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Battlefield 6 Breaks Through on Steam as DICE Pushes Rapid Fixes and Addresses Map Concerns

DICE is moving quickly to patch issues, guided by player feedback.

Overview

  • The shooter reached a peak of about 747,000 concurrent players on Steam, entering the platform’s all‑time top ranks within 24 hours of launch.
  • Critics broadly praise the multiplayer as a return to form, while user reviews on Steam are Very Positive and campaign impressions are more mixed.
  • Developers deployed a fix for a jump‑momentum bug across all platforms and are making backend adjustments to stabilize Breakthrough player counts.
  • Lead producer David Sirland invited community feedback as the team monitors weapons, movement, and matchmaking, with more tuning planned on a live‑service cadence.
  • Players are criticizing map selection and size as too compact, a debate likely to inform near‑term updates as the studio moves toward Season 1 later in October.