One of the prevailing impressions of the Battlefield 6 beta, which wrapped up today after two gangbuster weekends, was that Battlefield has finally caught up to Call of Duty . It has its snappy gunplay, it has its attachments, and it will eventually have its free-to-play battle royale mode .

EA believes anything CoD can do, it can do better—but what about annualized releases? According to longtime industry analyst Michael Pachter, that's exactly what Battlefield Studios, a four-studio collaboration between DICE, Ripple Effect, Criterion, and Motive, is working toward.

During the latest episode of Pachter's YouTube show, Pachter Factor, the analyst shared an anecdote from a conversation with Battlefield Studios general manager Byron Beede:

"I talked to Byron Beede—good dude, former Activ

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