This is according to an internal staff letter by chief operating officer David Tinson and chief studios officer Cam Weber. Other projects have reportedly been cut alongside the next Mass Effect. “Across our portfolio, we’re making deliberate choices to align talent and investments where we see the greatest opportunities for players and long-term growth.”

It should come as little surprise that Electronic Arts is reportedly investing in its sports titles and free-to-play battle royale shooter Apex Legends. However, it also has the next entry in the Star Wars Jedi franchise and Marvel’s Iron Man developed by Motive (whose internal trailer leaked last August). While Battlefield support will continue, DICE is reportedly working with Respawn Entertainment on a new project, potentially the next Star Wars Battlefront, based on recent rumors.

Of course, depending on how it performs in the coming years, EA could also cut down on the College Football series. Despite a strong revival in 2024, sales have been down for this year’s entry. Coupled with high costs for player likenesses, arenas and whatnot, it may go on the backburner within the next five years based on recent reports. Stay tuned for more updates on that front in the meantime.

However, the latest event called Convergence is bringing some undead mayhem to Battlefield 6, specifically REDSEC, in a collaboration with the popular sci-fi horror franchise Dead Space. A new trailer showcases desolate surroundings smeared with Necromorph muck slowing you down, while a deadly threat turns corpses into fodder for your guns as it menacingly advances.

That means reaching key points of interest, planting explosives to clear the area, defending them while surviving an onslaught of hostiles that are likely to want to make a snack of your brains, and winning the day. You know, business as usual for warriors of your caliber.

Of course, it’s up to you and your comrades to stop, and this one’s an exciting start to a new chapter for the shooter, with more on the way. The trailer’s below if you want a look, and the event is now live if you can’t wait to get started. It could be a great opportunity to use a few of those goodies from the Game of the Year Edition.

The server browser and Platoons are coming in December, and a roadmap for the rest of 2026 and beyond to get excited about. Well, things have gotten a whole lot sweeter for those looking to join the chaos of the battlefield, as the Game of the Year Edition is out now and brings a host of welcome goodies that could make getting started much easier.

The Ultimate Shortcut Kit is where it all kicks off, with starter kits for all four classes and items for speedy progression (alongside cosmetics such as the Mortal Shriek Dog Tag and Field Training: Cross Trained Title). There’s also a year of Battlefield Pro (available to redeem at your convenience), which provides access to several Battle Pass rewards, 25 Tier Skips, a +5% XP Booster, and exclusive rewards.

There are also special skins to look forward to that come with functionalities that could prove quite useful in situations that require them, along with an assortment of goodies, more details on which can be found here. Check out the announcement trailer below before taking the plunge and stay tuned for more updates on the shooter.

However, with Season 5 coming soon, Battlefield Studios is finally adding two features that fans have wanted since the beginning: a server browser and Platoons. The former is obviously coveted because it lets you select servers with specific maps, modes, ping, etc. or host your own and adjust any parameters.

The latter is essentially Battlefield’s equivalent of clans, with founders, leaders, custom emblems and more. Battlefield 4 adds stats and rankings, though later entries pared back several functions. It’s unclear how many of these will make the jump to Battlefield 6.

Season 5 kicks off on October 13th, coinciding with the game’s launch on Game Pass. The downside is that the server browser and Platoons won’t be added until phase 3, Frozen Aces, on December 8th. On the bright side, at least the Vegas Strip will be available as a new map later this week. There’s also a new Dead Space-centric event to look forward to.

“Well, that didn’t go as planned,” it admitted in a sardonic tone befitting Tony Stark. “But now you know, and we’ve got a lot more to show you. See you when we’re ready.”

Marvel’s Iron Man was announced in September 2022, with the publisher touting it as a “super high production value triple A experience.” Electronic Arts and Marvel subsequently announced a multi-year partnership which would include a Black Panther title from the minds behind Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War.

Fast forward to 2023 and news on either title was pretty much non-existent, aside from Iron Man being in early pre-production. Despite assuring that both games were in development in 2024, and Motive hitting a “major internal milestone” that year for Iron Man, Black Panther would be cancelled in 2025. As quiet as things have been, a job listing that same year for a level designer indicated that Motive was hiring to create “major single-player levels.”

Hardly a revelation since it was first announced as a single-player action-adventure title with an original story and third-person perspective, but hey, every update matters. Which is why this latest development is the most exciting – it could point to a potential reveal sometime in the near future. Maybe even this year, if we’re lucky.

Stay tuned for updates, and in the meantime, head here to learn more about Avalanche’s cancelled Iron Man title.

