With the Battlefield 5 open beta having recently ended, DICE has made the Premium Pass for Battlefield 1 free across all platforms. This includes all of the paid expansions for the developer’s 2016 World War 1 shooter- but there is a catch. The Premium Pass is only free until September 18th. Get it now before it’s gone, essentially.

In terms of content, there’s a lot to dig into for those who only own the base game. The Premium Pass features four expansion packs – They Shall Not Pass, In The Name of the Tsar, Turning Tides, and Apocalypse. Each comes with a number of new maps, Operations, new modes like Conquest Assault and Air Assault, new weapons, new vehicles, and new elite classes like the Trench Raider and Infiltrator.

As for Battlefield 5, it will be out on November 20th for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. DICE recently revealed more details about the upcoming Battle Royale mode, Firestorm, though when it will launch is still up in the air.

It’s September, and this week marks the arrival of the Battlefield 5 open beta. It will be available on September 6th for all platforms. However, if you’re subscribed to Origin Access Premier/Basic/EA Access or have pre-ordered the game, then the beta goes live early on September 4th.

What do you do when the beta ends on September 11th? For owners of Battlefield 1 who haven’t picked up the Premium Pass, it will be totally free. This applies only to Origin users and is valid up till September 18th. However, the Premium Pass is yours to keep beyond that.

Encompassing all four expansions – They Shall Not Pass, In the Name of the Tsar, Turning Tides, and Apocalypse – the Premium Pass gives you access to tons of additional maps, modes, weapons, vehicles, and so on. That should keep you busy until Battlefield 5 launches.

Speaking of which, Battlefield 5 was recently delayed from its October release date to November 20th. Feedback from the beta will be taken into account for the final game though. For a full rundown on the changes in the beta, head here.

DICE’s Battlefield 1 has received the first wave of content from its Turning Tides DLC. This is available for Premium Pass and Revolution Edition owners – players looking to make standalone purchases will be able to access it on December 24th.

The update brings two new maps – Cape Helles which explores the invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula and Achi Baba, an infantry map in the Dardanelles as players battle towards Krithia. You can also expect a new Operation in Gallipoli where the battle takes place in the SS River Clyde to Sedd el Bahr. Eventually, you’ll make your way to Achi Baba as the defenders attempt to stop you.

Conquest Assault is also a new mode, expanding on the original Conquest mode and seeing defenders with all the flags already captured. Attackers will the point advantage but must capture all the flags. Defenders can only spawn on squad-mates if a flag has been captured so you better hope the attackers don’t have all the flags.

Check out some of the patch notes below with more information offered here.

