Blastpoint återupplivar Cairo Bazaar och Obliteration i Battlefield 6

Battlefield 6 and REDSEC reached their second Season 3 update on June 9, and Electronic Arts paired it with a week-long free trial for anyone who has not bought the game. Blastpoint follows a base update that landed June 8 at 12:00 p.m. UTC, and it brings back Cairo Bazaar from Battlefield 3, Obliteration from Battlefield 4, the launch of Battle Royale Solos, and the debut of the PP-19 SMG. Both games take the update at the same time, and the free trial runs from June 9 to 15.

The update carries a story. Pax Armata's Tier 1 Steel Talon unit has embedded in Egypt and built a stronghold inside Cairo Bazaar, with M-COMs planted in the Bazaar, Cairo proper, the Empire State, and Gibraltar. The core of the release is the Explosive Charge Bonus Path, a two-week reward track that hands out the new PP-19 SMG and a Handheld Jammer gadget for free, with five more items set aside for Battle Pass owners. It can be cleared on day one or stretched across its full run, and EA published separate Update Notes for the technical changes.

Battlefield 6 patch 1.3.2.0 is the latest major update before Season 3 launched.

Battlefield 6 & REDSEC — Season 3 "Blastpoint" Roadmap

Second Season 3 update for Battlefield 6 and REDSEC. Base update June 8, Blastpoint content June 9.

The Season 3 Battle Pass holds more than 100 tiers, a 10 percent progression boost across Career, Hardware, and Battle Pass XP, and six instant unlock rewards. Battlefield Pro raises the boost to 15 percent, adds 25 Battle Pass Tier Skips, includes more instant rewards, and turns on a BF Pro in-game radio station. The pass is also the only route to the five owner tiers on the Explosive Charge path, so the two tracks feed each other for anyone who buys in. Owners have already received a trio of free Boosters, and buying the pass now adds the "Encoded" Gadget Skin for the IGLA, with more gifts promised across the season.

Major Additions

Obliteration returns beside it. Battlefield 4 players will recognize the objective mode, which arrives as a 32v32 format pitched as more strategic and tightly contested than the series' larger-scale modes. The structure rewards coordinated play over lone runs, which gives Battlefield 6's team mechanics room to work. Battle Royale Solos rounds out the mode additions after debuting earlier in Season 3 through Battlefield Labs, and the new PP-19 slots into Ranked Divisions, the Bazaar, and solo runs through Fort Lyndon alike. It is the first time the submachine gun has appeared in either Battlefield 6 or REDSEC.

Free Trial (June 9 – 15)

Five modes across four maps, open to everyone. Progress and unlocks carry over to a purchase.

The free trial is not a stripped demo. EA positions it as access to the full Season 3 experience across five modes and four maps: Railway to Golmud, Cairo Bazaar, Contaminated, and Eastwood. It is open to everyone, aimed in part at players who left during Battlefield 2042, and getting in asks only for a download. The trial set includes Railway to Golmud, which currently stands as the biggest map in the game. The framing is full access rather than a limited preview, with the new map and modes open the same way a paying player sees them. Progress and unlocks earned during the window carry over if you buy the game afterward. I read that carry-over clause as the part that matters most, since it removes the usual reason a free trial feels like a wasted weekend. The window closes June 15, which leaves a short runway to get a real read on the map and Obliteration before paying. Specific map and playlist details were set to be revealed on launch day. New players dropping into a 32v32 lobby cold will want a grip on Battlefield 6's movement and weapon meta first, since Obliteration's objective structure punishes loose positioning harder than the open modes do.

Explosive Charge Bonus Path (June 9 – 23)

Runs alongside the Season 3 Battle Pass with separate points and tiers. Each tier = 10 Bonus Path Points. 50 points unlocks the Handheld Jammer; 110 points clears the path and unlocks the PP-19 SMG.

Most of the functional content sits in the Explosive Charge Bonus Path, live from June 9 to 23. The path runs alongside the Season 3 Battle Pass and uses its own points and tiers, so there is no choosing between the two. Each tier takes 10 Bonus Path Points. Eleven tiers of free rewards are on offer, with five more reserved for Battle Pass owners. The Handheld Jammer, a Recon class gadget, unlocks at Tier 5 once you reach 50 points. The PP-19, a cult classic making its Battlefield 6 and REDSEC debut as a functional base primary weapon, clears the path at Tier 11 after 110 points and can be unlocked the day it goes live.

Earning Bonus Path Points

Harder challenges award more points (weekly bonus challenges excepted).

