Every few years, gaming’s biggest military shooter franchises collide, and 2025 is shaping up to be another heavyweight bout.

This fall, “Call of Duty” and “Battlefield” are going head-to-head once again. Each franchise has long competed to define how virtual combat looks and feels, and each is preparing a major release aimed at capturing players across the globe.

But inside the barracks, where troops spend late nights blowing off steam on dusty consoles, the question is simple: Which one will actually win the downtime war?

A course correction for ‘Battlefield’

Electronic Arts has staked its future on “Battlefield 6,” scheduled to launch Oct. 10 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. After the widely criticized rollout of “Battlefield 2042,” EA and developer DICE are billing this as

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