Battlefield 2042 had a lot of problems, and for Electronic Arts, that was a big headache. The company spent years working on that game, and players felt like it had a bad launch, with a lot of bugs and other problems.
EA chose to go back to work and do the necessary investment in fixing Battlefield. The result is Battlefield 6, which looks and plays pretty spectacular. You can hear the collective sigh of relief at EA and on Wall Street. This is probably a game that has legs, and I can see why the company put so much effort into it. As a shooter guy, I can already tell this game will be a hit.
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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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