Battle Pass vs. Battlefield Pro

Owner gifts via the Store: trio of free Boosters (already granted) and the "Encoded" Gadget Skin for the IGLA. More gifts promised through Season 3.

Points come from two places. Event Challenges built around the update feed the path, some of them limited to Battlefield Pro owners. Weekly Challenges during the path's active span, Weeks 5 through 7, award Bonus Path Points next to regular Battle Pass Points, and finishing a set number of them opens a Bonus Challenge worth a larger payout. Harder challenges return more points, with the weekly bonus challenges being the exception, since they hand a large reward for clearing several timed objectives against one reasonable target.

New Attachments (Season 3 Hardware Challenge)

Two attachments arrive through a new Season 3 Hardware Challenge. #00 Buckshot is alternate shotgun ammunition with larger pellets and fewer of them per shell, which concentrates damage for better range and consistency when aim is clean. It fills the gap between standard Buckshot or Flechettes and a straight Slug. Cryogenic Barrels cut aim-down-sights time while improving accuracy range, a combination EA flags as rare enough to carry a matching attachment-point cost. They work as an alternative to the popular Heavy Barrels on large maps such as Fort Lyndon, trading better mobility for a possible attachment slot elsewhere.

Sprays

Accessed via the Command Wheel — hold middle mouse (PC), L1 (PS5), or LB (Xbox). Most effective on flat, non-destructible surfaces. All soldiers start with one; a free Spray gift is claimable in the Store during Blastpoint's first week.

Blastpoint also adds Sprays, a customization category reached through the Command Wheel by holding the middle mouse button on PC, L1 on PS5, or LB on Xbox controllers. Sprays land best on flat, non-destructible surfaces such as solid walls and floors. The category is new, sitting beside soldier skins and weapon packages in the customization menu. Every soldier starts with one, and a free Spray gift will be available in the in-game Store during the update's first week.

Store Bundles

The Store opens the update with rotating bundles. Flash of Fury leads at 1,400 BFC under an Explosive Ordnance Disposal theme and includes the "Hotwired" Weapon Package for the VZ.61 Sidearm, the "Stormchaser" Soldier Skin, and seven more items, one of them a Spray. The Detonation Derby Elite Bundle runs 1,900 BFC with the "Perimeter Lock" Weapon Package for the SG 553R Carbine, built for close-to-medium range, and the "Groundwork" Weapon Package for the M123K LMG, which carries a 200-round belt box for suppressive fire. Several bundles priced under 1,000 BFC will hold a soldier skin, a weapon package, or vehicle skins, with the lineup rotating across the path's run.

Global Event — Celebrate the World

Claim a fresh collection of free country Uniform Patches every day, supporting the nations competing this summer.

A global event runs through the update as well, framed as countries going head to head, with a fresh collection of free country Uniform Patches to claim each day in support of the nations competing this summer. Blastpoint's additions come to two remade maps, a returning objective mode, a solo Battle Royale queue, one new submachine gun, two attachments, and a customization category in Sprays. The groundwork came before launch: Battlefield's community team detailed the update in a May 28 Community Update covering changes to soldier visibility and portable mortars, and EA followed with a guide to Battle Royale Solos and a developer walkthrough of Cairo Bazaar led by one of the map's original designers.

Pre-Launch References

Cairo Bazaar is the headline. It reworks Grand Bazaar from Battlefield 3, a map remembered for tight corridors, constant contact, and few places to hide. The Season 3 build keeps that layout while updating the visuals, audio, and encounter flow to fit Battlefield 6's systems. Gunfights start at close range, often before a spawn finishes, and the shop fronts and alley turns give attackers cover to set up ambushes. It is the second classic map this season after Railway to Golmud, a Battlefield 4 throwback that arrived last month and holds the title of the largest map in Battlefield 6 so far. I think two remakes in a single season is EA leaning hard on nostalgia, and with source maps this well regarded, it is a safe place to lean.

The free track also hands out the "Blast Initiative" Player Card Icon at Tier 1, a "Double Duty" Weapon Sticker at Tier 3, an "Igniting Incident" Vehicle Decal at Tier 7, and a "Dusted" Player Card Background at Tier 9. Battle Pass owners pick up the "Outburst" PW5A3 SMG Weapon Package at Tier 2, a "Boom Bloom" Weapon Charm at Tier 4, a "Charged Response" Gadget Skin for the Engineer's RPG-7V2 at Tier 6, a "Hostile Airdrop" Vehicle Skin for the AH-6 Little Bird at Tier 8, and a "Keen Disruptor" Soldier Skin for the NATO Desert Locusts Support class at Tier 10.