 2027, throughout a interval of worldwide instability, no less than when it begins. NATO is fracturing, and a non-public army company known as Pax Armata rises to fill the facility vacuum. Gamers take management of Dagger 13, an elite four-person squad of “Marine Raiders” deployed throughout continents to cease Pax Armata’s rising affect.
“We wished to start out with a sequence of what ifs, what would occur if international locations began to drag out of NATO,” Talbot defined to me on how the setting got here collectively: “We wished to have a marketing campaign that was grounded in actuality that will really feel lifelike in some ways.”
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Battlefield 6′s story marketing campaign covers 9 missions in whole, every designed to spotlight completely different kinds of play. Joseph confirmed: “There are 9 missions in whole throughout the entire marketing campaign, and mission 8 is kind of distinctive in its manner of being that a lot open and sandboxy.”
One of many three missions I performed was set in 2028, and I used to be advised the story unfolds over “a few years.” Every of the three ranged from 25-40 minutes every, so I would estimate the complete marketing campaign to take roughly 4-5 hours to finish.
The Missions and Playable Characters of Battlefield 6
Every mission options completely different environments and play kinds
The three missions obtainable within the preview had been clearly chosen to showcase the gameplay selection gamers can count on. After the primary two although, I used to be anxious the whole sport would possibly really feel too linear with an excessive amount of give attention to tight-quarters and close-range fight, however mission 8 was an open-world sandbox on a big map, nonetheless that includes cinematic story moments. No spoilers, however this is what I skilled:
- Operation Gladius (Mission 3, Gibraltar) drops gamers right into a beachfront assault the place armored automobiles lead the cost and the mission begins with you controlling a turret that includes a machine gun and grenade launcher. Whereas on foot later, repairing a pleasant armored car turns into as essential as firing rockets at enemy strongholds.
- No Sleep (Mission 5, New York) takes place in Brooklyn at evening, and sure, you do have nigh imaginative and prescient goggles. This mission emphasizes vertical fight and shut quarters, with collapsing flooring, destructible partitions, and even a sledgehammer that may create new paths by flats and development websites. Seize a shotgun and thank me later.
- Operation Ember Strike (Mission 8, Tajikistan) is a wide-open mission that permits gamers to decide on easy methods to disable a number of surface-to-air missile websites. It’s my favourite. On this mission, you play as Gecko, the squad’s marksman, who brings each a sniper rifle and a brilliant enjoyable drone that may tag enemies and drop bombs. It’s a mission constructed round freedom of strategy, mixing automobiles, AI squadmates, and devices into one sandbox expertise. As an added bonus, there are two sequences involving utilizing a guided mortar which is the one time you might really feel essentially the most over-powered.
Meet Dagger 13
Every member of Dagger 13 brings a definite fight function that you’re going to acknowledge from Battlefield’s signature lessons, and missions are sometimes designed to spotlight their strengths. Whenever you play as them you might decide up and swap weapons and secondaries from caches or downed enemies as you see match.
- Haz Carter (Assault): The group chief, constructed for close-range fight and breaching interiors.
- Dylan Murphy (Engineer): Specialist in explosives and RPGs, ultimate for vehicle-heavy missions.
- Simone “Gecko” Espina (Recon): Geared up with a sniper rifle and a drone that may scout and bomb enemies from above.
- Cliff Lopez (Help): Offers squad utility by smoke and resupply, preserving the group shifting.
“We wished the marketing campaign to determine the world that we then go on to play in multiplayer,” Talbot defined in how these roles influenced the extent design. She continued: “I am actually excited to see how folks expertise the completely different roles and the completely different lessons in first particular person in a story context.”
Destruction and Squad Techniques
Battlefield has all the time been identified for destruction, however in Battlefield 6 it isn’t merely a gimmick. It’s a central a part of each mission. Flooring and partitions collapse beneath hearth, weak cowl disintegrates shortly, and gamers should consistently adapt to shifting battlefields. Mission 5, specifically, featured a jaw-dropping sequence of falling by flooring as they fell aside.
It is no secret that the return and enchancment to environmental destruction has been on the forefront of the sport’s advertising and marketing. Talbot emphasised how essential this was for the group for the marketing campaign too: “We wished to ensure we had been utilizing tactical destruction in an enormous manner… so folks don’t simply really feel prefer it’s a kind of an ‘ish’ expertise of the multiplayer, however that it’s its personal standalone factor that exists within the Battlefield universe.”
“Destruction is core to Battlefield 6, and we use it in all places,” Joseph added: “We’ve put quite a lot of effort on growing the proper expertise to have this throughout the entire marketing campaign.”
Destruction is core to Battlefield 6, and we use it in all places.
Squad play is the opposite defining pillar of the marketing campaign from my expertise. Dagger 13 isn’t just a story throughline connecting the 9 missions collectively, however a bunch of troopers whose distinctive roles (the identical lessons as seen in multiplayer) could be commanded by the Squad Orders system. Gamers can name for grenades, RPG strikes, smoke, or recon scans to realize the higher hand.
Joseph in contrast this characteristic on to multiplayer: “Having the squad orders for me is as when you had been enjoying with different folks in multiplayer… everybody has a job and you’ll direct and provides orders.”
Battlefield 6 is Single-Participant And At all times On-line
Regardless of the squad-focused nature of the marketing campaign, EA confirmed to me that the marketing campaign is designed as a solo-only expertise and co-op play was not thought of. “The marketing campaign was meant to be an thrilling, fulfilling expertise for solo gamers. Those that need to play Battlefield 6 with pals can achieve this within the in depth Multiplayer providing.”
The opposite key element is that an web connection is required, even for the BF6 marketing campaign. In line with the official FAQ: “An web connection is critical to obtain vital updates and play Battlefield 6.”
One query many followers have is whether or not the marketing campaign is just a protracted tutorial for multiplayer. Talbot was fast to make clear that it stands by itself: “I wouldn’t essentially place it as a tutorial… it has legs by itself and it’s a standalone expertise.”
The marketing campaign nonetheless, does act as an introduction to the world that multiplayer builds upon, giving narrative context to weapons, automobiles, and squads. Talbot mentioned she was most excited to see how gamers react to enjoying completely different characters and experiencing each the large cinematic moments and the extra emotional story beats that tie Dagger 13 collectively.
Will there be DLC or expansions for the Battlefield 6 marketing campaign, which might be a primary for the franchise? For now, we should keep tuned to official Battlefield channels for post-launch plans to see what’s coming.
Last Impressions
After spending time with three missions, Battlefield 6’s marketing campaign appears like a deliberate step ahead by way of specializing in characters and bringing the core destruction and all-out warfare design tenants from multiplayer to a solo expertise. It mixes cinematic set-pieces with the occasional sandbox sequence, it integrates destruction into the very core of fight, and it provides gamers significant management of their squad, permitting them to play every member of it too all through the story.
It is also not a breeze. On the default issue, participant characters are fragile and enemies could be deadly. Technique, gear use, and being cautious with automobiles might be important.
With 9 missions throughout a number of continents, a grounded near-future battle, and gameplay that balances spectacle with ways, Battlefield 6 is seemingly making an attempt to reshape what a Battlefield story mode could be but in addition making certain it is an essential value-add to the most important Battlefield providing within the franchise’s historical past. As for the way the complete narrative performs out and if there might be extra to the story sooner or later, we’ll have to attend and see.
- Launched
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October 10, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Robust Language, In-App Purchases, Customers Work together
- Developer(s)
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Battlefield Studios
- Engine
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Frostbite
- Multiplayer
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On-line Multiplayer, On-line Co-Op
