EA has announced Battlefield’s free-to-play battle royale is launching tomorrow, alongside the shooter’s first season.
After all the rumours pointed towards a surprise launch this week, EA has confirmed Battlefield 6’s standalone battle royale spin-off is making its big debut on Tuesday this week.
We’ve known about the battle royale mode for some time, after playtests earlier this year, but EA’s newly formed Battlefield Studios has kept quiet on both the name and when it will be released following Battlefield 6’s launch on October 10, 2025.
Now, both of those details have been revealed and, unfortunately, the name isn’t quite as catchy as Call Of Duty: Warzone.
In a post on X, EA announced the battle royale mode is called REDSEC (Redacted Sector), and just like Warzone, it will be free-to-play for everyone – even if you haven’t bought Battlefield 6.
The post confirms Battlefield REDSEC will be available from Tuesday, October 28 at 3pm GMT time in the UK across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. At the same time, a gameplay trailer will launch too.
No other details about the mode have been released, but we know it’s developed by Ripple Effect, previously known as DICE LA. They have assisted on numerous games in the series, starting with Battlefield 4. Additionally, they developed the Battlefield Portal, which allows players to create their own servers and rulesets with different mods.
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Ripple Effect is one of four developers operating under the newly formed Battlefield Studios at EA, alongside DICE, Criterion, and Motive. All of these teams collaborated together for the first time on Battlefield 6.
While this is the first battle royale game by Ripple Effect, this isn’t the first time the Battlefield franchise has attempted to pull a Fortnite.
In 2019, Battlefield 5 received a battle royale mode called Firestorm, developed by Criterion, which supported up to 64 players. However, it arrived late, after Battlefield 5’s underwhelming launch, and never really caught on.
It remains to be seen if Battlefield REDSEC will stick the landing and become a formidable rival to Call Of Duty: Warzone, but Battlefield 6 has done very well so far – with over seven million copies sold worldwide within its first three days.
On the same day as Battlefield REDSEC, the first season of content will begin for Battlefield 6, which starts with a new Blackwell Fields map and a 4v4 Strikepoint mode.
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