Battlefield 6’s mysterious, however confirmed, battle royale mode may launch as quickly as subsequent week as a shadowdrop. That is in accordance with a datamining effort and data from sources.
Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming stated the battle royale mode will shadowdrop on October 28. As for the datamining particulars, one thing referred to as “Granite” has reportedly been found within the Battlefield 6 sport recordsdata. Trendy Warzone, in the meantime, reported that that is the battle royale mode and it’s certainly approaching October 28 as a shadowdrop.
Battlefield Studios has confirmed it is engaged on a battle royale mode however has not shared specifics about it but, together with whether or not it is going to be free or paid. It would not be the primary shadowdrop of a battle royale sport, as EA launched Apex Legends again in February 2019 with out a lot pre-release hype.
Trendy Warzone added that the battle royale is named Battlefield: RedSec and it is going to be a free sport, as suspected.
EXCLUSIVE: The F2P Battlefield 6 battle royale is formally named “Battlefield: RedSec”.
Releasing October twenty eighth as beforehand reported, nonetheless it seems like there gained’t be any trailers or official bulletins till the twenty eighth itself as a substitute of a day earlier than.
Full on shadowdrop pic.twitter.com/blP6NQR3jW
— ModernWarzone (@ModernWarzone) October 24, 2025
EA tried its hand on the battle royale area for Battlefield years in the past with the Firestorm mode for Battlefield V again in 2019. The mode did not precisely catch on, nonetheless. The brand new Battlefield 6 battle royale mode will go up towards titles like Fortnite, PUBG, Name of Responsibility: Warzone, and others.
EA has been testing Battlefield 6’s battle royale mode with the Battlefield Labs testing group. The developer only recently offered an summary of among the modifications for battle royale. These embrace (as written by EA):
- Shut-range TTK: We’ve adjusted time-to-kill at shut vary for all weapons to reward clear positioning and monitoring whereas giving gamers extra time to counter assaults. We’ll hold monitoring this as soon as it’s stay.
- Armor Modifications: Everybody will now have the capability for two armor plates firstly of the sport. All gamers will spawn with 1 plate, so you should have the prospect to improve as quickly as you begin looting, giving everybody an equal probability at upgrading their armor absolutely.
- World Enhancements: We’ve been fixing pesky world bugs and optimizing areas to enhance the setting. With these enhancements, we made changes to the lighting in addition to enhancing the visibility throughout the map.
- Car Stability: We’ve adjusted the stability for helicopters and fight automobiles to maintain them as highly effective instruments exhibiting off Battlefield’s core DNA, with out making them essential to survive or win the late sport. This contains vital changes to the heli countermeasures and ammo financial system.
October 28 can be the day that Battlefield 6’s Season 1 arrives, ushering in new maps and modes for multiplayer.
Battlefield 6 bought off to a great begin following its launch on October 10, promoting 7 million copies instantly, representing the “largest opening” of all time for the sequence. For extra, take a look at GameSpot’s Battlefield 6 evaluation.
