The Battlefield 1

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EA made the announcement on Twitter , alongside an announcement of a patch for the ongoing free game test The patch disables time limits in the beta's Sinai Desert Conquest mode, meaning games will now run indefinitely until one team reaches the full 250 points limit.Finally, EA also announced that the beta would begin "simulating extreme launch situations" to test the game's servers, which may result in downtime. It's not clear whether this stress test will run for the duration of the beta - we've contacted EA for comment on that.The beta has suffered major server downtime already, although that appeared to be the result of a hacking group attack.After the beta ends, it's a short wait for the main event - Battlefield 1 launches worldwide on October 21.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he could spend days on the roof of that one house at Sinai Desert's really remote capture point. Sniper heaven. Follow him on Twitter