This is the first of our regular Community Updates to keep you informed about features we’re testing in Battlefield Labs. Today we’ll focus on elements of gunplay and movement.

OUR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY FOR GUNPLAY AND MOVEMENT

We've continually evolved our gunplay and movement mechanics throughout the Battlefield series. Now, within Battlefield Labs, we're refining the best elements from past titles, updating them, and validating if they feel fun, rewarding, and dynamic.

We're designing the combat experience to ensure everyone can enjoy our gunplay and movement systems. The goal is to offer gameplay that rewards skill for veterans and provides an intuitive experience for new players.

For gunplay, we're testing designs like weapon recoil to help you develop skills and muscle memory. This feedback loop allows you to get a feel for your weapon of choice, understanding and adjusting your aim, making it easier to handle everything in your arsenal. This system not only adds variety but also enhances each weapon's unique feel and play style.

Movement and gunplay go hand-in-hand, as your actions and targets are all part of the same cohesive combat experience. We aim to make movement feel both intuitive and rewarding, whether you’re moving within the world or preparing to take down an enemy.

WHAT’S NEW AND IMPROVED FOR GUNPLAY AND MOVEMENT

Initially, we’re testing select but important areas that create the necessary foundation for a fun and rewarding Battlefield combat experience. These focused efforts help to optimize combat fluidity. Here are just some key examples of changes that will be available during our initial playsessions:

• Reducing time between pressing fire and the appearance of bullets. This change decreases input delay which makes shooting feel more responsive while helping you better track and hit moving targets.
• Optimizing for a 60Hz tick rate. This means faster and more frequent updates of the game server, resulting in fluid gameplay, precise shooting and movement, enhanced damage feedback, and more accurate representations of other players' positions and combat outcomes.
• Adjusting the recoil system. Every weapon should have a unique feel in the hands of a soldier. Now, through enhancements to recoil, camera shakes, and firing speed, gunplay feels more rewarding and intentional than ever before.
• Improving movement animations and features. From crouching and sprinting to vaulting and leaning, our evolved movement system makes it easier to understand when movements are possible.

FEEDBACK AND VALIDATION

Currently, all content within Battlefield Labs is pre-alpha, and playsessions take place within a closed dev environment focused on testing small chunks of a larger array of features. Some gameplay features are works-in-progress, with bugs and performance issues that are not indicative of what you can expect from the final experience. However, even during this early stage of development, you'll get a good sense of our new design approach.

During our first playsession, our teams will be validating the systems and stability of Battlefield Labs such as server performance, while our players will be able to familiarise themselves with what’s we’re cooking up for Battlefield, focusing on:

• Unique weapon feel
• Improvements to aim and control
• Weapon balance and fun factor
• Look and feel of movement
• Moving and interacting within the map
• Combat pacing

STAY TUNED

Lastly, a reminder that while our playsession will be in a closed environment with a limited number of participants, we'll keep you informed on ongoing Battlefield Labs playsessions and learnings through these regular Community Updates.

Want to help shape the future of our franchise? Sign up for Battlefield Labs and read our FAQ to learn more.

We’ll be back in the coming weeks to talk more about our learnings as well as another feature-focused Community Update, so stand at the ready for future comms, Soldier!

//The Battlefield Team

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This announcement may change as we listen to community feedback and continue developing and evolving our Live Service & Content. We will always strive to keep our community as informed as possible.