Analysts have noted that the live-service gaming segment is incredibly competitive thanks to Battlefield 6 and ARC Raiders, among others.
Among other things, the Winter Offensive update, out on December 9, will bring improvements to audio systems and hit registration.
The first of these playtests will revolve around quick playtests for content coming to Battlefield 6 later this week on December 9.
Meanwhile, EA Sports FC 26 and Battlefield 6 continue to perform well in unit sales and revenue for the week ending November 23rd.
Looking forward, there are multiple teams working on new features to improve the Javelin Anticheat system for Battlefield 6.
Principal game designer Florian Le Bihan continued the Battlefield 6 developers' streak of being open and communicative with players.
Principal game designer Florian Le Bihan noted that the studio is still trying to figure out how to fix the issue in the long term.
Despite topping this past week's charts, physical and digital sales are also reportedly down over 50 percent from Black Ops 6.
It also saw the "highest single month US physical and digital full game tracked dollar sales total in three years," per Circana.
The free trial will be a fairly limited one, with only 5 game modes and 3 maps rather than all of the game modes being available.
Among the new content added to Battlefield 6 with the latest update is the new Eastwood map part of the California Resistance content drop.
Embark Studios' acclaimed extraction shooter also handily beat Escape from Tarkov, which is currently rated "Mostly Negative" on Steam.
Battlefield Studios has confirmed that it is still looking into how to fix issues related to issues surrounding recoil aim assist.
The biggest Black Ops experience yet is also one that feels the most under-anticipated, and it's not just because of the competition.
Embark Studios' acclaimed extraction shooter reached a new concurrent player milestone this weekend with 416,517 players.
"There are different types of Battlefield maps in all games," said DICE's David Sirland, regarding criticism against the same.
Battlefield Studios addresses long-running criticism against the shooter's challenge requirements with more updates coming soon.
Alinea Analytics reports strong performance on PC, even though it's not enough to counter "Call of Duty's overall market dominance."
XP rewards in the recently added Season 1 mode have been adjusted while the development team works on a permanent fix.
Two teams of eight players will battle it out alongside bots across two maps for a more laid-back competitive experience.
