Battlefield 6 Open Beta Reportedly Features Skill-Based Matchmaking

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By Terry Oh

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August 4, 2025
6:22 pm
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Battlefield 6 open beta is from Aug. 7-10 and Aug 14-17.
The game is now available to preload.
Matchmaking will reportedly be skill-based.

Battlefield 6 open beta phase one begins on Aug. 7 and goes until Aug. 10; the next wave begins on Aug. 14 and concludes Aug 17. The game is currently available to preload, allowing gamers to preemptively prepare for the Battlefield 6 open beta release. According to a report from IGN, Battlefield 6 will feature skill-based matchmaking, which is the media outlet reports as a controversial aspect that “negates the random nature of unranked play.”

FYI For COD Fans. These exact parameters have always existed in Battlefield and this is NOT SBMM akin to Call of Duty. Nothing like it at all. This is simply how the game balances teams, players from all skill brackets will be in one lobby.
— TacticalBrit (@TheTacticalBrit) August 3, 2025

It is currently unclear how big a role skill-based matchmaking will play in matchmaking. Other factors that affect matchmaking are: ping, player’s location, and server availability.

Those who participated in or signed up for Battlefield Labs, the initial play test of the title, gain Early Access privileges regardless of whether they are invited to playtest or not.

Battlefield 6 is currently available for pre-purchase on Steam, priced at $69.99. Battlefield 6 releases on Oct. 10, 2025. Since the release of the first game in the franchise, titled Battlefield 1942, for Windows and macOS (OS X at the time) PCs in 2002, the series has sold approximately 88.7 million units globally.