The Battlefield 6 Campaign Has a BF3 Connection You May Have Missed

Battlefield 6's campaign contains some pretty significant callbacks to events from past games, most notably Battlefield 3One of its missions is to plant the seeds of the rogue organization Pax Armata. Although having played past games in the series is certainly not a prerequisite to enjoying the game. Battlefield 6Long-time fans Battlefield 3 This led to the latest game's campaign.

Battlefield 6, released on October 10th, has seen massive player numbers on Steam, putting it at or near the top of the biggest games of 2025 list. On launch day, it recorded over 747,000 concurrent players on Steam, and despite the game being out for less than a week, peak daily player count never dropped below 474,000.

Battlefield 3's story will have a huge impact on the Battlefield 6 experience

Although most of the fanbase's attention is focused on the game's various competitive team-based multiplayer modes, Battlefield 6 It also features a nine-mission campaign that pits players against the Pax Armata, a technologically advanced private army outside the rules of war. This new threat provides a convenient villain for the post-NATO collapse campaign. However, as ComicBook points out, one thing players may not know is that Henry Blackburn is the main character and playable character for most of the game. Battlefield 3's campaign was linked, through its leader Alexander Kincaid, to the mission that led to the rise of Pax Armata.

during Battlefield 6's Night Raid mission, Dagger 13 Master Sgt. Haz Carter tells the story originally told in the similarly titled Night Shift from his own perspective. Battlefield 3. In the mission, Blackburn attempts to capture the hostile Faruk Al-Bashir, leader of the People's Liberation and Resistance. But while Blackburn achieved heroic feats, Carter suffered even more setbacks when his unit was cornered by an enemy battalion. Kincaid, the leader of the SAS unit that was with Carter, returned to help his men, but Carter withdrew his troops from the battlefield without him, possibly leaving Kincaid and his unit for dead and lighting the spark that led him to his leadership role at Pax Armata.

Blackburn has not featured prominently in any of the games since. Battlefield 3The knowledge surrounding him is growing. Following his dishonorable discharge following the incident. Battlefield 3This is what we learned from the campaign. Battlefield 4 He is said to have headed his own private military organization that would provide security services in Europe and possibly develop new weapons for the Russian military. Considering he's still attending the event. Battlefield 2042 As the founder of Arkangel Corporation, possibly Battlefield 6 This won't be the last game players hear mention of his name.

released

October 10, 2025

ESRB

Ages 17+ / Blood and gore, intense violence, strong language, in-app purchases, user interaction

developer

Battlefield Studio