Battlefield 2042 Season One has been delayed until summer
DICE has delayed the launch of Battlefield 2042‘s Season One content.
In a statement posted to Twitter, the developer has said “You’ve waited patiently to hear from us on what we’re doing to address the issues with Battlefield 2042 that you have told us about, and the direction you can expect to see us take in the months ahead.
“Today we are stating our team’s commitment to bring the game up to the highest standards that we all hold for the franchise.”
The statement continues “We’ve had to make some big decisions to ensure that our next set of updates can be focused on delivering these improvements, with the most substantial one being to move the release date of our first Season to early Summer”
In a longer post on the EA website, the team revealed that it is looking to implement the following updates “as soon as possible”:
Players who purchased the Gold or Ultimate Edition versions of the game will be compensated with an “exclusive bundle” which will contain a Specialist skin, weapon and vehicle skins, a melee weapon and a player card.
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Battlefield 2042 recently dropped out of Xbox‘s ’50 most played games’ chart, less than two months after its release.
As spotted by ResetEra user Theorry, the Microsoft Store’s list of the 50 most played Xbox games in the US no longer features EA’s latest shooter.
According to Steam Charts, the PC version has also been dropping players at a steady rate. The game’s all-time peak concurrent players stands at 100,590, but last weekend it could only manage a peak of 8,000.
It was reported earlier this week that EA is considering the possibility of making some of Battlefield 2042’s Portal mode free-to-play in
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