DICE has revealed Battlefield 2042 Season 2, which launches next week
DICE has unveiled Battlefield 2042 Season 2 and confirmed an August 30 launch date.
Titled Master of Arms, it will introduce a new map designed for infantry-focused gameplay, a new Specialist, plus fresh weapons and vehicles, among other features.
The Battlefield 2042 Season 2: Masters of Arms gameplay reveal trailer is viewable below.
New map Stranded is set in Panama and features a desert lake drained of water. It sees players fighting around and inside a beached container ship housing an illicit arms trading centre.
New Specialist Charlie Crawford arrives with a mounted stationary minigun controllable by anyone on the battlefield.
Other new weapons include the AM40 carbine, the Avancys LMG and the PF51 sidearm, while the latest new gadget is a concussion grenade.
Players will be able to get around Stranded using the Polaris RZR off-road buggy and the EBLC-RAM heavy ground vehicle. The latter can protect itself from incoming damage with its AMPs ability and place a spawn beacon on the battlefield.
New features being introduced in Season 2 include Assignments, which can be completed to unlock Vault Weapons.
“Vault Weapons are weapons previously available only in Battlefield Portal that can now be accessed in All-Out Warfare once unlocked – starting with the iconic M60E4 and M16A3,” EA said. “More weapons will be available as the season progresses.
“Assignments can also be used to unlock gameplay-related items from previous seasons that you might have missed the first time around, including Specialists, weapons, gadgets, and vehicles.”
Earlier this week DICE offered a sneak peek at the next in a series of reworks for the game’s launch maps. Having released a reworked version of Kaleidoscope this month, updated versions of Renewal
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