Battlefield

Today, we wanted to follow up on our recent update before we kick off the weekend. Here's what we're currently investigating and tracking across the most recent update.

• Progression and XP Earn Rates: Following the launch of Season 5, an unintended backend configuration issue throttled earn rates across core modes and weapon mastery progression. We have since reverted these settings on October 15, and have confirmed that earn rates have returned to normal.
• White Screen in Campaign: We have deployed a fix resolving an issue that prevented PlayStation 5 Pro players from progressing beyond the opening cutscene in the Battlefield 6 Campaign. You can now jump into the mission as intended.
• Drag and Revive: We are seeing reports where the revive prompt fails to appear or activate over downed squadmates in Battle Royale modes. Our team is actively investigating the root cause of this issue.
• Vehicle Health Regeneration: We are looking into reports that passive vehicle health regeneration is taking longer than the intended amount after disengaging from combat. Our team is reviewing this issue.
• Phantom Edition GOTY Skin: Players who own the Phantom Edition were intended to receive the new Legendary soldier skin from the Game of the Year (GOTY) Edition without purchasing an upgrade. We have rolled out an in-game inbox message that will automatically grant this skin directly to qualifying accounts.

The team is actively pushing forward on these fixes as well as the updates we mentioned earlier this week. This list is not comprehensive, so please continue to report bugs on the EA forums and share your feedback across our social channels. Have a great weekend and thank you for your patience.

//The Battlefield Team

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Over the past week, we’ve seen conversation, memes, and candid feedback around a few of our latest skins and cosmetic items—specifically the standard issue McNeil skin with “SECUTY” typo.

You called it out clearly, and we hear your concerns.

First, let's dive into the "Secuty" typo patches on the McNeil character. A correction update has already been planned for the Season 5 Phase 2 release. However, we recognize that letting a known visual error go live without quick acknowledgement creates confusion and erodes trust. We are reviewing how we communicate known visual bugs so you aren’t left wondering whether something was intentional or overlooked.

To be completely frank: Items that miss the mark like this do not reflect the quality standards you expect from us, or that we set for ourselves. We take pride in the craft of our world and our gear, and seeing visual oddities slip through is frustrating for everyone. We are currently examining our internal processes and workflows to pinpoint how these issues occurred and to see how we can tighten our quality control process going forward. Thank you for holding us to high standards.

We also want to acknowledge the conversation around the Midnight Mirage skin design with 5-Pistols. This is an intentional creative concept—a nod to over-the-top action movie tropes where an operative inexplicably has another backup weapon strapped to every spare inch of gear. That said, we understand how this could look unintentional when released alongside other cosmetic anomalies.

As we continue to try out new ideas to see what interests the community, you help us continue to evolve our cosmetics in Battlefield. Thank you for your continued feedback and support.

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Due to an issue with the first M-COM on Vegas Strip Rush, we have temporarily removed the map from the mode until we can resolve the underlying issue.

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We are seeing a few players unable to download the necessary Multiplayer DLC files on Steam. For those affected, please try the following steps:

• Close Battlefield 6
• Navigate to the Battlefield 6 Store page.
• Click on Play Game, which will trigger additional DLC to be downloaded
• Once the game launches, you should see all Multiplayer playlists in-game

Enjoy!

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We’ll be hosting our next Battlefield Discord Live Q&A onTuesday, October 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM (timestamp in your local time zone). Ask your questions about Season 5 and join us as the development team answers live on Discord for an hour.

With more than a hundred questions answered over the last two Q&As on Discord, we’re excited to be back and take on your topics about Season 5, Battlefield 6 and REDSEC. If you've missed the last two events, you can check out our Community Updates from June and July to see the community's questions answered!   Make sure you join our server ahead of time, and keep an eye out for more details as we get closer to the day. We look forward to chatting with you.

Make sure you follow #channel to get the latest updates on the Q&A!

// The Battlefield Team

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We are aware of an issue preventing PlayStation 5 Pro players from progressing beyond the opening cutscene of the first chapter in the Battlefield 6 Campaign.

Thank you for your reports, the team is actively investigating the cause and we will follow-up with next steps once available.

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The Battlefield 6 Free Trial on Steam is now available, and all players should be able to download the multiplayer files and jump into the game during the free period until October 19, 2026, 17:00 UTC.

We apologize for the delay for those who were affected by this. Thanks for playing!

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We are tracking reports that players on Steam are currently unable to access the full Battlefield 6 Free Trial. Our teams are actively investigating the issue to get everyone into the action as quickly as possible. We will share further updates as soon as more information is confirmed. Thanks for your patience while we work through this.

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Following the launch of Season 5, backend configuration changes resulted in an unintended issue affecting XP earn rates across modes and hardware progression (such as weapons).

These backend changes have now been reverted, and our team is actively monitoring telemetry to ensure earn rates return to intended levels across all experiences.

Thank you for your patience and reports while we continue to track this.

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We have deployed a hotfix to resolve an issue that could cause audio to cut out until the game is restarted.

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