You know how it goes with games everyone’s hyped about, right? The kind where folks are so eager they download the thing the moment it pops up, even if they can’t do much with it yet. That’s the scene with the Battlefield 6 beta, almost like a concert people queue up for hours in advance. The show doesn’t start until Thursday, and even then, you need a special ticket—or code, in this case—to catch the sneak peek. Yet, that didn’t stop a ton of people from rushing to get their hands on it, just to hang out in the menus. Weird, maybe? But I get it.
So, yeah, pre-loads went live yesterday for everyone—Steam users included. You grab the beta files, get ready for the weekend, and yeah, you can launch it. But actually playing? Nah, not happening right now. You can mess around with menus, though. It’s all there—visuals, controls, all the tech stuff. For those like me who love tweaking every little thing? It’s actually kind of fun. Thousands seem to agree, as the concurrent player count hit 9,463. People are funny that way.
The beta’s options list is like, massive. For the nerds among us, diving deep to tweak settings is half the joy. Sure, you can’t test everything unless you’re in-game, but hey, getting ahead of the curve on options isn’t bad, right? Besides, launching it early might save a future headache or two. Like finding out you need this thing called Secure Boot on your computer. Who knew? And don’t even try running it without the latest GPU drivers. Imagine all this going down while your friends impatiently honk at you from Discord. Nightmare.
Early Access kicks off Thursday. Full access on Saturday. You can jump on pre-load now and hang out, menu-style, like so many already are. Why? Who knows. Maybe it’s the anticipation. Or maybe we all just like poking around in things more than we admit.
