World launch occasions and preload info

It’s nearly time, and the Battlefield 6 launch date is shut. Meaning you could be setting an alarm for the return to a contemporary military-themed BF title. Nevertheless, should you’re unsure of the precise BF6 launch time the place you’re, we’ve bought you lined and can element the important thing info we now have beneath.

Naturally, it’s comprehensible should you’ve but to purchase the sport, given the fee and significance of suggestions at launch (to not point out an absence of complete opinions). However when you have pre-ordered, you may pre-load instantly. We’ll cowl every platform’s preload steps beneath as effectively. So, whether or not you’re on PC, PS5, or Xbox X/S, learn on.

To EA’s credit score, the writer has been complete in its communications on this one. Not content material with stating that the BF6 launch date is October 10 and offering a handful of occasions, the official Battlefield Threads account posted two pictures on October 4. These pictures cowl half of the 24 international time zones, and span October 10 and 11:

Whereas the above represents the worldwide launch occasions for Battlefield 6, it’s value protecting these occasions in thoughts past the launch itself. We already know the dates for BF6 Season 1 Roadmap, and it feels fairly doubtless {that a} comparable unfold will happen. When October 28’s Rogue Ops (Season 1: Section 1) arrives, it may very well be October 29 for JST and AEDT time zones.

Battlefield 6 preload is accessible for all platforms: PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X/S. There isn’t any early entry to the sport, even when you have pre-ordered. Nonetheless, you may be prepared with the sport put in forward of the launch. Right here’s what you might want to find out about preloading Battlefield 6, past guaranteeing you’ve no less than 76GB of area for the complete set up. 

Whereas optionally available set up elements are a part of BF6, Steam doesn’t assist this for pre-loads. As soon as preloaded, we may entry the video games ‘optionally available’. To see these in Steam, you may entry the ‘DLC’ record within the Battlefield 6 ‘Handle > Properties’ menus. Right here is the complete record of PC elements. However no, it sadly doesn’t embody the BF6 Battle Royale: 

To pre-load Battlefield 6 on PC, do that by way of Steam, the Epic Video games Retailer, or the EA app.

With the sport but to be launched on the time of writing, as soon as we pre-loaded by way of Steam, we obtained a ‘Recreation Not Launched’ notification. 

For console installs, an easier ‘element set up’ record is reported. Right here, the one obligatory set up seems to be the ‘Base Recreation’ factor, permitting PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S customers to decide on whether or not or to not set up multiplayer and/or single-player parts. Do search for these elements as you preload. 

Battlefield 6 will likely be launched on October 10, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X/S. The launch time will rely in your particular time zone, however will probably be at 08:00 PDT. If you’re in time zones round Australia or Japan, the launch arrives across the very early hours of October 11. 

Regardless, when you have pre-ordered the sport, you may pre-install and prepare for some of the anticipated titles of the yr. Battlefield 6 does assist optionally available element set up, so do search for that. Nevertheless, we didn’t have this feature when putting in by way of Steam on PC. It was solely after we put in that we may see the element record.