Battlefield™ 2042 News

Battlefield 2042 early access is live now for owners of the Gold and Ultimate editions of the game, and while we don't know how many people are playing, it's safe to say it's a decent number: DICE has already started grappling with server troubles...
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Take the Battlefield 2042 experience up a notch.
Players who pre-ordered the Gold and Ultimate Editions of Battlefield 2042, and EA Play Pro members can play the full experience via Early Access starting November 12.

Standard Edition launch is Nov 19th.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1517290/Battlefield_2042/

Battlefield 2042 introduces a 32-player tactical mode called Hazard Zone, which I described as 'Escape From Tarkov Lite' in my early BF2042 impressions. It's a squad-v-squad race to acquire randomly scattered data drives and escape alive. Communication feels vital in a mode like that, so it's slightly surprising that there's no squad VOIP system in Battlefield 2042 right now...
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The existence of free-for-all deathmatch in a Battlefield game (see gif of excessive prone use above) surely defies some divine PC gaming laws, but it's a lot of fun, so whoever's been performing incantations in an RGB summoning circle ought to keep it up. Sure, the unholy novelty of Swedish Call of Duty will wear off eventually, but there are so many variables to fiddle with in Battlefield 2042's Portal game mode editor that I'm nearly convinced I should tell all my friends to buy it. I just need to try BF2042 in the real world before I can say for sure that there are $60 worth of hijinks here...
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