Battlefield 6 launches this Friday, the first entry in four years for a once-bombastic series that never got bad, exactly, but maybe lost a bit of its identity in chasing the all-conquering Call of Duty. The die-hards will tell you that Battlefield 2042 is a great game now, after years of post-launch support, but Battlefield 6 needs to be a classic, a game so good that it can carve out space in the most cut-throat and quality-packed shooter landscape there has ever been.
The latest issue of PC Gamer, out tomorrow, features exclusive access to developers Criterion and Dice, among others, with PCG's Jake Tucker left agog at a "streamlined first-person shooter that captures the magic of the series in its earlier days." Maybe a strange thing for a new shooter, but that really is one of the big selling points for Battlefield 6. Psst, remember when this game was amazing?
