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Battlefield 6 Open Beta Breaks Steam Concurrency Record Ahead of Weekend 2

Developers are investigating player-reported glitches alongside bolstering anti-cheat measures in preparation for the beta’s second open-weekend.

A promotional image for Electronic Art's first-person shooter Battlefield 6. (Image: Electronic Arts)
Soldiers huddle by a tank as an explosion erupts in the distance in Battlefield 6.
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Overview

  • Battlefield 6’s first open-beta weekend (Aug 9–11) peaked at roughly 521,000 concurrent players on Steam, surpassing previous series and Call of Duty records on the platform.
  • DICE has begun examining reports of abnormally fast time-to-kill ‘super bullet’ glitches while its Javelin kernel-level anti-cheat system tied to Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 blocked over 330,000 tampering attempts.
  • Weekend 2 of the open beta runs Aug 14–17 and will introduce the Empire State map alongside returning Rush and Squad Deathmatch modes to test fixes and balance.
  • Research firm Oppenheimer estimates more than five million unique participants during the beta’s early access and first weekend, and Alinea Analytics attributes roughly $35 million in Steam pre-orders to the playtest.
  • EA portrays these iterative tests as part of a modern-era reboot to rebuild franchise trust after Battlefield 2042, with a full launch set for Oct 10 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.