Battlefield 6 Launch Live: Top Patch Notes, Pre-Launch Tips, and Unlock Times

Lock and load: EA’s flagship FPS is primed for deployment, with the next chapter imminent.

Yes, it finally happened: Battlefield 6 is actually launching. After closed Battlefield Labs tests for the chosen few and those big open betas for everyone else, we made it to release week. Wild sentence to write considering how long it has been since Battlefield 2042 face-planted out of the gate, but here we are.

When you can jump in

Here are the official rollout times. If you are in Australia or New Zealand, note the date shift.

• 8:00 AM PDT
• 11:00 AM EDT
• 4:00 PM BST
• 5:00 PM CEST
• 2:00 AM AEST (Oct 11)
• 4:00 AM NZST (Oct 11)

Early buzz and what reviews are saying

The vibe has been surprisingly positive leading up to launch. Those Labs sessions and the open betas did some reputation rehab, and early reviews have basically kept that momentum going.

One outlet pinned it at four stars, framing it as a game that sands and polishes rather than risks everything on brand-new ideas. Broadly, the critic consensus seems aligned with that take if you scan Metacritic right now.

"More refined than innovative."

Translated: expect a tightly tuned, layered multiplayer package that leans hard on what already works in the military shooter playbook. The trade-off? Single-player sounds pretty thin this time around.

There is a launch trailer, of course

If you want the quick sizzle-reel energy before you queue in, the official launch trailer is out. It will not shock you, but it does the job.

Final thought before the servers fill up

It is oddly nice to say "Battlefield day" again without bracing for disaster. I will be keeping tabs on how the rollout goes and whether that pre-release goodwill survives contact with the real world.