It's fair to say that for most big games today, there's typically a mountain of questions we rarely find the answers to until launch. Battlefield 2042 is definitely one such game. Even setting aside all the technical innovations and gameplay overhauls DICE is bringing to the table this time around, any Battlefield launch would demand a level of scrutiny regardless.
Battlefield games haven't always offered a wealth of weapon customization options - in terms of sights, barrels, and other attachments. Battlefield 4 was the height of that, offering not only a wide range of gameplay-altering options, but different versions of each one for more visual variety.
It's been a long time coming, shockingly long for a Battlefield, but we've finally played Battlefield 2042. I spent about three hours with the beta build everyone is going to have access to this week. If you pre-ordered the game, subscribed to EA Play or managed to get an early access code, you may even be playing it right now!
It's been pretty clear over the course of the summer that this is going to be a different Battlefield game. I don't just mean in how ambitious it is, but also in how DICE has so far chosen to market the game. We're now just a little over a month away from release, and we're only just going hands-on with Battlefield 2042. The developer has been shockingly hesitant to show any gameplay footage that isn't heavily-edited or about a minute-long.
If that unusual lead-up to launch has you worried, these feelings aren't entirely without merit. So, now that we played Battlefield 2042, we decided to break down everything we learned from our limited time – good and bad - and hopefully help answer a few of the most common questions.
Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
Battlefield 2042 may not release until its newly delayed date of November 19, but that doesn't mean fans have to wait over a month to play this sequel to the iconic series. Developer DICE is opening the gates a bit early and letting players test out one of the biggest shooters of the year during this week's open beta. After playing the game at a recent press event, we can confirm Battlefield 2042 is wild. We surfed a massive tornado, used a grappling hook to wipe a squad on a rooftop, and ultimately walked away from my preview eager to play the open beta.
Before the fun kicks off for the rest of the public, the one and only Alex Van Aken got a chance to preview the beta early and has some fresh impressions for you to enjoy on this episode of New Gameplay Today. The video editor-extraordinaire takes the opportunity to show off his impressive sniping skills while also going over how each class works and what his highlights were during his time with the multiplayer experience. But then Van Aken does what we couldn't usually do on an episode of NGT. He steps aside and lets the gameplay talk for itself. Van Aken flexes on the competition with the use of the exhilarating grappling hook, commits vehicular destruction, and even finds out how fun it can be to enter the heart of a tornado.
If you enjoyed the video and are excited about the incoming release of Battlefield 2042 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, be sure to check out the open beta details and our look at how Battlefield Portal works.
For more exciting game previews featuring looks at Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Far Cry 6, and Jurassic World Evolution 2, be sure to like, share, and subscribe over on our YouTube page. Thanks for watching, and be sure to let us know what first-person shooter you're most excited to play before the end of the year!
Gamers: The best place for gaming news and discussion 07:27
I'm going to cut to the chase: tornadoes are a fantastic addition to Battlefield 2042. It's been years since a game has made me smile like this. It takes three matches before a telltale funnel cloud finally forms, and when it does everybody - all 128 players - drops what they're doing and heads straight towards the tempest, which welcomes them by plucking them from the ground and spinning them around like spiders in a vacuum cleaner. Shipping containers, attack helicopters, and jeeps join the party, occasionally slamming into the puny soldiers and sending their remains ragdolling back to earth.
As you might expect, there's not much you can actually do while being flung around by 120mph winds. Open your chute and you'll be whisked around the tornado's periphery in relative safety, free to take pot shots at any enemies you hurtle past. Cut your chute and you can dive deeper into the cyclone or slingshot away from it, which, depending on whether or not you've lost your bearings by now, will either dump you out of bounds or deliver you to a vantage point you couldn't reach before. Of course, you might just fly straight into the side of a building. Or a crane. Or an airborne pickup truck.
128 players rushing towards a lethal tornado to have a big, dumb fight in the clouds. Simply exquisite. Others may disagree, and there's certainly a case to be made for 2042's tornadoes being too disruptive, but sometimes you need a game to encourage you to just have some fun. Turns out DICE can be very persuasive.
I'm pleased to announce that Battlefield 2042 is indeed a Battlefield game. I went hands-on with the upcoming beta for a couple of hours earlier this week, and yes: there was a very big fight on a very big battlefield. At its core, Battlefield 2042 doesn't surprise at all. But on the surface it's a totally different story.
EA and Dice made a big deal of the game's weather and I was like, "Yeah, it rains all the time here too, heh", but you know what? The way these battlefields chop and change when storms roll in really do make a huge difference when you're there with your boots on the ground.
The Autumn Tour is now live, and alongside it the Autumn Celebration. Over the next three Tours, players can complete sets of challenges to earn various rewards. The first two sets are detailed below: Autumn Challenges 1 Complete all challenges to get Waluigi (Bus Driver) Autumn Challenges 2 -Total Points Challenge: Better rewards at the Token Shop; Get Blue Yoshi...
Valve has now released the latest Halloween themed event for the still popular free shooter Team Fortress 2. Scream Fortress XIII brings with it plenty of new goodies!
This event brings with it 6 new community maps with Farmageddon, Sinthetic, Los Muertos, Erebus, Terror, and Graveyard. To access it there's a new Special Events category in Casual. All users who login during this event will get a Soul Gargoyle if you don't already have one, which gives you access to track the special event missions and more.
Additionally there's a new Crimson Cache Case with 20 community made cosmetics, 5 new community made taunts in the store, 28 community made Unusual effects and a Scream Fortress XIII War Paint Case.
A number of other misc improvements came with this update including:
Fixed being able to remove name/description tags from a couple of the stock items
Added ConVar "tf_delete_temp_files" to control custom player sprays and other temp files being deleted on shutdown
Can be toggled in the Advanced Options dialog
Default is to delete the temp files
Updated Bat Outta Hell to fix an issue with the materials
Updated koth_slasher
Reduced round timer to 6 minutes
Removed truces from Merasmus and Monoculus events
Fixed an exploit where players could get behind the Otherworld's cabin and attack unsuspecting players
Fixed a series of hairline perches in the yards
Fixed a pair of visible nodraw entities outside of the spawns
Fixed an exploit where players using the Minify spell could hide in the caves
Added a strange rustling over there in the woods... ?
Updated/Added some tournament medals
Updated the localization files
Play for free on Steam. The Scream Fortress XIII event lasts until November 7th, 2021.
A passion project which has been worked on for more than a decade, Ember first launched onto the gaming scene via Steam back in 2016. After picking up 'Mostly Positive' reviews, it's now time for the team at N-Fusion Interactive to make a move onto console, with Ember: Console Edition playing out on Xbox.
After Ghost Recon Breakpoint failed to ignite the franchise in the ways Ubisoft were looking for, it's time for a new strategic and tactical plan - to go free-to-play. And that is where Ghost Recon Frontline will come in.
2K has released the new NBA 2K22 update 1.4 for current-gen consoles. Notably, the same update was released on September 17 last month for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S and now it's rolling out for the current-gen console. The latest NBA 2K22 update 1.4 is now available to download on PS4 and Xbox One. According, […]
ASTRO Gaming, a leader in premium video gaming equipment, today announced the ... Starting October 5, gamers can choose from the eight new colors of the ...
