"Rest in peace Battlefield 2042": Community reacts to news of DICE working on the game with a skeleton crew

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With its new season, any hopes of salvation for Battlefield 2042 have gone down the road of impossibility. Given the overall reception of the game, some fans had hoped that DICE would put in loads of effort to recover the situation.

Unfortunately, the upcoming content and additions seem extremely meager, and to make matters worse, rumors have stated that a minimal number of developers are working on the game.

The news was leaked by reputed journalist Jeff Grubb, which Tom Henderson then endorsed. Since then, EA has reached out to Grubb and clarified that the news may not be true.

Nevertheless, actions speak louder than words, and when it comes to Battlefield 2042, players are quite convinced this could be the case. Following the news, they took to the Reddit community to discuss their thoughts again.

The original post was made by Reddit user u/Youngstown_Mafia, who seemed convinced with what Grubb and Henderson had to say.

The user quickly commented that EA had pulled the plug on Battlefield 2042, and there won't be any further construction work on the game. They weren't the only one, as others also expressed what they had in mind.

Content and the updates have never gone down well with players over the speed at which they are released. One player thinks that DICE might have been operating on a skeleton crew from the very start of 2022, given how slow all the work has been.

Many fans have called Battlefield 2042 a scam and one person believes that DICE has decided to save money for their next rip-off project.

At times, DICE provided compensation when they messed up in some manner. The nature of those compensations has been meager as well, and some fans disliked the resulting items.

While DICE has claimed that they are working