The removal of Rush from Battlefield 6 isn’t going over well within the game’s community, as developer Battlefield Studios confirms it’s exploring ways to bring it back.
Playlists for the mode, along with several others like King of the Hill and Team Deathmatch, were removed with no real warning or fanfare from Battlefield 6 following its minor patch 1.4.1.5 update on August 4. The modes were also removed from custom searches, relegating the modes to Battlefield 6’s Portal custom games.
According to the official Battlefield Comms social media account several days after the fact, developer Battlefield Studios said this was to “improve matchmaking quality by focusing players into the playlists seeing the most activity, creating more consistent matches that fill, and getting our players into the action faster.”
Rush has been a Battlefield staple for years, even if its implementation and smaller player-count matches in Battlefield 6 left something to be desired. But its removal entirely from official playlists has not been a popular decision, with players on the game’s forums and Reddit reacting to the mode’s removal with disbelief. One Steam player with close to 500 hours even allegedly went as far to request (and receive) a Battlefield 6 refund on Steam.
“Battlefield Studios, you don’t get to remove the game modes I play and still keep my money,” ExplorEverythingOnce said.
Battlefield Studios, for its part, stated it recognizes that some of the removed modes are “community favorites, regardless of how often they’re played,” and is looking at ways to bring them back into matchmaking.
“We’re closely monitoring the impact of these playlist changes and will continue making adjustments where they’re needed,” Battlefield Studios said.
Battlefield 6’s naval-combat themed Season 4 is currently in full swing, with the return of Wake Island and a Top Gun crossover scheduled to arrive August 18.