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According to EA, the Battlefield 6 play test is the biggest beta in Battlefield’s history in terms of players. Research firm Oppenheimer estimated that the beta reached more than 20 million people. However, a “substantial number” of those fans may have been playing Battlefield 6 with the minimum recommended specs. Battlefield 6 technical director Christian Buhl made that assertion during …

The Battlefield 6 open betas proved exceptionally popular earlier this month for many, but a significant portion of the PC playerbase were met with a daunting wall to play thanks to the game’s Secure Boot requirement. This technical hurdle is in place for the game’s anti-cheat, a kernel-level bit of software dedicated to curbing a rising cheating problem across online …

Earlier this month, EA announced that players in its Battlefield 6 open beta on PC would have to enable Secure Boot in their Windows OS and BIOS settings. That decision proved controversial among players who weren’t able to get the finicky low-level security setting working on their machines and others who were unwilling to allow EA’s anti-cheat tools to once …

A “substantial number” of Battlefield 6 open beta players were playing on or around the minimum recommended specs, according to technical director Christian Buhl. In an interview with Eurogamer, Bulh broke down some user data for the initial wave of PC players who hopped into the game earlier this month, stating that of the “millions of players” who were jumping …

Despite only being officially announced very recently, Battlefield 6 — an upcoming new entry in Electronic Arts and DICE’s long-running large-scale multiplayer FPS franchise — has rapidly become one of 2025’s most highly anticipated releases, and has strong potential to be one of the biggest games of the year. Following months of closed-doors alpha testing in Battlefield Labs, it was …

The next Battlefield Labs testing period kicks off soon, and now Battlefield Studios has revealed what testers can expect–and it includes the first big map and the server browser. Server browser The server browser in Battlefield 6 is limited to the game’s Portal mode, a decision that players have made their feelings known about. For the upcoming test, the developer …

The Battlefield 6 testing program, Battlefield Labs, is ramping back up this week following the end of the game’s popular open beta earlier this month. A leaked document reveals that the next Battlefield Labs test will begin on Friday, August 29, across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The Labs test will include a lot of new features, including the …

It sounds like all change for Call of Duty with the release of Black Ops 7, amid pressure from Battlefield 6 and its commitment to “gritty realism.” Call of Duty’s foray into goofy skins territory is not a new phenomena, although recent releases have certainly amped up the conversation around them. With the likes of Beavis and Butt-Head and American …

While DICE has already commented on how operator skins in Battlefield 6 will be “grounded” and stay true to the franchise, it’s hard to believe that until we see the real thing. We’ve reported on some of the leaks about it weeks ago, but now, we have something much more tangible. When Battlefield 6 releases this October 10, it’ll come …

Last weekend saw the second and final run of the Battlefield 6 Open Beta come and go, allowing hundreds of thousands of fans to playtest Electronic Arts (EA) and DICE’s upcoming large-scale multiplayer FPS one last time ahead of its scheduled October 10 launch. Though its player count didn’t skyrocket quite as high as it did during the first weekend, …