How old is the battlefield beta

The maps have been designed with this player pool in mind, so expect a large scale space with multiple points of interest. As a tweak from the previous iteration, you will now be navigating sectors with multiple flags instead of pursuing individual control points. In addition, the beta also offers a first look at Orbital, a new map that features a rocket launch, which slowly impacts on the terrain itself.

It's worth mentioning that any progress you make during the beta won't carry over to the final game. Also, there are no specific cosmetic items or any other rewards for taking part in it. That being said, this is a chance to see what's in the cards for the next Battlefield entry. Have fun during the beta! Sometimes we include links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a purchase we may receive a small commission.

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Feature The storm chaser of Red Dead Redemption 2. That will make for a lot of tactical gameplay, ambushes and races against time, much like Hunt: Showdown offers in another setting. It could be a really tense and interesting mode, and we're excited to try it out.

You can find out the full details on the Battlefield blog on the subject, which is really exhaustive. Something we can also clear up, and another big question when it comes to any Battlefield game, surround the game's campaign - namely, whether it will have one at all.

Older Battlefield titles were pure multiplayer affairs, but in the era of its rivalry with Call of Duty flowering, campaigns became a standard part of the package. In recent games, Dice stepped away from full-length campaigns in favour of a series of shorter vignettes, which worked really impressively and told interesting stories. Now, though, the single-player side of things has been cut altogether, so there won't be anything apart from multiplayer to dig into. Battlefield V's battle royale mode, Firestorm, was beset by both delays and the burden of not being free to pay, and while it was a really fun option, it's almost completely dead now, with few players and long matchmaking times.

However, the genre is just as popular as ever, and the huge success of Call of Duty: Warzone has likely given Dice and EA a template to follow - a free-to-play battle royale attached to a premium multiplayer offering. However, there's nothing coming on that front for at least a while - there will be no full battle royale mode when the new game launches. Interestingly, at a time like this with the next generation of consoles finally on the market, the question of which platforms something like Battlefield will support doesn't so much concern the new consoles, but the older ones.

Now, very unsurprisingly, EA has confirmed that the game will be coming to the PS4 and Xbox One as well, ensuring that the millions of players who haven't got onto the next-gen bandwagon or haven't managed to aren't left behind. However, there will be significant differences between the versions of the game across generations, with older generation consoles limited to 64 players on their servers, in particular.

The maps will also be correspondingly smaller, to make sure you don't have acres of space to run about to find a fight.

We know that we'll see Battlefield on PS5 and Xbox Series X, and it's going to take full advantage of the new graphical capabilities of those consoles. Dice has long been a specialist in eking out spectacular graphical fidelity from consoles, so Battlefield is looking like an envelope-pusher on the graphics side of things, and indeed in the realm of sound design too.

Reassuringly, we now know that there will be full cross-progression support and crossplay. This means that any cosmetics or items you buy on one platform will carry over to the others, which we love.

Plus, buying any digital edition of the game will entitle you to a free next-gen version as well, EA has confirmed. On the crossplay side, Dice says it's aiming to let console players and PC players play on the same servers, although console gamers on the older generation of devices will be limited to each others' games due to map sizes. However, importantly, console players will be able to opt-out of crossplay with PC gamers, letting them avoid any risk of cheaters or opponents with graphical or performance advantages.

Why you can trust Pocket-lint. Writing by Max Freeman-Mills. Originally published on 7 July All of this is a little murky, to say the least. You can read our recent Battlefield open beta preview for what we made of our time with the new shooter from EA. Get the best gaming deals, reviews, product advice, competitions, unmissable gaming news and more!

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