EA: Battlefield 6 Launch Window “Clearer Than Before” Following GTA 6 Delay
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Battlefield 6 is one of the key new releases in EA’s lineup for the next fiscal year, but Andrew Wilson isn’t concerned about it competing with GTA 6, the CEO revealed in EA’s latest earnings call–and the latter game’s recent delay to May 2026 likely has a lot to do with it.
EA announced during its presentation that the next Battlefield will launch within fiscal year 2026, meaning it should be here sometime before March 2026. In the Q&A following EA’s briefing, Wilson was asked his thoughts on the change in release window for the “big major expected release,” clearly referring to GTA 6, which was recently delayed to May 2026.
“Typically today, games take many years to build and develop,” Wilson began his answer, explaining why it’s not a simple task to move release dates around based on events like the GTA 6 delay. “It’s unlikely that if you weren’t already ready to launch in this window, it may be hard to get ready and take advantage of what might be otherwise a less competitive window than we may have anticipated earlier.”
