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4x XP event now live!

The 4x XP event is now live in Battlefield 6 and REDSEC. Enjoy 300% gains on All XP during our first-ever 4x XP event! Live until 12 PM UTC on November 9. See you on the Battlefield

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Update on Platoons and the B-81 Cavalry

Battlefield Community

We remain committed to delivering high-quality experiences for our players. We have determined that the B-81 Cavalry and our Platoons feature are not ready for deployment as they do not meet our internal quality standards.

Season 5 Phase 3 will still launch on December 8, featuring a new Operation as well as our updates for Blackwell Fields and New Sobek City and our winter event. However, we’re going to be delaying both the B-81 Cavalry and Platoons so we can focus on delivering the vision we have for them.

Stay tuned for more from us on this, and we’ll have more to tell you about our wider plans for 2027 shortly after the holidays.

We’ll see you on the Battlefield.

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[BFComms] Ranked BR Crossplay Update

To help build a healthier matchmaking pool, we have updated our crossplay rules to bring more PC and console players together:

- PC players will now mix directly with console players who have crossplay enabled.
- Console with Crossplay On: Console players will now match directly with PC players in a unified pool. (Note: - If you are a console player who plays with friends on PC, you were already playing in this mixed pool. This update simply makes it the standard experience for crossplay-enabled players.)
- Console with Crossplay Off: Console players will continue to match exclusively with players on their same platform.

We initially took a cautious opening approach to Ranked by separating PC and console players into different matchmaking pools, because we know crossplay brings up natural questions about input balance.

However, looking closely at our competitive tournament history, including our recent Cash Cups, we consistently see all input types placing well and competing at the highest levels. This includes squads made up of all Controller players, all Mouse and Keyboard players, and mixed players. Ranked BR was the only experience in the game that maintained this strict platform split.

The goal with these changes is to bring more players together, which means faster match queues and fewer high-ping and cross-region lobbies. To experience better matchmaking, we highly recommend all players to turn on crossplay.

We'll be closely monitoring match telemetry and input balance (Mouse & Keyboard vs. Controller) to ensure the playing field remains fair, including making adjustments if we see any unhealthy trends. Please let us know your thoughts and share any feedback as you play.

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[BFComms] Vegas Strip Conquest Helicopter Update

Based on player feedback, we have updated the neutral vehicle spawn on Vegas Strip in Conquest, replacing the Attack Helicopter with a Transport Helicopter to improve match balance.

This change is now live and will take some time to appear across all servers. Thank you for continuing to share your feedback with us.

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Ranked BR Matchmaking Update

We have rolled out an update to Ranked BR matchmaking earlier today focused on lowering match ping and reducing cross-region games.

- We lowered the maximum latency threshold to prioritize cleaner connections and better hit registration.
- To keep matches firing under this tighter ping limit, Asia and South America servers will now match across a wider range of skill ranks. All other servers will maintain their current skill-matching rules.

With stricter ping requirements, you may experience slightly longer queue times while the game looks for lower-latency lobbies.

We will be actively monitoring wait times and match quality. Jump into Ranked BR and let us know how your connections and queue times feel.

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[BFComms] Stability Hotfix

We just deployed a client hotfix to improve stability on the Vegas Strip and Area 51 maps. You will need to download the update before being able to play again. Thank you.

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Something dead has awakened in Area 51 💀

Dead Space has breached #Battlefield6 and #REDSEC.

👁️ Destroy the Marker
🧟 Survive hordes of Marked Soldiers
🔫 Wield the Pulse Rifle
🪖 Unlock Dead Space rewards

Survive the madness. Stop the Convergence.

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It's Season 5, and it's once again time to hear your thoughts through our Community Survey.

Focused on Siege of Las Vegas, this survey takes around 5 minutes to complete, with responses available on a first come, first served basis.

There are plenty of other routes, where we take in more of your comments directly rather than specific questions.

We're also reading your feedback across Reddit, BFComms on X, Discord, Battlefield Labs, and more.

Thank you for helping us improve Battlefield.
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Reminder: Our Season 5 Battlefield Discord Live Q&A happens tomorrow, Tuesday, October 20, at 9 AM PDT/ 12 PM EDT/ 6 PM CEST.

Ask your question and hear from our development team live on Discord.

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[BFComms] Season 5 Siege of Vegas Known Issues and Status Roundup - October 16

Today, we wanted to follow up on our recent update before we kick off the weekend. Here's what we're currently investigating and tracking across the most recent update.

