Battlefield 6 is coming on October 10. Source: EA
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Battlefield 6 FAQ — everything that we know

We attended EA’s Battlefield 6 multiplayer reveal last week and played the game. Now we’re putting everything we know into this doc. I hope it answers all of your Battlefield 6 questions, including some about EA’s business. EA’s own FAQ is here.

The open beta: Battlefield’s biggest open beta ever goes live for two weekends from August 9 through August 10 and from August 14 through 17. Fans will have the chance to join the Open Beta two days early on August 7, by watching some of their favorite streamers play the game today during the reveal event.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.