Overview

• Battlefield 6 recorded about 747,440 concurrent players on Steam in a single day, reported as the franchise’s strongest PC launch to date.
• Zampella told GQ that “the only reason that Call of Duty exists is because EA were dicks,” a remark widely picked up across gaming outlets.
• The GQ profile recounts how Zampella left EA’s Medal of Honor team to co-found Infinity Ward, which partnered with Activision on a project codenamed “MOH Killer” that became Call of Duty.
• DICE producers credit lessons from Battlefield 2042 for Battlefield 6’s refined modes, gunplay, and testing approach, describing it as a corrective return to core strengths.
• Battlefield 6’s marketing leans into early-2000s shooter nostalgia, including a Limp Bizkit–scored trailer and an ad featuring Zac Efron and Paddy Pimblett, as Hollywood eyes FPS IP with Paramount’s recent Call of Duty film deal.