Electronic Arts revealed a surprise today in its Battlefield 6 Reveal event: Ripple Effect is working on a battle royale experience for the game coming October 10.
Byron Beede, general manager of Battlefield, said at the close of the event that Battlefield studio Ripple Effect was working on something special for the franchise. Then he showed off a bunch of aircraft, vehicles and soldiers fleeing something.
Then the camera panned back to show a wall of flame approaching. That, of course, was a sign of a ring closing in on the soldiers in a battle royale match. It was not unlike Operation Firestorm from Battlefield 3.
Another surprise during the reveal video today was the inclusion of more detail on the single-player campaign, which pits Western allies (or what’s left of them) against the Pax Armata, a private military corporation. It pits the U.S. and the NATO alliance, or what is left of it, after the PMC causes some disruption and allies to change sides.
The short scene at the end of the event showed a CIA operative, Mills, discussing the war with the hero of the story, named Murphy, who is part of Dagger 1-3. He is a Marine Raider, which means he is one of the elite soldiers of the U.S. Marine Corps. The operative mentions “all of the alliances since the dawn of World War II have gone out the window.”
Disclosure: EA paid my way to the event in Los Angeles.