There was also that showcase of upcoming changes to the game’s gunplay to get us hyped for Season 4’s imminent arrival. Well, that just got quite a shot in the arm with the recent trailer, which brings us a good look at what to expect when naval combat finally enters the fray. There are a bunch of different boat and weapon combinations on display, as well as how attacking from the waters adds a tactical layer to your actions on land and in the air. It all looks quite naturally woven into the gameplay loop, and we’re pretty eager to check it out for ourselves when the new season drops on July 21st.

It isn’t just the new gameplay, but the new stages that it’s unfolding on that have us excited. Tsuru Reef and Wake Island bring their own unique design and visual language, and look like they could be catalysts for improvisation and intense competition. The trailer’s below if you want to take a closer look. Remember to listen for a very familiar guitar riff at the end (spoiler: It’s Top Gun), perhaps hinting at a new collaboration. We’ll find out next week, so stay tuned.

EA’s best-seller of last year is continuing to evolve, and this new peek at all the changes it’s bringing to the table is all about your guns and the way you’re encouraged to use them. Beginning with a more refined recoil system geared towards making weapons feel as close to the real thing as possible, there are also changes to how each weapon feels in your hands that could make choosing between them a real challenge. There are adjustments to your time-to-kill, with different body parts on your enemies getting either a buff or a nerf to the damage you’re able to do.

Taking on enemies at range or up close is going to give you varying results, making the entire loop feel like you’re right in the middle of the action, which is quite a good thing for a game designed around placing you in intense combat situations. All in all, this one’s a promising start to a new chapter of Battlefield 6, and we can’t wait for these changes to hit the game after they spend a while in testing.

Well, things are about to get a tad more exciting, especially if you’re a Call of Duty: Ghosts player (as rare as those may be). If Field Orders sound familiar to you, the new High-Value Target update is bringing that back, although it’s being called Contracts in this one. You basically pick up a mid-mission objective off a dead enemy, the completion of which awards you with currently undisclosed rewards. They’re part of the Wet Work event, and will be available on both the traditional multiplayer modes and the free-to-play RedSec.

Aside from that, the new update will address various issues, add a new menu that will make tracking event-based objectives and rewards a whole lot easier, and provide changes to gunplay and vehicles. For the former, there will be tweaks to recoil, handling, bullet dispersion, limb damage, and bullet velocity and drag. As for the latter, Thermal Smoke isn’t going to counter C4 anymore, while your RPGs are going to be a lot more potent against tanks and helicopters. The automated AA when you spawn in isn’t going to be as useful as it’s been up until now, too.

Well, that’s quite the list, and we can’t wait to see how this one pans out once it drops on June 30, 2026.

There’s the Cairo Bazaar map, which is an evolution of the Grand Bazaar from past titles, for starters. You’re going to want to cover every possible direction you can manage to, as its narrow streets and breakable walls make it a great place to set up an ambush. We’d like to turn the tables and set up one of our own, but this is a map where the best-laid plans go to fail, and improvisation in the face of chaos looks like a viable strategy.

There’s also Tactical Obliteration, a new competitive mode in which you’re going to have to pick up bombs to lob at enemy M-COMS whilst avoiding all the bullets that they’re raining down on you. It looks like a lot of fun, and is probably a great place to try out new weapons like the PP-19 SMG and the Handheld Jammer, both of which are coming to REDSEC as part of the Explosive Charge Bonus Path.

We can’t wait to dive in when this one drops on June 9, 2026, and we’re almost certain we’re going to see you on the field at some point. May the best warriors win!

Touted as the biggest map yet (four times larger than Mirak Valley), it includes larger aerial spaces, new cover instances, and even more long-range opportunities. But that’s not all, as the Grand Bazaar from Battlefield 3 returns as Cairo Bazaar. It drops later in the same season and offers tight alleyways and CQC combat.

RedSec also sees the debut of Solos and Ranked Play, the latter available only for Quads. However, it will eventually roll out to multiplayer. Season 4 goes live in July and brings another heavily requested feature: Naval Warfare. Players will battle it out on a new map, Tsuru Reefs, which focuses entirely on naval combat and is even bigger than Golmud.

This also signals the return of Wake Island, a long-running favorite among fans. This time, you can look forward to dynamic waves, aircraft carriers with operational flight decks, and even naval base challenges with exclusive rewards. Both maps will begin testing in Battlefield Labs.

Another map debuts this Fall in Season 5, though Battlefield Studios isn’t saying anything about it yet. In the meantime, it has other features to deliver, including a proper Server Browser with persistent servers and custom pregame lobbies, Spectator Mode, the return of Platoons, leaderboards, and proximity chat. And if all this wasn’t enough, the reviled Blackwell Fields (alongside New Sobek City) are receiving rework based on fan feedback.

Battlefield 6 is available for Xbox Series X/S, PC, and PS5. Stay tuned for more updates on everything and check out the latest stage of Season 2, Hunter/Prey, here.