It's safe to say Battlefield 2042 hasn't had the smoothest launch, even by franchise standards. As developer DICE continues to work on, let's admit, major issues in the post-launch period, the developer has had to delay its content roadmap.
Yep, season one for Battlefield 2042 will now arrive in "early Summer", rather than Spring. With how vague both of these launch windows have been, we wouldn't be surprised to see it slip deeper into Summer to be honest.
There are some updates coming before that though. The first one focuses on what the developer calls 'legacy' Battlefield features. Basically, they're adding a proper scoreboard, in-game voice chat options and deeper player profiles to 2042 "as soon as possible". Yep, even that release is still vague.
Thankfully, developer communication is set to improve. DICE says it's working on a new feedback loop with players, which involves the team presenting issues being worked on, then allowing community feedback before decisions are made on fixes, patches, and game updates.
If you happened to have picked up the Gold or Ultimate edition of Battlefield 2042, DICE is handing out a small freebie to thank you for your patience. It's not much, but it's something before larger content drops start arriving, hopefully, in early Summer. Here's the 'Steadfast Exclusive Legendary Bundle':
So, there you have it. DICE has finally spoken, rather conveniently, ahead of EA's upcoming financial results. While we're happy to see a developer update, it's all a bit vague for a AAA shooter that launched over two months ago and has seen no meaningful content since.
Do you think Battlefield 2042 will be able to turn things around? Let us know in the comments.
[source ea.com]
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because of that #neverpreorder is what I always say
Under the headline should read “rolling the D.I.C.E. on player patience” or something like that
Can’t pass on a pun
@Lurkes Didn't even need to pre-order. The 10 hour trial was enough to see.
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Man, the days of battlefield bad company 2 and the great multiplayer moments are long gone. I remember one match, our sniper spotted some guys, other squad mate laid done some smoke, I ran for a flank, shot them down. When the smoke cleared, I was facing the barrel of an abram tank. I resigned myself to respawn, when the tank blew and my homie was behind it, cackling about his love of c4. Sad, really. Pour one out.
@Dusk_Actual That was the pun, I just didn't format it that way haha!
Seriously though EA and DICE should just focus on going back to the franchise’s roots, either a complete reboot or work on Bad Company 3 as that would excite fans.
@MaccaMUFC
This guy gets it! Bad Company 3 all the way, but EA/Dice still don't know what made the Bad Company series so great 🙄
But when is the game coming out of alpha for a beta release?
Well i thought cyberpunk was the learning moment for the industry but it hopefully this does it now that a major publisher flopped by pushing out crap. The biggest positive I can be see from MS buying AB is giving them time and resources to make good games
@Lurkes people should preorder as long as they know the game is from a good dev that you know, I preordered Elden Ring and can't wait for it to come out.
Sounds like a Mass Effect Andromeda or Anthem decision. Future promises to keep up sales, then abandoned.
@Zucaritas it's not like I'm not ever buying Elden Ring but that's risky business man.
@Zucaritas thats where you are wrong, preorders corrupt
@Lurkes damn, people really are terrified of buying games
@Zucaritas you mean broken thing that is worse then bf games from like 10 years ago? yeah Im terrified of that...
@Lurkes dude is just a game, chill out. Why do you care about how other people spend their money?
@Zucaritas just a game my a%% (hate this attitude Im spending my money so also my time) I care about broken games because (among other things) of preorders
Im lucky I didnt wasted any on latest BF - 2042 bugs in the code
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