Battlefield 6, from Electronic Arts and DICE, had a Labs playtest this morning that saw new large maps leak online within minutes. The session included early looks at the large Mirak Valley map and a Portal-made course, and clips began circulating across social platforms shortly after the test.
Players in the Labs build were the first to see and try two of the large maps planned for launch – Operation Firestorm, a remake of a Battlefield 3 map, and Mirak Valley, which appears to be the biggest map in the pool. Despite participants signing NDA agreements to join early playtests, footage and screenshots showed up almost immediately on social channels and community hubs, and a separate earlier piece about subreddit leaks collected a number of those clips.
The unofficial debut of Battlefield 6‘s Mirak Valley gives a clearer sense of scale than the datamined map outlines did – open fields, multiple vehicle lanes, and scattered compounds make the map feel closer to the wide maps from Battlefield 3 and 4. Artistically, it evokes the wide, winding hills of the Golmud Railway, as showcased in older entries.
The Portal clip features a user-created obstacle course level built with the in-game Portal toolset, which is based on the Godot engine. The map is a simple, only Up-style course made from prefabricated concrete blocks, stairs, and oversized power lines repurposed as precarious bridges. It appears that BF Studios supplied at least some Portal content during testing, which raises questions about what the community will create once the tools are public.
Community uploads also included a rundown that appears to show every weapon in Battlefield 6 at launch. However, the list itself is unsurprising at first glance – a lot of boxy rifles and SMGs. Weapon quirks will likely only be visible once the whole game is available and more players have had time to explore the sandbox.
EA has removed many of the leaked videos after the fact, but takedowns often come days after a clip first appears. That gap has allowed large-scale footage to remain online long enough to spread across forums and social media feeds, which may be part of how the team is handling early playtest exposure.
With release just over a month away, interest is high, and the leaks underline what fans want to see from the final game. Battlefield 6 is scheduled to launch on October 10, and these Lab glimpses will probably keep discussion active until then. Below are some of the social posts and community threads where the playtest footage and screenshots first appeared.
BREAKING: Battlefield 6 Mirak Valley Gameplay 👀 pic.twitter.com/m3r62ybk27
— Battlefield Wire (@TheBFWire) August 29, 2025
New Gameplay leak for the portal
byu/alquraishy inBattlefield
X and Bluesky are good places to catch short updates and quick reactions from the team.
