Battlefield 6 Developer Exposes EA's Failure to Credit Key Staff

Just a few weeks after launch, Battlefield 6 is already one of the biggest games of the year. Despite a few controversial updates that had to be rolled back, the military shooter has already broken sales records for the franchise. This is due to being a joint effort of studios collectively known as Battlefield Studios.

However, according to the former creative director at Ridgeline Games, Maracus Lehto’s LinkedIn post, neither he nor other key developers were included in the game’s credits. In his post, he expressed his disappointment in EA and included his own credits page to recognize their efforts properly.

Former Battlefield 6 Developers Say They Weren’t Credited

Only A Few Given A “Special Thanks” At The End

Ridgeline Games had worked on the Battlefield franchise since 2022, and was set to craft the latest entry’s divisive single-player campaign. The studio was closed in 2024, with a portion of the team being transferred to another EA-owned studio, Ripple Effect, to continue work on the title.

Lehto, an industry veteran who previously co-created Halo, was not among those relocated to the new team, but noticed that almost none of his former Ridgeline teammates were included in Battlefield 6‘s credits despite spending years on the project.

His post reads, in part, “I’m disappointed to see that many of my former teammates from Ridgeline Games were not properly credited in the recent release of Battlefield 6. 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,” Lehto continues, “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. Out of respect for my colleagues and the awesome work they poured into this project, I want to take a moment to properly recognize them — listing their names and roles as I would have preferred them to appear in the credits.”

He then goes on to post an image of the Ridgeline Games staff and roles as he believes it should’ve appeared inBattlefield 6‘s credits. As of the time of this writing, ... has garnered almost 1,000 reactions, with dozens of comments commending Lehto for giving his team due credit. Roberto Moreno, an environment artist at EA, chimed in to say, “Now that’s what I call respect and integrity on your part.”

Video Game Credits Have Become An Ongoing Problem

There Is No Industry Standard For Credits (Yet)

Sadly, this is not the only instance of individuals or teams allegedly being left out of a game’s credits. Teams like QA and localization are regularly omitted from the credits, and support studios don’t make the cut on occasion. Even Metroid Prime Remastered failed to list the original team, instead simply stating, “Based on the work of Metroid Prime (original Gamecube and Wii versions) development staff.”

As Lehto puts it at the end of his post, “Game development is a team effort, and every contributor deserves fair acknowledgment.” Hopefully, enough people see Lehto’s post onBattlefield 6 to start a conversation on properly crediting every person who contributed to a project.

Battlefield 6

Systems

8/10

Released

October 10, 2025

ESRB

Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, In-App Purchases, Users Interact

Developer(s)

Battlefield Studios

Engine

Frostbite