Season 7 is officially the last season for BF2042
An Update on Battlefield 2042 and Welcoming Motive Studio to the Team
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@RUMPLE9 They already confirmed the next game for 2025 though
@UP_LordPlumber wrote:
@RUMPLE9They already confirmed the next game for 2025 though
No they didn’t. It doesn’t reflect in the financials for 2025. They have a weird dating system, so I think they reset to 2026 in the fall of 2025, so maybe it could pop out late in 2025… but I seriously doubt it. It’s 2026 at the soonest. If they rush it again, it will be another nightmare as the roll out for 2042 was.
- @ATFGunr I couldn't find anything confirmed from dice either it was all vague and wishy washy.
Oct-Nov 2025 or into 2026
Either way not pre ordering this one. - @ATFGunr It wouldn't be rushed. The current game came out in Nov 2021, and if the next game comes out in the usual October/November 2025 that would mean they had 4 years of development which is more than any other Battlefield game in the history of the franchise. All previous games had 2-3 year gap, some even 1 year like BF3 coming 1 year and 7 months after BC2
- @UP_LordPlumber That’s assuming they had started on it, which from everything I read has only really started in the last 1.5 years. They are still moving resources into place. They haven’t even fully decided to have a campaign (I hope but it’s not a deal breaker) or only MM. How many times have they changed lead now? I’m coming to the conclusion that gaming success as an industry is going to be its own downfall. Too big, too focussed on maximizing profit, too corporate. I think it’ll continue on this course for a while, but the big blockbusters time in the sun is ultimately done. It’ll rise from its ashes but be a different business model. If it’s 3 years to a great game, and they’re maybe halfway into that now, early 26 is realistic eh?
2026 is way too long without any content to me but I could see it happening.
@ATFGunr wrote:
@UP_LordPlumber wrote:
@RUMPLE9They already confirmed the next game for 2025 thoughNo they didn’t. It doesn’t reflect in the financials for 2025. They have a weird dating system, so I think they reset to 2026 in the fall of 2025, so maybe it could pop out late in 2025… but I seriously doubt it. It’s 2026 at the soonest. If they rush it again, it will be another nightmare as the roll out for 2042 was.
EA’s fiscal year always ends on March, 31st. Andrew Wilson did mention in an analysts call last year that the next title is not within FY25. This obviously means not before March ‘25. Now, with the officially announced curtain call on ‘2042’ plus the hiring of a new studio I’d wager we’re entering the relatively final stages of development of the new game. It would not make sense for it to be released much later than June ‘25, I’d speculate.
Interestingly also, a Credit Suisse analyst predicts two BF titles within the next four years:
- @TheseusJason I’ll be happy to be wrong 😉
When 2042 came out EA were telling us that they were going all in with Battlefield, there would be a mobile game, a single player campaign, an expansion of the BF "universe", etc, etc, etc None of this happened. Mobile was cancelled, the team behind the single player has been closed (although I think another team has taken over?) and nothing else has been add to the universe of Battlefield. A lot of hot air from EA execs, and I will always be of the opinion that it was EA that screwed up BF2042 resulting in many long standing DICE devs quitting. Publishers need to stay the hell away from what the game makers are doing, and just trust them. Look at Suicide Squad, I cannot believe this is the game Rocksteady wanted to make.
Work will already be well under way on the next title, so I expect to see the next game in Oct/Nov 2025 and I expect it will have a single player campaign; like the previous titles did. But that is one long wait and over the next 18 months I imagine 2042 will die out.
On the other hand, we'll probably get a trailer for BF "next" this time next year. And laughably they will probably invite us to pre-order, bwaaahaaahaaahaaaa
NATO vs a private mercenary army, that's fine, it means they can widen the scope of weapons and vehicles and make up some decent kit for the mercs. But I do feel like this is also a case of DICE distancing themselves from their previous games; they don't want to set to real nations against each other in a game. Even though, y'know, it's just a game. Clearly (and there's no other way to put it) there is some "snowflake" influence going on.
