Battlefield 2042's first season adds a new map, specialist, and guns this week

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Battlefield 2042's first content update was delayed while DICE methodically fixed bugs and added features like VOIP to the 128-player shooter, which hasn't turned around its icy reception yet, but not for lack of trying. That work is ongoing—big map redesigns are still to come—but videogame seasons can't be held back forever. Season one of Battlefield 2042, called Zero Hour, starts this Thursday, June 9.

The season will add a free new map called Exposure, a mountainous Canadian map whose serenity contrasts with the cycle of helicopter death and rebirth that characterizes Battlefield matches. It will also introduce Battlefield 2042's first battle pass. Some Battlefield players and onlookers have said that the pass doesn't include enough (most of this info leaked early), but on the plus side, EA and DICE haven't locked anything but cosmetics behind the premium battle pass track.

That means that the new specialist, Ewalina Lis, will be unlockable by any Battlefield 2042 player whether or not they've paid for the premium version of the battle pass. That wasn't a given: Rainbow Six Siege doesn't make new operators free, for example. 

Lis is the tier 4 battle pass unlock. Her special ability is Armor Hunter, which detects nearby damaged enemy vehicles, and her gadget is the G-84 TGM, which launches rockets she can steer via a nose-cam. I was able to try playing as Lis during a preview session on Monday, and steering her rockets around is as fun as it always is in games. They have limited range and it's tough to hit wobbly helicopters, though, so it doesn't seem like her rockets will tilt the vehicle/infantry balance too hard toward infantry.

That's also true because Lis acts as a counterbalance to two new helicopters, the