{"id":2098880,"date":"2026-08-18T11:54:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2098880"},"modified":"2026-08-18T11:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:54:47","slug":"battlefield-6-is-hosting-a-free-trial-just-in-time-for-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4s-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2098880","title":{"rendered":"Battlefield 6 is hosting a free trial, just in time for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4&#8217;s beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/movies\/top-gun-maverick\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Top Gun: Maverick<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Battlefield 6 is hosting a free trial, just in time for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4&#8217;s beta<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Ice water.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/battlefield-6-top-gun-cockpit-crop.jpeg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"battlefield-6-top-gun-cockpit-crop.jpeg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"331\"><\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-18T11:54:47+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 18, 2026, 11:54 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"fd0bd0f1-4ad4-4a5f-b709-2c936e494119\" data-name=\"Battlefield 6\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Battlefield 6\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Battlefield 6\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Battlefield 6\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Battlefield 6\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Battlefield 6\" title=\"Follow Battlefield 6\"><br \/>\n  Follow Battlefield 6<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/battlefield-2025\">Battlefield 6<\/a>&#8216;s latest free trial kicks off today alongside Season 4&#8217;s mid-season update, and while that mightn&#8217;t be especially notable in itself, the timing is moreso: it coincides with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-maps-modes-campaign\">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4&#8217;s highly anticipated, and stuffed, beta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Modern Warfare 4&#8217;s first beta session, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-dates-switch-2-next\">which was announced in July<\/a>, kicks off this Friday, 21st August and runs until Tuesday, 25th August. This means there&#8217;s some overlap with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ea.com\/games\/battlefield\/battlefield-6\/news\/season-4-top-gun-event-guide#free-trial\">Battlefield 6&#8217;s newly announced free trial<\/a>, which starts today and continues until Tuesday, 25th August. So if you&#8217;re interested in playing both games, there&#8217;s actually plenty of time to try out Battlefield 6 before jumping into Modern Warfare 4 over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Battlefield Studios has, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-6-free-trial-march-2026-maps-modes-dates\">hosted similar free trials to coincide with major Battlefield 6 updates<\/a> in the past, but Call of Duty and Battlefield also have a history of this kind of counter-programming. Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-is-getting-a-week-long-free-trial-in-direct-competition-with-battlefield-6-release-date\">Black Ops 6 held a week-long free trial coinciding with Battlefield 6&#8217;s release week<\/a>. A little over one month later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-7-flounders-battlefield-6-free-for-a-week\">Battlefield 6 returned the favour by going free for a week<\/a> shortly after the disappointing launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/call-of-duty-black-ops-7\">Black Ops 7<\/a>. So Battlefield&#8217;s latest free trial perhaps isn&#8217;t all that coincidental.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/battlefield-6-free-trial-august-top-gun-spread-1.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"battlefield-6-free-trial-august-top-gun-spread-1.jpeg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Battlefield Studios, EA.<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Either way, Battlefield 6&#8217;s new patch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/battlefield-6-top-gun-carrier-strike-wake-island\">introduces the long-awaited Top Gun collaboration<\/a>, so it&#8217;s a pretty solid occasion to open the game up to new players. Both of Season 4&#8217;s new maps are part of the trial, as is the Carrier Strike game mode featuring plenty of its own Top Gun elements. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/battlefield-6-top-gun-collaboration-season-4-carrier-strike\">seeing as Fighter Sweep &#8211; the other Top Gun-branded mode in this update<\/a> &#8211; is already part of Battlefield 6&#8217;s free-to-play Redsec, the cross-over event&#8217;s entire package is free as a result.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for Modern Warfare 4, the first leg of its beta has a stuffed line-up of maps and modes &#8211; including a campaign mission, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-maps-modes-campaign\">a first for a Call of Duty beta<\/a>. It&#8217;ll be interesting to see the response to each game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/battlefield-2025\">Battlefield 6<\/a>&#8216;s latest free trial kicks off today alongside Season 4&#8217;s mid-season update, and while that mightn&#8217;t be especially notable in itself, the timing is moreso: it coincides with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-maps-modes-campaign\">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4&#8217;s highly anticipated, and stuffed, beta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Modern Warfare 4&#8217;s first beta session, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-dates-switch-2-next\">which was announced in July<\/a>, kicks off this Friday, 21st August and runs until Tuesday, 25th August. This means there&#8217;s some overlap with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ea.com\/games\/battlefield\/battlefield-6\/news\/season-4-top-gun-event-guide#free-trial\">Battlefield 6&#8217;s newly announced free trial<\/a>, which starts today and continues until Tuesday, 25th August. So if you&#8217;re interested in playing both games, there&#8217;s actually plenty of time to try out Battlefield 6 before jumping into Modern Warfare 4 over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Battlefield Studios has, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-6-free-trial-march-2026-maps-modes-dates\">hosted similar free trials to coincide with major Battlefield 6 updates<\/a> in the past, but Call of Duty and Battlefield also have a history of this kind of counter-programming. Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-is-getting-a-week-long-free-trial-in-direct-competition-with-battlefield-6-release-date\">Black Ops 6 held a week-long free trial coinciding with Battlefield 6&#8217;s release week<\/a>. A little over one month later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-7-flounders-battlefield-6-free-for-a-week\">Battlefield 6 returned the favour by going free for a week<\/a> shortly after the disappointing launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/call-of-duty-black-ops-7\">Black Ops 7<\/a>. So Battlefield&#8217;s latest free trial perhaps isn&#8217;t all that coincidental.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/battlefield-6-free-trial-august-top-gun-spread-1.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"battlefield-6-free-trial-august-top-gun-spread-1.jpeg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Battlefield Studios, EA.<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Either way, Battlefield 6&#8217;s new patch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/battlefield-6-top-gun-carrier-strike-wake-island\">introduces the long-awaited Top Gun collaboration<\/a>, so it&#8217;s a pretty solid occasion to open the game up to new players. Both of Season 4&#8217;s new maps are part of the trial, as is the Carrier Strike game mode featuring plenty of its own Top Gun elements. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/battlefield-6-top-gun-collaboration-season-4-carrier-strike\">seeing as Fighter Sweep &#8211; the other Top Gun-branded mode in this update<\/a> &#8211; is already part of Battlefield 6&#8217;s free-to-play Redsec, the cross-over event&#8217;s entire package is free as a result.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for Modern Warfare 4, the first leg of its beta has a stuffed line-up of maps and modes &#8211; including a campaign mission, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-maps-modes-campaign\">a first for a Call of Duty beta<\/a>. It&#8217;ll be interesting to see the response to each game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Top Gun: Maverick Battlefield 6 is hosting a free trial, just in time for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4&#8217;s beta Ice water. 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