EA News Articles
Tuesday25th Nov 2025
News Battlefield 6 Multiplayer Is Free For A Week On Xbox, Starting Today
Jump into BF6 multiplayer for a limited time
The teams at EA and BF Studios have announced that Battlefield 6 will be free to try on all platforms, starting November 25th at 4am PT / 7am ET / 12pm GMT and running through December 2nd at those very same times. This free trial period will contain access to BF6 multiplayer, with three maps (Blackwell...
Tuesday18th Nov 2025
News EA Breaks Tradition And Turns F1 26 Into DLC, Next Game Will Now Launch On Xbox In 2027
Next year will bring an expansion instead
Codemasters' F1 series has been annualised for some time now, but the EA developer has today announced that it's essentially turning F1 26 into DLC - with the next franchise entry now landing in 2027 instead. In a surprising move, EA and Codemasters have revealed that a paid expansion will come to F1 25...
Tuesday28th Oct 2025
News Battlefield REDSEC Is Available Now As A Free-To-Play Battle Royale On Xbox
BIG shadow drop from EA!
Shadow drop time! Rumours have been swirling on this one for a few weeks now, but EA has just officially launched Battlefield REDSEC - a new battle royale spinoff to its recent FPS Battlefield 6. The best part? It's available now on Xbox Series X|S as a completely free-to-play title. Battlefield REDSEC Free Download (Xbox...
Wednesday22nd Oct 2025
News Battlefield 6 Season 1 Brings Lots Of Free Content To Xbox, Starting This Month
More multiplayer mayhem
EA and Battlefield Studios have lifted the lid on Battlefield 6 Season 1, with plenty of additional content being added to the game over the coming weeks. The team is doing things a little differently with three separate updates making up Season 1 - with the first of those updates arriving on October 28th. Yep, that first...
Thursday16th Oct 2025
News Digital Foundry Delivers Its Verdict On The Xbox Versions Of Battlefield 6
"A detailed breakdown of every mode"
Battlefield 6 has been out for almost a week now, which has given the folks at Digital Foundry plenty of time to dig into every version of the game for its latest analysis video - including the Xbox Series X and S versions which largely impress throughout. If you'd like to hear it straight from the DF team we've...
Wednesday15th Oct 2025
Report Battlefield 6 Sells Over 6 Million Copies, And A Good Chunk Of Those Are On Xbox
A solid split for Series X|S!
It's no secret that Battlefield 6 has had some hype behind it after years of the series not quite hitting the mainstream mark - but an early sales report shows just how well the game is doing right now, including on Xbox Series X and S consoles. The folks over at Alinea Analytics are back again this week with a big...
Tuesday14th Oct 2025
News Battlefield 6 Boss: 'The Only Reason COD Exists Is Because EA Were D*cks'
Vince Zampella speaks openly
Call of Duty vs. Battlefield has been a long-standing rivalry in the gaming biz; two FPS titans that often trade blows as publishers Activision and EA hope to reign supreme. With BF6 out in the wild, veteran developer Vince Zampella has now had a major hand in both of these franchises - and in a new interview, h
Friday10th Oct 2025
News If Your Battlefield 6 Crew Plays On Xbox, It'll Earn Less XP Than On PlayStation
Why is this a thing?
Battlefield 6 is out now, and after four years of waiting since 2042, thousands of players will be hopping into the game's vast multiplayer suite in the coming days - and for years to come, for that matter. Bringing a good squad with you is always recommended in Battlefield, but as it turns out, that squad will be benefitted if...
Thursday9th Oct 2025
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Battlefield 6
EA's new shooter launches tomorrow!
After four years of waiting, Battlefield is back, with the upcoming Battlefield 6 about to drop on Xbox consoles this Friday. Naturally, then, we've got some early reviews trickling in for this one - which we're going to round up down below for you to take a look at. Now, we are working on our own Battlefield 6...
Friday26th Sep 2025
News Here's Your First Look At Extended Battlefield 6 Single-Player Gameplay
15 minutes of campaign footage!
