Battlefield 2042 open beta begins next week
The Battlefield 2042 open beta will begin on October 8 on all platforms, Electronic Arts announced today, or two days earlier—October 6—for EA Play members and anyone who has preordered the game.
The beta will include the Conquest game mode on the Orbital map seen in the Battlefield 2042 reveal trailer, with 128 players (64 players on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, sorry about that) fighting to control objectives on a large-scale map set in Kourou, French Guiana. Beta players will have access to four of the game's specialists—Boris, Casper, Falck, and Mackay, all of whom you can read more about here.
Battlefield 2042 beta downloads will be enabled for all players on October 5, with the early access period unlocking at 12 am PT/3 am ET on October 6. The beta will go fully open at the same time on October 8, and will run until October 10.
This is what you'll need to play:
Recommended and minimum PC specs: pic.twitter.com/w1YMEvOAZSSeptember 28, 2021
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i5 6600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- RAM: 8GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 560, 4GB
- Storage: 100GB HDD
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i7 4790 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
- RAM: 16GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, 8GB
- Storage: 100GB SSD
The above specs are for the open beta specifically, and may change for the full release. That, following a recent delay, is set to take place on November 19.