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With Battlefield 2042 entering its final season, DICE released a roadmap of content and events players can expect to see over the next few months. It has been a bittersweet week for fans of EA's Battlefield 2042, as the developer DICE not only releasing a seventh season, but confirming that the game is quickly approaching its end. With how bad the game's launch was in 2021, most fans probably didn't expect it to last as long as it did, but Battlefield 2042 improved over time, fixing the various issues and continued adding new features and content to help the game reach new heights while fostering a bigger community.

The next Battlefield game after the underwhelming Battlefield 2042 will continue to lean on the series’ evolution into a live service offering, the CEO of EA has said, while revealing that the largest development team in the series’ history is currently working on the upcoming shooter.

While Electronic Arts has been quiet about the future of the Battlefield franchise, it looks like a new title in the multiplayer shooter series is in the works. As caught by Geoff Keighley of The Game Awards, EA CEO Andrew Wilson has revealed that he has been playing the next Battlefield game with the development team.

After more than eight years, Battlefield 1 players are still captivated by one multiplayer element: The Airship L30. Despite its controversy, this Behemoth is celebrated for creating iconic Battlefield 1 moments that remain vivid in players' memories. However, a recent Reddit post has reignited the debate over whether Battlefield games should retain Behemoth mechanics.

A fan-favorite setting for a war FPS has been realized in Battlefield 2042 with a player designing a custom game mode modeled after Vietnam. The Vietnam-inspired map is available via Battlefield 2042's Portal game mode and can be used for multiplayer matches.

Yesterday, EA announced that Season 7 of Battlefield 2042 would be the game’s last. After poor reception upon its release in 2021 and countless efforts to revitalize the fanbase, DICE is likely eager to move on to the series’ next installment for a much-needed fresh start. However, while the end is near, plenty of content will be added to the title in periodic updates over the next few months.

The Battlefield series increasingly seems like a square peg held by a publisher that only owns round holes. Created by EA Dice, overseen now by Respawn CEO Vince Zampella, recently worked on by EA's founded-and-shuttered Ridgeline Studios, and now EA Motive are the latest to be stuck with the beleaguered milsim.

Battlefield 2042 didn’t go the way EA would have hoped it would, with the first-person shooter having failed to perform as well as it was expected to from both critical and commercial perspectives. Nonetheless, developer DICE has been keeping up support for the title, having released plenty of updates and new content over the course of seven post-launch seasons- though going forward, the studio says it’ll be shifting focus away from the game.

EA has confirmed that Battlefield 2042's Season 7 will be its last, as its development teams shift focus to the series' future. This marks the end of Battlefield 2042's long journey following its controversial launch, although fans can still expect to see some new content later on in the game.

A new team at EA's Motive Studio will work alongside the Battlefield studios to create the next phase of the shooter franchise.

Season 7 of Battlefield 2042, titled Turning Point, will be its last, as reported by EA today in a new blog post. In preparation for production on the next entry to the Battlefield franchise, the dev team will be prioritizing the future—though Battlefield 2042 will still be getting some updates and events going forward.

A hilarious Battlefield 2042 bug is making weapons spin whenener they are fired, players have reported. The troubled shooter developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts received a major update recently.

Battlefield has lost another creative director in Craig Morrison, who joined the franchise in 2021 before recently departing. This is the second time a creative director has moved on from Battlefield in 2024 alone.

EA's closure of Ridgeline Games last night was a «gut punch», the company's former boss Marcus Lehto has now said.

Electronic Arts has announced that it’s laying off roughly 670 people, and as you might imagine, a number of studios owned by the company are set to be impacted. One of the more severe cases is Ridgeline Games, which is being shuttered entirely. This follows the studio’s head and narrative director Marcus Lehto recently announcing his departure.

When EA revealed that it was adopting a new multi-studio development model for the Battlefield franchise in 2021, it confirmed that Ripple Effect Studios – previously DICE LA – was at work on a “new” Battlefield “experience”. But with DICE and Ridgeline Games currently working on the series’ next mainline instalment (which is allegedly due out in October 2025), what should we expect from how Ripple Effect’s game will fit into the picture?

The critical and commercial failure of 2020’s Battlefield 2042 forced EA to reevaluate the first-person shooter franchise in some significant ways, leading to the company adopting a multi-studio development model for future instalments. Concrete details on the future of Battlefield have been scant since these changes were instituted, but a new report by Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson has shed light on potential details.

A new report has claimed that the next entry into the Battlefield franchise will launch alongside a free-to-play Battle Royale mode. Battlefield already has its own Battle Royale in the form of Firestorm, but that required players to own the base game, limiting the potential player base in an already crowded market.

DICE has revealed the patch notes for Battlefield 2042 Update 6.4.0, which is slated to release next week. This will mark the last update before the highly anticipated Season 7 commences in Battlefield 2042.

A gamer online has shared a hilarious fail from Battlefield 2042, which implies that the jets in the game might not be working exactly as developer DICE intends. Despite countless patches since its release, Battlefield 2042 still suffers from its share of glitches.

Battlefield 2042 revealed the patch notes for Update 6.3.0, which will release on Tuesday, January 30th, and also shared some details about February 6th's Year of the Dragon event. Battlefield 2042's January 30th update will include new spectator options for Battlefield Portal matches, vehicle adjustments, quality-of-life improvements, and bug fixes.

A new job posting suggests that the next Battlefield game is focusing on the franchise's classic destruction feature. The previous Battlefield game, Battlefield 2042, was criticized by some fans for taking a step back in this regard.

DICE provides new details on the upcoming modes, rewards, and maps Battlefield 2042 players can expect to see within the current extended season, as well as teasing a March launch window for Season 7. It's been quite the turnaround for Battlefield 2042, which had a less than ideal launch back in 2021 as it was criticized heavily by fans over missing features, balancing problems, and many server and technical issues. However, after delaying post-launch content and the game's first season, DICE began to slowly turn things around over time.

Publisher ININ Games and developer DICE will release Ultracore for Xbox Series and Xbox One via Microsoft Store on December 7, the companies announced.

EA has announced that it will be ending service for Battlefield 1, Battlefield 5 and Star Wars: Battlefront 2 for players on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1. The announcement was made through the official Battlefield 1 forums.

Battlefield 2042 never really managed to recover from the tough start it endured where its player numbers are concerned, but DICE has continued to update the game with new content, more of which will be coming soon. Season 6: Dark Creations will go live for the multiplayer shooter on October 10, and DICE and EA have released new trailers to offer new details on what it will bring.

The Battlefield franchise has had its ups and downs, like any other franchise, but there have been far more downs than ups in recent years. Battlefield 5 was perceived by many to be a step-down for the series, while Battlefield 2042 turned out to be nothing short of a disaster (especially at launch and in the months afterward). But of course, Battlefield remains a crucial pillar in EA’s portfolio, and during a recent quarterly earnins call (via Seeking Alpha), the company reveald some brief new details on what lies ahead for the series.