Battlefield 6 Season 2 release date delayed because EA wants "extra time" for development "as a result of community feedback"
Season 1 is running a little longer than we thought
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EA has just announced that Battlefield 6 Season 1 has been extended – which, more pertinently, means that the Season 2 release date has been delayed. The new season will land roughly a month after it was previously expected, which the publisher says will allow for more development time in order to address feedback from fans.
"The first season will now run until the launch of Season 2 on February 17, with the Season 1 extension update being released on January 20," EA says in a press release. "This extended launch has been implemented to allow extra time to further develop and refine Season 2 as a result of community feedback." There are no details on what, specifically, is set to change with this extra development time.
The Season 1 extension update will include a variety of "fixes and stability improvements," as teased in an official blog post, but details on those have not yet been provided. The extension will include some minor bonuses to keep you playing, like daily login rewards, double XP weekends, a duos-themed Valentine's Day event, and a Portal showcase.
EA's biggest offering for the extended Season 1 is the Frostfire bonus path, which you can complete concurrently with the Season 1 battle pass. This will unlock a weapon package, soldier skin, and some XP boosts.
By all accounts, Battlefield 6's launch has been wildly successful, but some of that inevitable post-launch live-service malaise has already started to set in. Players are making AI accusations against "hollow and low effort" new artwork, the current selection of Battlefield 6 maps is starting to wear pretty thin, and balance issues have been drawing complaints for months. Here's hoping Season 2 can help set things back on track.
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.
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