Battlefield 6 open beta weekend dates, price, and release date

At its big multiplayer reveal event today, EA announced that Battlefield 6 will be out on October 10, with a couple of open beta periods happening very soon.

It'll be interesting to see if EA's large-scale FPS series can once again compete with the big dogs after its past stumbles—by releasing in October, it'll be going head-to-head with Call of Duty this year. Morgan liked what he played at the reveal event this week.

Battlefield 6 beta dates and early access

Battlefield 6's open beta will have two weekends—August 9-10 and August 14-17. Battlefield Labs members will get to test the open beta early, starting August 7. These dates are a little staggered, so I'll go ahead and summarise them again in bullet point form:

August 7-8: Early access for Battlefield Labs members
August 9-10: Open beta weekend #1
August 14-17: Open beta weekend #2

Battlefield 6 launch date and pricing

Battlefield 6 launches October 10, so cross off your Halloween plans—it's time to engage in the spookiest pastime of all, operating in a post-NATO power vacuum filled by a mysterious corporate paramilitary that isn't held to any rules, regulations, or laws. I tried to dress up like this last year, but I was told I was 'bumming everyone out'.

As for pricing, after all the melodrama, Battlefield 6 will cost around $70/£60 for the standard edition and $100/£90 for the "Phantom Edition", on PC, at least. If you're playing on consoles, the GBP prices and USD prices are exactly the same for conversion rate sorceries unbeknownst to me. PC gamers stay winning.

Here's the exact prices again for each platform:

PC: $69.99/£59.99 (standard edition), $99.99/£89.99 (phantom edition).
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S: $69.99/£69.99 (standard edition), $99.99/£99.99 (phantom edition).

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Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia. He made his start as a freelancer, writing for websites like Techradar, The Escapist, Dicebreaker, The Gamer, Into the Spine—and of course, PC Gamer. He'll sink his teeth into anything that looks interesting, though he has a soft spot for RPGs, soulslikes, roguelikes, deckbuilders, MMOs, and weird indie titles. He also plays a shelf load of TTRPGs in his offline time. Don't ask him what his favourite system is, he has too many.

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