Overview

• The first open beta weekend peaked at about 521,000 concurrent players on Steam, marking the highest series record and surpassing Call of Duty’s all-time Steam high
• Research firm Oppenheimer reports the August 7–11 test drew over 5 million unique participants across early access and open windows
• Players and critics praised the return to class-based roles and classic modes but encountered UI glitches, disappearing weapons and menu snafus
• Battlefield’s BIOS-level anti-cheat caught over 330,000 tampering attempts and has highlighted Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 requirements as part of ongoing detection improvements
• Weekend 2 will run from August 14 to 17, introducing the Empire State map plus Rush and Squad Deathmatch modes to further stress-test servers before the October 10 launch