Battlefield 6 Will Release in October for $80, Leak Suggests — and There's an Open Beta Coming, Too

Battlefield 6 is looking astatine an October merchandise day and an $80 terms tag.

That's according to a noted leaker, Dealabs' Billbil-kun, who claims rumors of an October 10, 2025, merchandise are correct, and that Battlefield 6 volition merchandise connected PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S with some a modular variation ($79.99) and a peculiar Phantom variation ($109.99). The PC release, however, volition reportedly beryllium $10 cheaper.

With pre-orders expected to spell unrecorded successful a week's clip connected July 31, we'll reportedly larn aboriginal contiguous that there'll beryllium nary aboriginal access, nary substance what variation you bargain — which deviates somewhat from accustomed manufacture signifier these days — and modular variation owners tin upgrade to the Phantom mentation astatine immoderate clip for $29.99.

An unfastened beta is yet connected the way, excessively — thing confirmed straight by the Battlefield squad itself. In a station connected societal media, the authoritative Battlefield relationship asked if players preferred unfastened weapons oregon closed weapons, and past suggested: "why not both?"

"Starting astatine Open Beta, players tin take authoritative playlists with Signature Weapons locked to class, oregon not. More to come."

EA is yet acceptable to afloat uncover its adjacent Battlefield crippled successful conscionable a fewer hours. Its authoritative rubric is Battlefield 6, and we're getting a archetypal trailer aboriginal today, July 24, astatine 8am PT.

Ahead of EA's afloat Battlefield 6 reveal, a little teaser for the game's run was posted online yesterday, revealing a large conflict. Set successful the adjacent future, Battlefield 6's run volition spot NATO nether attack. Its basal successful Georgia is hit, the British territory of Gibraltar is invaded, and NATO's caput wide is assassinated wrong the organisation's Brussels office by an organisation named Pax Armata.

It's been a agelong hold for Battlefield 6. It was archetypal announced way, mode backmost successful 2021, benignant of, mostly conscionable arsenic EA confirming it was inactive moving connected much Battlefield games aft Battlefield 2042. Since then, we've seen an aboriginal portion of conception creation and had it confirmed that the crippled would instrumentality spot successful a modern setting. Since then, however, everything we've seen has travel from leaky NDAs and excited fans participating successful closed Battlefield Labs testing.

The Battlefield playtest has proven to beryllium leaky indeed, and developer DICE has "loads of feedback from the precise progressive testers selected." Unlike Battlefield 2042's lukewarm reception, fans look beauteous pleased with what they've seen truthful far, and for immoderate clip EA wasn't adjacent trying to instrumentality them down. So far, we've seen grounds of a caller resistance mechanic and the quality to cling connected to vehicles, arsenic good arsenic improved in-game movement, 3D maps, improved destruction, prime of beingness improvements, and the commencement of a conflict royale match.

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