Former Battlefield 6 campaign lead declares his team wasn’t properly credited

Marcus Lehto, Halo co-creator and former lead at the now-closed Ridgeline Games, which worked on the Battlefield 6 campaign for just over two years, expressed disappointment that his team wasn’t properly credited in the game, claiming that Ridgeline laid the foundation for the title.

“These talented developers worked tirelessly for 1 to 2.5 years, building the foundation of the game, before I left voluntarily and the studio was subsequently shuttered. Despite their significant contributions, most who were laid off were relegated to a ‘Special Thanks’ section at the very end of the credits — and several were omitted entirely, including myself,” Lehto stated in a post on his LinkedIn account on Oct. 20, 2025, listing names and roles of his colleagues as he would have preferred them to appear in the credits of Battlefield 6.

Lehto joined EA in the wake of criticism over Battlefield 2042’s lack of a single-player narrative campaign and headed up Ridgeline Games as VP, GM and creative director, a division of EA founded to assist in Battlefield campaigns.

Published by Electronic Arts and developed by Battlefield Studios, which includes DICE, Ripple Effect, Motive and Criterion, Battlefield 6 was released on Oct. 10, 2025, and sold over 7 million copies during the first three days of launch.

Playable on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC, the 18th installment in the Battlefield series features a multiplayer mode along with a single-player campaign set in 2027, centered around a conflict between a fractured NATO and a private military company, Pax Armata.

As of the time of writing, the game has a “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam, with 108,608 reviews and an all-time peak of 747,440 concurrent players, according to SteamDB.