If you’re doubting whether Battlefield 6 will be a hit, I was stuck in a 140,000 player queue at 9 am on a random Thursday to join a closed beta, twice

It’s no secret that the Battlefield series has been in a bit of a state, with recent games having launched in a terrible state, only to become good a year or two later, which in this day and age is just a tad too late. In what seems like changing tides, Battlefield 6 is going all out on what we want.

We’re returning to the traditional classes over specialists like in BF2042, and these classes have been given a much-needed TLC, such as moving the Deploy Beacon to Assault instead of Recon. We’re even getting both open and closed weapons at launch, letting these duelling ideologies finally coexist.

With hype at an all-time high ahead of the beta weekend, this renewed focus is paying off so far. With that excitement in mind, I was really looking forward to playing during the closed beta early access, which lasts just two days before the BF6 beta is open for all. I logged in at 9 am here in the UK, bang on the dot, and was immediately met by 140,000 other players who had done the same.