How to access the Battlefield 6 beta

Accessing the Battlefield 6 beta is no longer an option, as the open beta weekends have now concluded and the servers are not available. Hopefully you were able to take advantage of the previous beta periods to try Battlefield 6 for yourself, as many other players did judging by the busy servers and long queues at times.

If you're looking for ways to play the Battlefield 6 beta now then you're out of luck, as barring a surprise announcement of further testing it will be offline until it launches in October. However, if you want the lowdown on how the BF6 beta worked with no codes or other pre-requisites needed, then we've got the answers here.

If you're looking for something else to play in the meantime, then check out these games like Battlefield to tide you over.

How to play the Battlefield 6 beta

While everyone could play the Battlefield 6 open beta, there was an early access period that previously went live and could only be accessed if:

• You signed up to Battlefield Labs before July 31, then logged in with the EA Account you registered with.
• You watched select creators on Twitch during the July 31 reveal streams to unlock an early access code (see below).
• You are an EA Play Pro subscriber, then logged in with the EA Account linked to your subscription.
• You watched creators streaming Battlefield 6 on Twitch for 30 minutes during the early access period on August 7 and 8 (see below).

The Battlefield 6 open beta was available to all players on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and the EA app, with no registration or code required to access it during the Battlefield 6 beta times. You did need to link your EA Account to your platform account to get started, so if you hadn't done that already then this guide from EA walked you through it.

When the open beta was live the game servers were extremely busy, meaning you could expect long queues to get into the game. There was nothing to do about this except wait, as explained in our page on Battlefield 6 server issues and errors.

How to redeem a Battlefield 6 early access code from Twitch Drops

If you had a Battlefield 6 early access code to redeem from Twitch Drops after watching the relevant creators during their BF6 streams, then you could claim it by visiting the official redeem code site. Logging in to your EA Account there, then redeeming your early access code and linking your platform account(s) if you hadn't done so already secured access.

Remember that this process was only required for players who had early access unlocked via Twitch Drops, and you did not need a Battlefield 6 beta code to access the main open beta weekends.

How to preload the Battlefield 6 beta

The Battlefield 6 open beta preload was available from August 4 at 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 4pm BST, and you needed to download the open beta client on your chosen platform so you could start playing as soon as the beta period began.

To download it, you simply needed to visit the digital storefront on your platform of choice after the time shown above and search for "battlefield 6 open beta", which brought up the client ready to preload on your system.

The beta didn't have the full game within it, but it did have some of the available multiplayer Battlefield 6 maps, Battlefield 6 game modes, and a chance to try out all of the best Battlefield 6 weapons prior to release.

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