#Gamescom2016 Battlefield 1 beta begins this week, details released
If you signed up to the Battlefield Insider, you may have received an email last week asking you to choose your platform for the forthcoming Battlefield 1 beta. Well, EA has now announced that the open beta begins on August 31st. However, for those that signed up for Battlefield Insider, you will be able to participate in the beta this coming Friday on the 21st.
The map that will be playable in the beta will be the Sinai Desert Map, which will have a mixture of narrow streets, sand dunes, combat on horseback and dogfights above the “majestic cliffs” and will also feature a Behemoth Armoured Train that will “charge through the desert sands.” The two modes available will be series favourites, Conquest and Rush.
If you ever wanted to playout your favourite moments from Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade, then this beta will give you that very opportunity. Just checkout the gameplay video below to see exact what I mean, details on the two modes can also be found below.
Battlefield 1 will release for PC, PS4 and Xbox One on October 21st.
Two modes will be available as well:
- Conquest. An all-time fan favorite of Battlefield players, Conquest is a large-scale game mode with up to 64 players fighting for the control of key objectives. With large armies on foot or behind the wheel and the addition of fearsome Behemoths, Conquest brings together all the elements of the signature Battlefield All-Out War.
- Rush. A 24-player mode where the Attacking force must find and destroy the Defending force’s Telegraph Posts, which can be used to call in artillery strikes. The Defenders can deny the Attackers their mission by disarming explosives they plant on the telegraph positions. Should the Telegraph Posts be destroyed, the Defenders must fall back to the next sector and protect the Telegraph Posts there.