DICE is winding down development on Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone
DICE has confirmed that it plans to stop developing new content for Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone mode.
While it will remain playable and DICE will continue to address any critical issues that arise, future maps and content won’t be supported in Hazard Zone.
Introduced to the series when Battlefield 2042 released last November, the PvP and PvE mode sees four-player squads competing to locate downed satellites containing data drives before extracting the intel.
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The news was revealed in a new Battlefield 2042 development update video (below) featuring senior producer Ryan McArthur and creative director Lars Gustavsson.
“All of us on the team had great ambition and high hopes for this new Battlefield experience throughout our development, but we’re the first to hold our hands up and acknowledge that it hasn’t found the right home in Battlefield 2042 and that we’ll benefit greatly from letting our focus and energy stay on the modes we see you engaging most with,” a DICE community manager said in an accompanying blog post.
“Hazard Zone will stay as part of the experience, we’re not switching it off, but beyond addressing critical errors and odd behaviors that may appear in the future, we’re no longer actively developing new experiences or content for the mode, and you’ll find that maps that we release across our seasons will not be supported in Hazard Zone.”
DICE recently confirmed that Battlefield 2042 Season 1 is scheduled to be released in June. It was originally due to arrive in early 2022 but it was delayed to the summer so that the studio could focus on bringing the base game up to scratch following its troubled launch.
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