“We’re proud of the work we’ve done in the last 12 months,” the studio said. The developer mentioned that it has started pre-production on “all new content that will come after Season 4, next year.” Perhaps a longer commitment to 2042 will buy the developer time to complete that rethink of the series, under the watchful eye of Respawn head (and Call of Duty alumnus) Vince Zampella, who has been tasked by Wilson with overseeing Battlefield. Nevertheless, DICE is committing to supporting 2042 in the medium-to-long term. On Steam, 2042’s player numbers have slumped so far that, after a recent sale, 2016’s Battlefield 1 had 10 times as many players as the most recent Battlefield release. If nothing else, an influx of new players will be welcome. Battlefield 2042 launched with performance issues and absent content, and failed to click with players to such an extent that EA’s chief executive Andrew Wilson told investors in May that DICE would be rethinking Battlefield “from the ground up” in future. But the publisher will be hoping a curious new audience on Game Pass will give the struggling game a boost.

Beleaguered shooter Battlefield 2042 will be added to the EA Play and Game Pass Ultimate subscription services when its season 3 begins in a “few weeks.” Developer EA DICE made the announcement in a blog post detailing the changes in the coming season.īattlefield 2042 will arrive on the subscription platforms just over a year after its November 2021 launch - a normal interval for a major Electronic Arts release.

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