As Call of Duty flips a U-turn on goofy skins, Battlefield 6 devs are making their stance clear from the start: 'We're not chasing trends. We're not chasing other products'

Battlefield 6 Road to Battlefield 2042 event: Two soldiers walking away from an armed jeep in water on Iwo Jima beack, as planes fly overhead.

The vibe shift on goofy cosmetics in live service games is impossible to ignore at this point. Call of Duty has issued a full reversal on its plans to allow fantastical skins in Black Ops 7 after heavy backlash, and today, Battlefield 6 developers reaffirmed their commitment to not ending up like Fortnite.

"We want to be a gritty, realistic shooter," Battlefield 6 technical director Christian Buhl told IGN in a recent interview.