Battlefield 6 enters its second beta weekend and upgrades once again. What to expect in Phase 2 is detailed here.
What’s new in Beta 2? From August 14 to 18, 2025, at 10:00 AM CEST, you can dive into the Battlefield 6 beta again. In this phase, you can look forward to the following new features compared to the first:
- New Map
- Empire State – A map that can only be played with infantry and is set in Brooklyn
- 2 new game modes
- Squad Deathmatch – You fight in smaller squads of 4 players against each other to reach a certain number of kills
- Rush – A tactical mode where the attacking team must achieve specific mission objectives while the defenders must prevent them from doing so
- New rewards
- War Machine Vehicle Skin – Capture 42 flags
- Bat Company Dog Tag – Achieve 200 kills or assists
- Striking Distance Weapon Package – Capture 10 sectors
All important information for the second beta weekend at a glance
What else do you need to know? This time, there is no early access, so you can start directly on August 14 at 10:00 AM CEST and play until August 18 at 10:00 AM. If you want to download it in advance, you can do so as the preload has been active since the first beta weekend.
In addition to the new content, you will have access to all the content from the first weekend. Therefore, you can look forward to the following:
- Maps
- Liberation Peak
- Empire State (NEW)
- Siege of Cairo
- Iberian Offensive
- Classes
- Assault
- Support
- Engineer
- Recon
- Modes
- Domination
- Conquest
- Squad Deathmatch (NEW)
- Closed Weapon Breakthrough
- King of the Hill
- Rush (NEW)
- Diverse vehicles and weapons
If you want to get the best performance without sacrificing the great look, it’s not easy, especially with older devices that are not high-end PCs. We took a look into this for you and experimented with how you can get the most FPS: Battlefield 6: The best graphics settings for PC – Here’s how to get the most FPS and display them
