Will Battelfield 2042 manage to recover from its chaotic launch. Obviously EA prefers to put a small bandage on the game rather than save it.
It smells scorched for Battlefield 2042. Only a few hours after the launch of Season 1, presented as the great potential savior of the game, an insider drops a bomb. The title is said to be about to be dropped.
EA is abandoning Battlefield 2042, well almost
It was a disaster a few months after its launch, and EA obviously believes that Battlefield 2042 will never recover. Despite the launch of Season 1, the American publisher has decided to focus on the next Battlefield. According to Jeff Grubb’s sources (via VGC), Electronic Arts would only give up BF 2042 halfway. The idea is simple: fulfill your contract by releasing all the promised content but with a minimum of resources.
” Concretely, this game is in the hands of a reduced team. It has been narrowed down to the bare essentials and these folks are only working on the promised additional seasons the game needs to reach the high end requirements that have been sold. “says Grubb in his podcast. According to the insider, this very small team must concoct the four seasons promised ” as quickly and as cheaply as possible “.
Focus on the next Battlefield
For him the situation is clear: Battlefield 2042 is ” an abandoned ship », and its shipwreck does not date from yesterday. The few diehards of the FPS will nevertheless have the four seasons promised for a full year, but their quality could be compromised. If EA hastened to reduce the staff allocated to BF 2042 to the bare minimum, it is for an obvious reason: to move as quickly as possible to the new Battlefield.
” The heart of the Battlefield team is already working on the next game “, explains the insider. This is not a surprise since Tom Henderson already announced last March that the future of the saga was in preparation. EA and DICE would in any case have learned the lesson from the failure of BF 2042.