In the Great War, the Allied forces fought against the Ottoman Empire in control of the Suez Canal. Battlefield 1 Players will get to replay this in the campaign, and then revisit it in the multiplayer. The beta kicks off next week, and the Sinai Map, based off of this historical campaign for the Suez Canal, will be part of the beta.
The Sinai Desert map will offer the most unique gameplay of Battlefield 1. All of those screenshots you’ve seen thus far with horses in the desert" That’s from the Sinai Desert campaign and multiplayer map. Even with the multiplayer portion, players will be able to jump on their horses and race through the sandy deserts and narrow streets. And according to the Battlefield 1 team, that’s not the only diverse feature of the Sinai Desert map.
You’ll ride full speed on horseback across huge desert areas and hunt for enemies in narrow streets and alleys. You’ll have shootouts from windows and rooftops in tightly contested locations where Capture points are alittle too close for comfort. You’ll wrestle over the skies with fighter planes or crush through the buildings with heavy tanks. It’s the clash of eras and technologies all wrapped into one hectic conflict, mixed together with classic Battlefield gameplay.

The map will also drop an Armored Train Behemoth for a losing team if the stronger team has too great of an advantage. The train has a wide range of weapons and can turn the tide of battle i...