Battlefield 2042 Breakdown

Could we be looking at the best installment of the Battlefield series yet?

Set to release on the 19^th of November 2021, Battlefield 2042 will be released on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S & Series X, and PC.
As the successor to Battlefield V, Battlefield 2042 is technically “Battlefield 6” but is the seventeenth entry into the series.

It will also be the first in the series to boast cross-play, although it will be solely multiplayer with no single-player campaign or battle royale mode.

As confirmed by EA, Battlefield 2042 will not be playable offline at all – “Battlefield 2042 is a multiplayer-only experience,” EA wrote. “So while you can play Solo against AI Soldiers if you’d like to practice, it will be in an online setting.”

In some seriously high anticipation of its release, fans will have the opportunity to get a taste of this beast of a game with the ten-hour trial for EA Play and Game Pass subscribers.

Battlefield 2042 | Exodus Short Film

What You Get With Pre-Order (Applies to all editions)

Early access to Open Beta
Cosmetic Bundle – Includes:
- BAKU ACB-90 Epic Melee Takedown Knife
- “Mr. Chompy” Epic Weapon Charm
- “Landfall” Player Card Background and “Old Guard” tag
- Irish – “Battle Hardened” Legendary skin

BATTLEFIELD 2042 EDITIONS

Standard Edition (PS4/Xbox One/PC – R916 & Xbox Series S & Series X/PS5 – R1069)

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Gold Edition (PC – R1375 & Console – R1527)

Digital-Only Edition of Battlefield 2042
Early access to Open Beta
Early access to the full game from the 12^th of November 2021
Cross-Gen bundle
Year 1 Pass – Includes:
- 4 New Specialists
- 4 Battle Passes
- 3 Exclusive Epic skin bundles (Blistered Earth, Tempest, and Cold Blood) each containing 1 outfit, 1 weapon skin, and 1 vehicle skin.

Ultimate Edition (PC – R1680 & Console – R1833)

Battlefield 2042
Early access to Open Beta
Early access to the full game from the 12^th of November 2021
Official digital artbook
Exclusive digital soundtrack
Cross-Gen bundle
Year 1 Pass – Includes:
- 4 New specialists
- 4 Battle Passes
- 1 Legendary skin bundle (Midnight Ultimate Bundle) containing:
  - “Shadow Stalker” Legendary Outfit
  - “Obsidian” Legendary weapon skin
  - “Onyx” Legendary vehicle skin
- 3 Exclusive Epic skin bundles (Blistered Earth, Tempest, and Cold Blood) each containing 1 outfit, 1 weapon skin, and 1 vehicle skin.

Battlefield 2042 has been built in the specially modified Frostbite 3 game engine, using C++ and C# programming.
It is an extremely ambitious project that was taken on what with an impressive 128-player match system, this isn’t to say that you’ll always be playing against actual people as they’ll be filling open slots with AI if need be.

There’s a total of ten specialists based on the four Battlefield classes, each with one unique specialty and trait, and other than that, the rest of your loadout will be fully customizable.

Kimble “Irish” Graves (Engineer) – Fortification System / Veteran
Webster Mackay (Assault) – Grappling Hook / Nimble
Maria Falck (Support) – S21 Syrette Pistol / Combat Surgeon
Wikus “Casper” Van Daele (Recon) – OV-P Recon Drone / Movement Sensor
Pyotr ‘Boris’ Guskovsky (Engineer) – SG-36 Sentry System / Sentry Operator
Nivan Rao (Assault) – Cyber Warfare Suite / Trojan Network
Santiago “Dozer” Espinoza (Assault) – SOB-8 Ballistic Shield / Blast Resistant
Emma “Sundance” Rosier (Assault) – Smart Explosives / Wingsuit Operator
Constantin “Angel” Anghel (Support) – Loadout Crate / Trauma Specialist
JI-SOO Paik (Recon) – EMG-X Scanner / Threat Perception

GAME MODES

All-Out Warfare

“The next generation of fan-favorites “Conquest” and “Breakthrough” features the largest Battlefield maps ever and up to 128 players. Experience the intensity of all-out warfare on maps filled with dynamic weather and spectacular world events.”

Battlefield Portal

“Change the rules of war and discover unexpected battles across the wide universe of Battlefield. Replay the reimagined classics Battlefield 1942, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and Battlefield 3 – or deploy on these timeless maps with the modern arsenal and content of Battlefield 2042.”

Battlefield Hazard Zone

“An all-new experience that combines edge-of-your-seat gameplay with the best of the Battlefield sandbox.”

MAPS

Hourglass – Doha, Qatar
Discarded – Alang, India
Manifest – Brani Island, Singapore
Kaleidoscope – Songdo, South Korea
Orbital – Kourou, French Guiana
Breakaway – Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Renewal – Eastern Desert, Egypt
Battle of the Bulge – The Ardennes, Belgium (Classic Map – Battlefield 1942)
El Alamein – El Alamein, Egpyt (Classic Map – Battlefield 1942)
Arica Harbor – Arica, Chile (Classic Map – Battlefield: Bad Company 2)
Valparaiso – Valparaiso, Chile (Classic Map – Battlefield: Bad Company 2)
Caspian Border – Turkmen-Iranian Border (Classic Map – Battlefield 3)
Noshahr Canals – Noshahr, Iran (Classic Map – Battlefield 3)

PC Specs Required

Minimum requirements:

OS: 64-bit Windows 10

CPU: Intel i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1050 ti or AMD RX 560

RAM: 8GB

VRAM: 4GB

DirectX: 12

Storage: 100GB

Recommended specs:

OS: 64-bit Windows 10

CPU: Intel i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

RAM: 16GB

VRAM: 8GB