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Over 500,000 people played the free beta of "Battlefield 6" at peak times –, which is more than its competitor "Call of Duty" ...

Over the weekend, at its absolute peak, the beta managed to rope in as many as 521,079 concurrent players, as per SteamDB, which for reference makes the shooter the 18th biggest concurrently-played ...