After announcing their plans last week for the Battlefield: Hardline beta but also leaving out the vital piece of information as to when the beta would start, a supposed leaked email sent to some YouTubers has outed the date as February 3rd.

The email was sent by Ronku to various YouTubers, reminding them that the beta will begin on February 3rd. For those not in the know, Ronku is an EA sponsorship program that enlists YouTubers to create footage of EA games through a variety of assignments.

According to the original Reddit thread listing the rumoured date, several YouTubers are already playing the game and recording footage which is scheduled to go live when the beta launches. At any rate, we'll most likely know whether this rumour is indeed true come this Wednesday, when Visceral Games confirms it during this week's This Season on Hardline.