• Weapon Assignments will now display progress as a percentage
• Addressed an issue where players would occasionally be awarded the incorrect points towards Medal progress when capturing a Supply Drop
• Players can now make progress toward the Eyes On The Prize service assignment when completing kills, earned by Assist Counts As Kill, while prone behind a Sniper Shield
• Players no longer receive a “Retreater Killed” score bonus for killing themselves, or teammates, when retreating in Operations
• Added an option to disable the Lens Distortion postprocess effect in the Video options menu
• Players can now choose between hiding, always showing, or making the network performance graph appear only when there are ongoing networking issues
• Spectator Table Top View – Reformatted objective/player/free camera icons so they are pushed to the edge of the screen
• Fixed an issue that displayed the “switch to secondary weapon” tooltip while swimming even if it was not available to be used while swimming
• Fixed an issue where players would see a score discrepancy between End of Round screens and in-game scoreboards in Operations
• Fixed an issue where score multipliers were displaying inaccurately in Operations’ End of Round screens
• Changed Dynamite to work properly in water – covered in wax for waterproofing
• Fixed an issue where the gas cloud VFX would not be visible to some players
• Addressed an issue where vehicles would sometimes get stuck mid-air when traveling on a bridge while it was being destroyed
• Fixed an issue where the gunners in the Y-Lighter Landing Craft were not seeing correct hit markers while aiming down sight
• Spawning vehicles will now automatically remove nearby placed explosives such as AT Mines or Dynamite to avoid vehicle spawn camping
• The MAS Torpedo Boat and Y-Lighter Landing Craft no longer trigger AA gun detonation
• Captains of the MAS Torpedo Boat and Y-Lighter Landing Craft can now self-repair the craft
• Addressed an issue where a transport vehicle would occasionally disappear while still in use
• Improved the bayonet sprint penalty on the Model 1900 shotgun’s bayonet
• Improved spread and recoil for the Model 1900 Shotgun
• Fixed an issue where players would hear the bayonet charge sound-state after cancelling a bayonet charge
• Removed ability to switch to empty K Bullets
• Fixed an issue where players were able to fire their weapon during reload
• Significantly increased the damage dealt to vehicles and behemoths by the 305/52 O Coastal Gun
• Fortress and Coastal Turrets now use the same disable and repair logic as the field gun, AA, and coastal gun. This means that upon reaching 50% health, they become disabled, and repairing them in full will make them usable again
• Fixed an issue where the reload UI for the 305/52 O Coastal Gun would not update the first time the player entered the vehicle
• Incendiary projectiles now block aim assist for the duration of the fire
• The Scout class can place two projectiles of each trip wire gadget (gas, HE, incendiary)
• Fixed an issue that delayed firing the Mosin-Nagant M91 after throwing a grenade
• Fixed an issue that would cause the scope to wobble, on the Mosin-Nagant M91, after rechambering, and realigned the iron sights
• Improved the delay when switching to K Bullets with the Mosin-Nagant M91 Marksman
• Fixed an issue causing the deploy screen to be drawn during Operation intro cinematics and forcing the user to quit out of the game
• Made improvements to the snap-to-target-on-zoom aim assist system to make it more subtle.
• Adjusted player movement to avoid “sprint to slide” exploitation
• Fixed an issue where the soldier movement accelerations would not be corrected at different tickrates resulting in different accelerations at 30Hz, 60Hz and 120Hz.
• Adjusted the soldier accelerations to maintain the movements responsiveness after the tickrates correction.
• Fixed an issue where crawling SFX from prone soldiers would not trigger reliably in third person
• Fixed an issue where players would not hear “incoming” sound from various shell rounds
• Adjusted third person soldier movement SFX by making it quieter when crouching or prone
• Fixed an issue that caused swimming SFX to repeatedly play
• Added SFX for diving/jumping in water
• The effect radius of the Ammo Crate and Medical Crate have been raised from 3.5m to 7m. This means teammates do not have to stack extremely tightly to gain their benefits
• Cavalry health regeneration delay has been reduced to normal soldier values, reducing the need for players to constantly dismount to regenerate health with Health Pouches
• Adjusted Perimeter Alarm to allow Tripwire Bombs to Squad Spot enemies within 10m when detonated
• Fixed an issue where some Elite kits were regenerating health at default soldier rates and not the intended values
• The Flash Flare will now Suppress enemies that stand near it. This is intended to boost its ability to disrupt enemy combat effectiveness
• Fixed an issue where revived soldiers from the Stimulant Syringe specialization were not receiving the sprint boost
• Fixed an issue where stationary and airborne soldiers could potentially make footstep SFX
• Improved spawn point reservations when multiple players selected the same point simultaneously
• Now players can only spawn on Squad Leaders in the Back to Basics custom game mode
• Increased visibility of large water explosion at a distance
• Fixed an issue that caused players to hear underwater SFX and mix states, when not in the water

Say what you will about DICE’s handling of Star Wars Battlefront 2 but it’s been doing a fairly decent job with Battlefield 1 in the past year (and yes, that’s taking into account how long it took to address crucial issues).

If you haven’t really tried Battlefield 1, now’s a good time – a free trial is currently available the expansions “They Shall Not Pass” and “In the Name of the Tsar” according to the game’s official Twitter.

The expansions add the French and Russian armies to the conflict, thus bringing even more diversity to multiplayer. The first wave of trials will be live until December 4th. The second wave starts on December 8th and ends on 10th.

Meanwhile, the next big expansion Turning Tides will launch on December 11th so this is a good way to try out previous DLC content to see if the Premium Pass is worth it. Non-Premium Pass holders will have to wait a bit longer for the third DLC.

Turning Tides will be quite the DLC pack for Battlefield 1, launching in two phases. The first phase will be in December while the second goes live in January 2018. Stay tuned for more information on the same in the coming months.

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En route to the release of Battlefield 1’s first DLC They Shall Not Pass which introduces the French army and four new maps, EA has revealed information on the next three DLC packs coming to the first person shooter.

The second expansion, Name of the Tsar, will feature the Russian army, a chance to ride with the Hussars and both the Brusilov offensive and Albion assault. The third DLC is Turning Tides which will introduce the Zeebrugge raid and Gallipoli beaches along with a new destroyed and airship.

The Apocalypse expansion is the final DLC and brings “the most infamous battles of WW1” along with the “brutal tools and unique weapons born out of desperation and deadlock.”

If you have the Premium Pass, then each DLC will be available two weeks earlier from its worldwide release. You’ll also receive 14 Superior-level Battlepacks with in-game cosmetics.

Battlefield 1’s They Shall Not Pass arrives on March 14th for Premium Pass users and March 28th for normal users on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.