Battlefield 2042 - The Bang Bang Club Returns

Uhhhh… From what I’ve heard. No Singleplayer campaign, but a Multiplayer narrative instead.

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HAHAHA so glad they are just owning what people actually do in the game:

Jump out of a jet to shoot someone with a rocket and then climb back in :heavy_check_mark:
Ramp a vehicle into a chopper :heavy_check_mark:
Drive around in a weird vehicle :heavy_check_mark:

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Steam page is up. EA full pricing, no regional savings. Release set for 23 October, with one week early access (15 October) for Gold and Ultimate Edition owners. Pre-orders all get Beta access as well.

Three Editions:

  • Standard @ R1000
  • Gold @ R1300
  • Ultimate @ R1600

All Pre-Orders get:

  • Early access to open beta
  • Baku ACB-90 melee takedown knife
  • “Mr. Chompy” epic weapon charm
  • “Landfall” player card background and “Old Guard” tag

Gold Edition Includes:

  • Early access to game launch
  • Year 1 Pass: 4 New Specialists (1 per Season), 4 Battle Passes (1 per Season), and 3 Epic Skin Bundles (”Blistered Earth”, ”Tempest”, and ”Cold Blood”)

Ultimate Edition Includes:

  • Early access to game launch
  • Year 1 Pass: 4 New Specialists (1 per Season), 4 Battle Passes (1 per Season), and 3 Epic Skin Bundles (”Blistered Earth”, ”Tempest”, and ”Cold Blood”)
  • Midnight Ultimate Bundle (“Shadow Stalker” Legendary Outfit, “Obsidian” Legendary Weapon Skin, “Onyx” Legendary Vehicle Skin)
  • Official digital artbook
  • Exclusive digital soundtrack

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Console Pre-Orders are also available now.

Playstation
Same Pre-Order and enhanced edition elements as Steam/PC versions above. Release date on PS says 22 October.

  • Standard (PS4) @ R999
  • Standard (PS5) @ R1069
  • Gold (PS5) @ R1479
  • Ultimate (PS5) R1700

https://store.playstation.com/en-za/concept/10000758

Xbox
Same Pre-Order and enhanced edition elements as Steam/PC versions above. Release date on PS says 21 October.

  • Standard (Xbox One) @ R1000
  • Standard (Series X|S) @ R1100
  • Gold (Series X|S) @ R1500
  • Ultimate (Series X|S) R1700
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Jack Frags (and others, I assume) got to spend a little pre-launch trailer time at Dice, and got a bunch of extra info, insight and gameplay details that he shares in this video:

One of the 4 (of 10) Specialists revealed is Wikus “Casper” Van Daele, a South African recon specialist:

Text details that correspond to the Jack Frags info if you prefer:

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Amazed that they didn’t call it Battlefield 2048, what a missed opportunity.

:man_facepalming:

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13th you mean?

Why? A movie or something? 2042 was used coz all they use 42 for most of their other year titled games.
1942, 2142, 2042

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They have always supported factors of 8. Server player bases being 32, 64, and now 128.

Anyway, just thought it funny. Maybe just me then, yeah, just me…

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Yip, that’s what I’m seeing too. It’ll be included in the E3 Xbox & Bethesda Showcase on Sunday.


It’ll be on Game Pass through EA Play eventually, I’d imagine. Just really interesting that they’re doing the gameplay reveal during the Xbox event… Dare we imagine a Game Pass launch on Day 1?

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Who’s making the MEW squad?

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Lol daasit nou… the only thing that can make me buy this game(after discount :sweat_smile:)… My BF5 is sitting mostly untouched coz my friends stopped playing. I don’t like playing these games alone so I shelved it.

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Clearly it’ll have to be you. “Captain Kelvin”. Has a nice ring to it. I salute you, Sir.

I’ll be the medic who gets to shoot that healer gun at teammates. That way, my shitty aim and friendly fire will be of some use. :grinning:

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I usually play medic, so… I guess assault for me then.

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Where is sniper Aldyr? in storage?

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Died in COD4, where he hoped to fade into a myth, that no one believed.

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ayyyy, Represent!

Ah, good ole CoD4. Those were the days.

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I’ll be the guy with the LMG so when I miss my shots, I can just say I’m suppressing

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I wonder if this means that cheats and hacks will be out before the game even releases.

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This seems fake (the trailer tracking on the edge of the screen is janky and there is no motion blur from the camera movement) but still very good! :joy:

Here’s the Gameplay Trailer shown in the Xbox E3 event:

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