Xbox had a surprisingly strong 2025. Between its first-party releases and reliable third-party support, gamers had a lot to enjoy.
As revealed by concurrent player numbers on Steam, ARC Raiders has retained about 90% of its players, while Battlefield 6 has retained 16%.
The extraction shooter was followed by the Steam Deck, along with other games like Battlefield 6 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
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The sticker in question has a soldier aiming down the scope of a rifle that happens to have two barrels and strange proportions.
NBA 2K26, Monster Hunter Wilds, Borderlands 4 and Madden NFL 26 occupied the remaining top five slots according to Circana.
"I believe we have the right ingredients," said Justin Wiebe when discussing the potential for community creations through Portal.
"We will get a better Call of Duty thanks to Battlefield," wrote Ybarra who previously said the latter would "boot stomp" the former this year.
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.
