The Battlefield 6 open beta has officially ended after two weekends of explosive action, and based on the number of concurrent players on Steam and the slew of reactions online, a lot of people took some time with Battlefield’s next installment. One of the main concerns coming out of the beta involves players worried about the average size of multiplayer maps being smaller and more compact like those in the beta–but if recent datamines from the BF community are any indication, those fears appear to be unfounded.
Via MP1st, images of maps not found in the open beta were datamined from Battlefield Labs, the official community development platform for the Battlefield games. Two maps–one called Mirak Valley, which will be included in the base game; and Eastwood, which will apparently be part of the game’s first season of extra content–were found during the datamine, and both maps are considerably larger than the Siege of Cairo map found in the beta.
Mirak Valley, per the datamine, features a riverbed running through two massive mountain ranges, and it’s said to be more than half a kilometer in size. The other map, Eastwood, is said to be set in a country club in California, and it allegedly features a golf course, multiple burned-out houses, and two new vehicles: a golf cart and a boat.
Developers had addressed concerns over map size recently, with producer David Sirland saying that large maps exist, “and the tempo scales accordingly–you’ll be able to see soon enough!” However, this is the first time that datamined information seems to back up that claim.
The Battlefield 6 open beta also made waves with fans of the franchise’s long-running Rush mode, which was particularly affected by the smaller maps found in the beta. A few balance changes were made via a hotfix, but players were still upset with what the mode offered throughout the test.
Battlefield 6 is set to launch October 10 on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC–with cross-play available to those who wish to use it. Preorders are available now for both the Standard and Phantom editions, the latter of which includes extra in-game skins, currency, and more for $100–compared to the standard edition’s $70 price tag.
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