EA has acknowledged there are certain problems with Battlefield 6’s second beta, with some claiming it’s buggier than the first one.
While it’s still too early to gauge Battlefield 6’s success, especially since the game’s not due until October and is competing against Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7, first impressions have been overall positive.
The first open beta, in particular, was a huge hit, attracting more players than Call Of Duty. While the initial beta wrapped up this past weekend, a second one has already begun and includes a new map and gameplay modes to warrant a revisit.
Unfortunately, this second beta risks losing some of the goodwill the first one created, since there are reports of players encountering multiple issues, both on PC and consoles.
EA has acknowledged the beta is suffering from matchmaking problems at the moment, and is promising to have these resolved ASAP, according to the official Battlefield Reddit account.
‘The team is aware of ongoing matchmaking issues for some of our players when attempting to matchmake on playlists. We’re actively investigating this and working towards a solve as soon as possible,’ it reads.
In a follow-up comment, EA has advised you ‘ensure that you have the most recent client update’ or try using the repair functionality if you’re trying to access the beta through the EA app.
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There are also reports of DLSS and DLAA not working either, but EA believes it’s figured out what’s causing this and should have it resolved later today.
How to join the second Battlefield 6 open beta
If you missed the first beta and fancy playing the second one, doing so is very simple. It’s freely available to download via Steam, the PlayStation Store, and the Xbox store with no code or special access required.
Just go to the online stores and search for Battlefield 6, and you’ll find it available to download, as if it was an ordinary free-to-play game.
The easier access is obvious a benefit, but it sounds like the beta has more issues besides matchmaking not working properly. A quick look through the Battlefield 6 subreddit brings up multiple threads from players suffering from crashes or struggling to get the beta working in the first place.
It’s already claimed that it’s buggier than the first beta, with a handful of players reporting instances of losing health when switching classes and instantly dying with nothing to indicate they were even hit.
If the current player numbers on Steam are anything to go by, though, these issues may not be too widespread. At the time of writing, there are roughly 367,000 people playing the beta according to SteamDB.
Those numbers aren’t as high as the 500,000+ it enjoyed last weekend, but it’s not too significant of a drop and can be justified by it being a Thursday afternoon (or morning from a US perspective). So, things will likely jump up once the weekend hits.
Hopefully, there won’t be as many cheaters plaguing the beta this week either. It wasn’t a good look for EA considering it’s implementing brand new anti-cheat software.
That said, those instances have ideally helped improve the software, with EA claiming it has successfully prevented at least 330,000 cheating attempts.
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