We're now two weeks away from the official launch of Battlefield 6 on Xbox Series X|S, and as plenty of games flock to Tokyo Game Show this week, we're starting to see lots of single-player footage emerge for EA's upcoming FPS. A lot of this has commentary slapped over it, but thankfully, the folks over at IGN have...
Wednesday24th Sep 2025
News EA Debuts Battlefield 6 Campaign Footage Ahead Of Next Month's Xbox Release
"Campaign returns on a global scale"
There's a lot of hype behind Battlefield 6 right now as EA's big FPS makes its grand return next month, and now the team has just shown off what BF Studios is cooking up with the game's campaign. You can take a look at the debut of this Official Campaign Trailer up above, and we'll chuck EA's description of...
Monday15th Sep 2025
News Battlefield 6 Dev Says Working On Xbox Series S Improved The Entire Game
It made the "whole game better and more stable"
It's no secret that when it comes to current-gen console development, Xbox Series S tends to take a bit more optimisation, due to the more limited hardware packed into Microsoft's tiny console. We've heard it from lots of devs, and this week, Battlefield Studios has commented on the console - talking...
Tuesday9th Sep 2025
News EA To Host 'Battlefield 6: Single-Player Live Showcase' Later This Month
Get an early look at the story campaign!
The recent Battlefield 6 beta has showed immense potential for the multiplayer portion of EA's upcoming Xbox FPS, and now the folks over at Battlefield Studios are getting ready to show off what single-player campaign content they've been cooking up for later this year as well. As revealed today, the...
Monday18th Aug 2025
News Earn Free Battlefield 6 Cosmetics By Playing 2042's Latest Update On Xbox
"The road to Battlefield 6 begins here"
Lots of us have been having our fun with Battlefield 6 these past few weekends, and with the beta now wrapped up and all eyes on launch, the team has added a bunch of classic content to Battlefield 2042 to tie fans over - including a stone cold classic BF map. That map is the World War 2-themed Iwo Jima,...
Monday11th Aug 2025
News EA Rejected The Idea Of 'Dragon Age 1-3 Remastered'
"One of the things that we pitched at one point..."
Dragon Age: The Veilguard launched on Xbox late last year after a decade-long series hiatus, but it didn't have to be that long of a wait, according to former BioWare veteran Mark Darrah. In a new interview with MrMattyPlays, the former BioWare dev claimed that ideas of a Dragon Age remaster of...
Thursday7th Aug 2025
News Battlefield 6 Servers Getting Hammered A Full Two Days Before Xbox Open Beta
Early Access is proving very popular
In the FPS scene, all eyes are on Battlefield 6 at the moment, with hype building fast following EA's recent multiplayer reveal event. That event closed out with the announcement of a few pre-launch beta periods coming up - and even the limited Early Access version is proving extremely popular already. As we...
Tuesday5th Aug 2025
News EA Is Working On 'A Few' Unannounced Games Based On Disney IP
Alongside Iron Man & Star Wars Jedi 3
For a while now, EA has been working with Disney to translate its big IP into AAA video games - mostly based on the Star Wars franchise. However, EA's Dead Space team is now working on an Iron Man game too, and a new interview confirms that more unannounced Disney projects are in the works as well. <related...
Monday4th Aug 2025
News Battlefield 6 FAQ Reveals Multiple Performance Modes On Xbox Series X|S
60FPS as a minimum!
We had to wait a while for concrete details on Battlefield 6, but they're well and truly here now as EA blows the doors off its upcoming AAA FPS. As part of that information blowout, we've got a big FAQ page to parse through now, including details on performance modes across Xbox Series X and S. According to EA and Battlefield...
Wednesday30th Jul 2025
News EA Insists No Price Increases Are Planned As Battlefield 6 Nears Xbox Launch
BF6 Should remain a $70 game
In a new EA earnings call covering Q1 of the current fiscal year (via VGC), CEO Andrew Wilson has addressed questions about game pricing, and whether the company plans to bump up prices anytime soon. Thankfully, Wilson says there are no such plans "at this stage", as it prepares to launch Battlefield 6 on Xbox pla
Friday25th Jul 2025
Report Reliable Leaker Details Two Unannounced Xbox Games Coming This Fall
Excited for either of these?
