Starts Feb. 3, ends Feb. 8

Today, EA announced that theBattlefield Hardlineopen betawill begin February 3 and end on February 8.

If you haven’t had achance to playEA’s version of cops and robbers, now is this time. Well, technically February is the time.

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Regardless, this will be an open multiplayer beta for anyone with a PC, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, or Xbox 360. EA has promised somebig changessince we last playedHardline, so now we’ll be able to see for ourselves.

Featured will be three different maps and modes:

The opening area of the Whisper mission, in a small grove.

The open beta also promises to make the full multiplayer progression system available for players. This will be a good time to test and tweak what you want for the full release.

The Divide in the Cosmodrome, where the Guardian was resurrected.

A holofoil Ribbontail, as seen in collections.

The Phoneutria Fera hand cannon, inspired by the Season of the Haunted armor set. It has a unique, galactic glow.

Three Fuses appear in a match of Apex Legends' Wild Card mode.

Mad Maggie opens a supply bin and an item with a symbol indicating infinite ammo appears.

Legends slide through a zipline in King’s Canyon in Apex Legends.

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The Yeartide Apex tex Mechanica SMG with a Holofoil glow.