Battlefield 6‘s servers are ready for launch day on Friday, one of the game’s developers has insisted.
Battlefield lead producer at DICE, David Sirland, replied to a question on X/Twitter about server readiness with a sort of confident sounding “should be!”
“We are planning for [servers to be ready], of course,” Sirland said, “and open beta helped gauge the interest as well.”
He’s not wrong about the beta helping to gauge interest. Battlefield 6 became the series’ biggest beta ever, hitting a peak concurrent user count of 521,079 players on Steam alone, resulting in a lengthy queue for those trying to get into August’s open beta. Whether or not the full, paid release will garner such a draw remains to be seen — but we’ll find out one way or the other on Friday.
Battlefield 6 has a release date of October 10 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. Check out the Battlefield 6 global release times if you want to know when you’ll be able to play in your timezone. Season 1, meanwhile, kicks off October 28 and will deliver additional maps, guns, vehicles, and more, with additional updates planned for November 18 and December 9. And here’s some of the gameplay tweaks and balance changes coming with the Battlefield 6 day one patch.
While you wait to play, check out IGN’s Battlefield 6 Campaign Preview, and find out what we think of Battlefield 6 Multiplayer. And don’t forget, a free-to-download battle royale mode is expected to launch later in October.
Based on our time with the Battlefield 6 beta, we’ve got a BF6 Beginner’s Guide and Tips, plus the best Battlefield 6 Loadouts and how to use the Range Finder, deploy the Bipod, and how to turn off Haptic Feedback in Battlefield 6.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world’s biggest gaming sites and publications. She’s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.
