Battlefield 6 open beta goes live, hundreds of thousands of players flood the servers

The second open beta weekend for Battlefield 6 has officially gone live, and in a matter of hours, hundreds of thousands of players have flocked to the game.

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In the span of just six hours, more than 300,000 players rushed to jump into the action in Battlefield 6, with SteamDB numbers indicating there are 328,197 players in-game right now. For comparison, the first open beta weekend that ended 5 days ago peaked on Steam at 521,079 players, which is more than Call of Duty's highest concurrent player count on Steam.

It's still too early to say if the momentum will carry over from the first open beta weekend to push concurrent player counts above the 521,079 player record. As for the open beta weekend two, EA and DICE have thrown in a new map and game modes for players to enjoy, with bug fixes and a bunch of miscellaneous improvements. The second open beta weekend will run from August 14 to August 17, and EA has set the goal for players to cause $1 trillion worth of destruction during the beta period.

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Only $70 billion worth of property damage was caused last open beta, so players will need to get destroying to reach that $1 trillion goal. If hit, EA will reward all players with a unique skin for a weapon.