Battlefield 6 is one of EA's most important launches in years. As the company becomes laser-focused on big, bankable franchises and looks to compete with the beast that is Activision's Call of Duty, EA needs Battlefield 6 to be a hit when it debuts on October 10th - especially after the previous game in the series had a rough release - and it's putting an incredible amount of effort into making it successful. The recently announced $55 billion deal to take EA private has only upped the stakes."EA's fate is tightly tied to Battlefield," New York University games professor Joost van Dreunen tells The Verge. "If Battlefield 6 underperforms, i …Read the full story at The Verge.