The Latest Breaking News from Call of Duty

'Battlefield 6' record-setting weekend could be the kick in the butt Call of Duty needs to return to its best days.

"This has always been the case"

CoD losing isn't a bad thing, even for itself.

We're so back?

If success could be measured by numbers, Battlefield 6 would invent new math. The game, which is in its open beta right now, has just crossed the 500,000 player count on Steam, beating not only every other Battlefield before it, but also every COD title ever.

This puts the BF6 beta at 18th place overall on Steam.

Battlefield 6 has been receiving critical and fan acclaim over the past few days, and Mike Ybarro, Blizzard's former president, has shared a similar sentiment. He says Call of Duty has "gone downhill" and that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" COD this year for several reasons.

It's not necessarily that Battlefield is that much better, according to Mike Ybarra, but that Call of Duty kind of sucks.

Battlefield has caught up to Call of Duty in a major way.

Over 40,000 people are waiting to get into the closed and open beta for Battlefield 6 by simply sitting in the games main menu

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 5 launches on August 7, and the RICOCHET anti-cheat team has announced new hardware-level protections in anticipation of Black Ops 7's launch later this year.