Battlefield 2042 Season 6: Dark Creations launches on October 10
Electronic Arts announced that Battlefield 2042 Season 6: Dark Creations will debut on October 10 on the PC and consoles.
The latest update for Battlefield 2042 — from developers Dice and Ripple Effect Studios — will pit two sides against each other in a new map dubbed Redacted. It’s a long linear map where each side has to take ground in a hidden laboratory in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Players have to find missing soldiers and uncover other secrets in the darkness while keeping their sanity, EA said. They find, as you can see in the trailer, a bunch of captured soldiers have been experimented upon and turned into zombie-like warriors.
I played the map in a demo event yesterday and it was mostly indoors. It focuses on close-quarters combat where both sides are investigating an “incident,” which has revealed the hidden tech-research facility performing classified experiments.
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There are trees and some outdoor-like parts of the facility, but it’s covered by a dome and so it qualifies as the first map in the Battlefield franchise that offers no outdoor environment. I started out using a sniper rifle but I quickly switched to an assault rifle while running through the tight corridors.
The devs said Redacted was inspired by fan-favorite maps from Battlefield’s past like Operation Locker (Battlefield 4) and Operation Metro (Battlefield 3). It’s all infantry.
It features new weapons like the VHX D3, a futuristic assault rifle optimized for portability and performance, making it a valuable asset for close and medium-range
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