Battlefield 2042 public beta starts next week
Electronic Arts announced today or two days ago (October 6th) that the “Battlefield 2042” public beta will begin on October 8th on all platforms, for EA Play members and anyone who pre-orders the game.
The beta version will include the conquest game mode on the track map seen in the Battlefield 2042 reveal trailer, with 128 players (64 players on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, sorry) on Kuru’s large map to control the target War, French Guiana. Beta players will have access to the four experts of the game-Boris, Casper, Falke and McKay. You can read more about them here.
The Battlefield 2042 beta download will be available to all players on October 5th, and the early access period will be unlocked on October 6th at 12 AM Pacific Time / 3 AM Eastern Time. The beta version will be fully open at the same time on October 8, and will continue until October 10.
This is what you need to play:
at the lowest limit:
- you: Windows 10 64 bit
- CPU: Intel Core i5 6600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- RAM: 8GB
- Graphics processor: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 560, 4GB
- Store: 100GB hard drive
Respected:
- you: Windows 10 64 bit
- CPU: Intel Core i7 4790 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
- RAM: 16 GB
- Graphics processor: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, 8GB
- Store: 100GB solid state drive
The above specifications are for the public beta version and may be changed due to the full version. After the recent delay, this will take place on November 19.