Battlefield 6 Just Played an Ace Up Its Sleeve, and It's a Card The Series Hasn't Been Able to Lean on For Ages

Battlefield 6 has come out the gate swinging with an impressive trailer that looks set to bring the series back to a gritty, modern setting, full of all the classic explosions, lens-flares, and big action sequences. The nods to older titles in the franchise are pretty clear, with a focus on boots-on-the-ground action amid a range of environments. The commitment to a brutally realistic aesthetic backed up by advances in graphics technology has made Battlefield stand out again in ways it has failed to recently, and it’s harkening back to the old days of the series in more ways than one.