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'Battlefield 2042' Is Headed Down The Live Service Route, According To EA

Ewan Moore

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'Battlefield 2042' Is Headed Down The Live Service Route, According To EA

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Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson has told investors they should "think of Battlefield as a service," which probably tells fans all they need to know about the direction the popular franchise will take when Battlefield 2042 launches in August.

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"I think that is our orientation. But more important, I think you should think of Battlefield as a service," Wilson explained during an investor call on Wednesday.

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It's unclear what this means for the future of Battlefield beyond 2042, but it certainly implies that EA intends to treat the upcoming shooter as a constantly evolving platform that's updated and evolved over time - perhaps in the same way Activision approaches Call Of Duty: Warzone.

Wilson also mentioned EA's ongoing pivot to live-service in general, declaring that Battlefield 2042 will "reinvent what our epic scale games are." He also said EA aims to focus on "365-day engagement on a platform level," suggesting we're about to see a lot more Battlefield than we've ever seen before.

While EA has yet to officially confirm post-launch plans for Battlefield 2042, well-known and thoroughly reliable Battlefield leaker Tom Henderson recently suggested DICE will be taking a leaf out of Warzone's book. That means regular free content dropped every few months, including new maps, modes, weapons, and more.

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Battlefield 2042 / Credit: EA
Battlefield 2042 / Credit: EA

Henderson believes post-launch content will drop seasonally, and that every new season will offer two new maps, a new playable character, story-driven updates, new weapons and vehicles, and two remastered classic maps for the ambitious sandbox mode, Portal. Not too shabby at all. Assuming DICE can keep that up, I can absolutely see how Battlefield would reinvent itself as a successful live service.

The only catch, I suppose, is that this could mean we don't see brand-new Battlefield games dropping as regularly as they used to. For now, we have no choice but to wait and see.

Topics: News, Battlefield 2042, EA

Ewan Moore
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