It is clear that Battlefield 2042 had a hard time when it introduced in November 2021, but the game is in a far better state now with lots more content than it had at launch after 5 in-game seasons. A turning point for the military shooter was when it debuted on Video game Pass in November 2022.
Senior producer Ryan McArthur informed GamesRadar, “I’m a huge believer in programs like Game Pass, and for us it was a huge moment– something we marked on the calendar.”
McArthur said the group wished to get Battlefield 2042 in shape for the Game Pass launch because the team understood the video game would see a significant influx of players.
” One thing we spoke about internally rather a lot was that if there was a moment in time where we were going to open this game as much as a whole bunch of new players then it requires to be good. It requires to be the game that we wanted it to be when we released it, which really galvanized the team as we charged towards that date,” McArthur said.
The gamer base for Battlefield 2042 has actually broadened with each new season, McArthur stated, and the group making the game got amped up as well. “It really assisted get their creative juices going,” he said.
” I believe that’s why every season has actually been much better than the last. Look at not simply the core work, but the weapons that we made, the fact that we revamped each and every single map that we shipped in this video game at launch (with the last one coming out at the end of Season 5)– that’s something we’ve never done in the past,” McArthur stated. “While it was hard, it was likewise truly enjoyable for us. When I review my career, it’s most likely the journey that I’m most happy with.”
McArthur went on to state that DICE enjoys the chance to try to make Battlefield 2042 everything it can be prior to the next Battlefield game comes out.
” People journey and make errors,” McArthur stated. “I think it’s great for us to get a possibility to come back and do what we think we can do finest. It’s been fun to see gamers leap back in and provide us another possibility, and for them to state, ‘Yeah, you guys are getting where you’re expected to be.'”.
Battlefield 2042’s Season 6 remains in the works now and on top for release later on this year. After that, multiple EA studios all over the world are working on a “reimagination” of the Battlefield series.
Despite its battles, Battlefield 2042 was the No. 5 best-selling game of 2021 in the United States. Plans were in place to bring the Battlefield series to mobile, however EA abruptly canceled Battlefield Mobile and shuttered its designer.
