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Fans of Battlefield<\/a> 6 are worried the new game will pull a Call Of Duty<\/a> when it comes to crossover skins, but the developer insists it will remain ‘grounded’.<\/p>\n

According to current rumours<\/a> EA<\/a> is expecting to attract up to 100 million players to Battlefield 6, when it’s released in October<\/a>. That’s orders of magnitude more than any previous entry in the series and more akin to the numbers enjoyed by the likes of Call Of Duty and Fortnite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some influence from those games can already be seen in Battlefield 6, as the sequel will feature a separate battle royale mode<\/a>. That isn’t necessarily a bad idea but it has many fans worried that Battlefield may pick up some of Call Of Duty’s other bad habits, especially when it comes to paid-for skins.<\/p>\n

Call Of Duty and Fortnite are known, for better and worse, for mountains of cosmetic skins based on movie stars, cartoon characters, real-life celebrities, and much more. Call Of Duty fans are getting increasingly fed up with the trend and it seems Battlefield 6 will be purposefully avoiding it.<\/p>\n

Speaking with DBLTAP<\/a> during a recent London event, Battlefield 6 design director Shashank Uchil (who\u2019s been working on the series since 2018\u2019s Battlefield 5<\/a>) expressed a disinterest in any sort of wacky crossovers for the game, insisting the game will remain \u2018grounded.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018It has to be grounded. That is what Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 was – it was all soldiers, on the ground,\u2019 said Uchil. \u2018I don\u2019t think it needs Nicki Minaj. Let\u2019s keep it real, keep it grounded.\u2019<\/p>\n

That second bit is a very pointed reference to how Activision added rapper Nicki Minaj as a playable skin in 2022\u2019s Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2<\/a>. Not even as a character, but as herself and not in any sort of military wear.<\/p>\n

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Battlefield Studios head Vince Zampella (who famously helped create Call Of Duty) was also quizzed by Eurogamer<\/a> about the possibility of crossover skins.<\/p>\n

\u2018We want to be true to Battlefield, we want this fantasy to feel like you’d expect of Battlefield, so that’s what we’ve been focused on,\u2019 he answered.<\/p>\n

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