On August 7, the early open beta of Battlefield 6 started, but players quickly faced big problems: very long queues, many crashes, and the game didn’t work well.

More Players Than Servers

Before the beta even began, over 200,000 people were waiting to play. At busy times, more than 250,000 tried to join. Many had to wait for a long time—sometimes tens of minutes or even hours—just to get to the main menu.

The queue was made to stop the servers from crashing. But even after waiting, the game still had problems. Many players said the game froze, some buttons and parts of the screen didn’t show, the game crashed when starting matches, and sometimes the game wrongly asked for a “premium subscription.”

Common Problems: Crashes and Bugs

In the first hours, lots of people complained online about:

• The game closing suddenly right after starting
• No game interface showing after entering a match
• A message asking for a subscription that is not needed
• The game freezing after choosing a class or vehicle
• Missing textures, like teammates or weapons disappearing

Some players tried restarting the game, checking files, or running it as admin. Sometimes that helped, but not always.

Streamers and Lots of Viewers

Even with problems, Battlefield 6 became one of the most-watched games on Twitch. Big streamers played the beta on the first day. Viewers could get beta access by watching the official stream for 30 minutes through Twitch Drops.

Many viewers saw the same bugs in chat, showing the issues were common for many players.

Things Are Getting Better

Now, the queue time is much shorter about one minute and servers work more smoothly. But some players still see glitches, missing items, and crashes sometimes. But let's not forget that this is still beta.