Hot on the heels of their recent Battlefield 6 report, reliable leaker billbil-kun over at Dealabs is back with information on two unannounced titles coming to Xbox this fall. <related ids="185578"> The first and arguably most interesting of these titles is Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted. A remaster of the...
Thursday24th Jul 2025
News Battlefield 6 Looks Very 'Modern Warfare', Multiplayer Reveal Coming This Month
Battlefield is back
Well, there we have it. EA has finally showcased some Battlefield 6 goodness after months of teasing and internal testing - and as you'd probably expect, it has a very 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare' look to it at this early stage. We must add that the team's debut trailer does say that this is "game engine footage" and "not...
Wednesday23rd Jul 2025
News Battlefield 6 Price & Release Date Leak Ahead Of 2025 Xbox Launch
It could be coming sooner than you think!
Yesterday, EA revealed Battlefield 6 as it begins the hype cycle for its next big online FPS, and now the reliable folks over at Dealabs
Monday14th Jul 2025
News Need For Speed Supposedly 'Shelved' As EA-Backed Fan Site Winds Down
No need
Earlier in the year, we brought news that Need for Speed was officially 'on ice' as Unbound developer Criterion moved over to work on Battlefield 6 - and the fresh discovery of an NFS fan site being closed down points towards a longer hiatus for EA's premiere racing seri
Thursday29th May 2025
News Marvel's Black Panther Game Reportedly Cancelled As EA 'Sharpens Focus' On Its Lineup
Another studio closure looks imminent
A couple of years ago now, Marvel and EA announced that they were collaborating on a Black Panther game being crafted by new studio Cliffhanger Games, but that all looks to be coming to an end here in 2025 - with nothing to show for it. Per a new IGN report, EA has cancelled this Black Panther project and is...
Tuesday27th May 2025
News Test Drive Publisher Regains WRC License After EA Decided Against Codemasters Sequel
To start releasing games from 2027
Right at the start of the month, we brought news that EA had effectively given up on the WRC license, with developer Codemasters announcing that it was no longer working on the franchise. Well, just a few weeks later, ex-WRC publisher Nacon has announced that it's regained the license to work on future WRC titles...
Thursday1st May 2025
News EA Gives Up On WRC, Four Years After Buying Rally Game Experts Codemasters
Work that one out
Four years after its well-documented battle with 2K to acquire racing studio Codemasters, EA is shutting down plans to make future rally games; ending its partnership with WRC in the process. The EA Sports WRC team confirmed the news this week, via a 'Development Update' message posted to the EA website. The s
Thursday27th Mar 2025
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (March 27)
Including a shadow drop!
Well, out of nowhere, Microsoft has announced that EA Sports College Football 25 will be added to the EA Play Library today - which means it's also joining the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate library at the same time, alongside post-apocalyptic RPG Atomfall. So, here's a roundup of your two new Xbox Game Pass Ultimate additions -...
Monday10th Mar 2025
News Battlefield 6 Extended Footage Appears Online Ahead Of Xbox Series X|S Release
Destruction is back, baby
About a month ago, EA finally lifted the lid on its grand old plan for Battlefield 6 - or whatever the team ends up naming its next mainline Battlefield game. Yep, despite not titling the game just yet,
Friday28th Feb 2025
News EA Reveals Xbox Series X|S Tech Specs For Upcoming Adventure Split Fiction
60FPS for everyone!
Ahead of the upcoming launch of Hazelight's newest game Split Fiction, EA has provided an overview of the game's tech specs - including some figures for how the game will run on Xbox Series X and S. The good news here is that both Xbox versions — all console versions, in fact — will run at 60 frames per-second. Xbox Series X...
Friday21st Feb 2025
News Xbox Sales Charts Dominated By EA & Microsoft In The US To Kick Off 2025
An interesting start to the year
Today, analyst firm Circana (formerly NPD), has revealed some interesting facts & figures about how the gaming industry is performing at the start of 2025 - and we thought Xbox's game sales chart for last month was quite interesting to look at. The top 10 best-selling games on Xbox last month were all published...





