- Progression and XP Earn Rates: Following the launch of Season 5, an unintended backend configuration issue throttled earn rates across core modes and weapon mastery progression. We have since reverted these settings on October 15, and have confirmed that earn rates have returned to normal.
- White Screen in Campaign: We have deployed a fix resolving an issue that prevented PlayStation 5 Pro players from progressing beyond the opening cutscene in the Battlefield 6 Campaign. You can now jump into the mission as intended.
- Drag and Revive: We are seeing reports where the revive prompt fails to appear or activate over downed squadmates in Battle Royale modes. Our team is actively investigating the root cause of this issue.
- Vehicle Health Regeneration: We are looking into reports that passive vehicle health regeneration is taking longer than the intended amount after disengaging from combat. Our team is reviewing this issue.
- Phantom Edition GOTY Skin: Players who own the Phantom Edition were intended to receive the new Legendary soldier skin from the Game of the Year (GOTY) Edition without purchasing an upgrade. We have rolled out an in-game inbox message that will automatically grant this skin directly to qualifying accounts.

The team is actively pushing forward on these fixes as well as the updates we mentioned earlier this week. This list is not comprehensive, so please continue to report bugs on the EA forums and share your feedback across our social channels. Have a great weekend and thank you for your patience.

//The Battlefield Team

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Cosmetic Quality & Recent Feedback
Over the past week, we’ve seen conversation, memes, and candid feedback around a few of our latest skins and cosmetic items—specifically the standard issue McNeil skin with “SECUTY” typo.

You called it out clearly, and we hear your concerns.

First, let's dive into the "Secuty" typo patches on the McNeil character. A correction update has already been planned for the Season 5 Phase 2 release. However, we recognize that letting a known visual error go live without quick acknowledgement creates confusion and erodes trust. We are reviewing how we communicate known visual bugs so you aren’t left wondering whether something was intentional or overlooked.

To be completely frank: Items that miss the mark like this do not reflect the quality standards you expect from us, or that we set for ourselves. We take pride in the craft of our world and our gear, and seeing visual oddities slip through is frustrating for everyone. We are currently examining our internal processes and workflows to pinpoint how these issues occurred and to see how we can tighten our quality control process going forward. Thank you for holding us to high standards.

We also want to acknowledge the conversation around the Midnight Mirage skin design with 5-Pistols. This is an intentional creative concept—a nod to over-the-top action movie tropes where an operative inexplicably has another backup weapon strapped to every spare inch of gear. That said, we understand how this could look unintentional when released alongside other cosmetic anomalies.

As we continue to try out new ideas to see what interests the community, you help us continue to evolve our cosmetics in Battlefield. Thank you for your continued feedback and support.

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Due to an issue with the first M-COM on Vegas Strip Rush, we have temporarily removed the map from the mode until we can resolve this.

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Steam Free Trial Troubleshooting

We are seeing a few players unable to download the necessary Multiplayer DLC files on Steam. For those affected, please try the following steps:
- Close Battlefield 6
- Navigate to the Battlefield 6 Store page.
- Click on Play Game, which will trigger additional DLC to be downloaded
- Once the game launches, you should see all Multiplayer playlists in-game

Enjoy!

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[BFComms] Free Trial on Steam is now Live!

The Battlefield 6 Free Trial on Steam is now available, and all players should be able to download the multiplayer files and jump into the game during the free period until October 19, 2026, 17:00 UTC.

We apologize for the delay for those who were affected by this. Thanks for playing!

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We are hosting our next Battlefield Discord Live Q&A on October 20📣

Join us at 9 AM PDT/ 12 PM EDT/ 6 PM CEST to ask questions and hear from our development team on Discord.

We’ll be talking about Siege of Vegas and the rest of Season 5!

📷 See you on Discord: https://t.co/bbzm8NPzqm

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[BFComms] Campaign White Screen Issue

We are aware of an issue preventing PlayStation 5 Pro players from progressing beyond the opening cutscene of the first chapter in the Battlefield 6 Campaign.

Thank you for your reports, the team is actively investigating the cause and we will follow-up with next steps once available.

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[BFComms] Free Trial on Steam is now Live!

The Battlefield 6 Free Trial on Steam is now available, and all players should be able to download the multiplayer files and jump into the game during the free period until October 19, 2026, 17:00 UTC.

We apologize for the delay for those who were affected by this. Thanks for playing!