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Battlefield 2042 Free on Steam & Discounted by 70% Until March 16

DICE has made Battlefield 2042 free on Steam along with a 70% discount; both offers last until March 16.

GoodGuy09783d ago

Free to play trial. Not free to keep forever.

UltimateOwnage783d ago

It’s well worth the discounted price, in my opinion. The latest patches and content have restored it to what it used to be in the BF4 days.

jjb1981782d ago

I was just playing it 20 mins ago. It is so much better now. They should have just waited to launch it.

excaliburps782d ago

Yep. Definitely. It's well worth trying now. Shame most dismiss it as bad right away. I mean, it's DICE's fault but they should give it a chance.

LordoftheCritics782d ago

Haven't played in 5 months.

Are the classes back or still faking it?

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Battlefield 2042: Players Fed Up with Rush Mode Campers

Battlefield 2042's Rush Mode faces criticism due to passive playstyles that hinder objective-based gameplay.

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isarai211d ago

Wow, another site writing entire articles based off a single reddit comment.

pwnmaster3000211d ago

Just redownloaded the game. I wonder if it is still active

Steve_Gamer211d ago

Yeah it will be, the game just recently got a Update 1.59 Patch in September.

XiNatsuDragnel210d ago

Interesting and understandable lol

mostarr209d ago

Exactly why conquest is the one true god

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Vince Zampella: Battlefield "Absolutely Can" Outsell Call of Duty; BF2042 Was Not a "Failure"

Battlefield franchise boss thinks Battlefield "absolutely can" outsell Call of Duty, but says they're not targeting that with the next entry.

TheNamelessOne230d ago

Feel like if that were true, we would have seen it during the BF3/4 era. Just focus first on releasing a Battlefield that's actually feature complete, well put together, that people actually want to play right out of the gate. Hoping Zampella can make this happen.

JEECE230d ago

The best opportunity was BF1 vs. Infinite Warfare. I've never actually seen a worldwide sales comparison so I'm not convinced BF1 didn't eventually win, but I do know COD sold better in the US at launch, because it was the NPD #1 that year, while BF was #2.

SonyStyled230d ago

The best opportunity was with BC2 and BF3. BF4 dropped the ball with a short campaign and bugged multiplayer at launch

Cacabunga230d ago

Release a decent game and let the mouth to eat do the rest.. you choose to release another BF4 then blame yourselves for it

JEECE229d ago

@SonyStyled

Definitely not BC2. I love the Bad Company games (even though everyone always pretends the first one didn't exist), but even though BC2 has achieved great respect in hindsight, at the time it came out a lot of casuals who bought COD every year either didn't know of Battlefield's existence or saw it as a knockoff of COD. Plus coming out in spring 2010 it was competing against MW2 (the original one) which came out the prior fall.

ChronoJoe230d ago

I mean, the title of the game doesn't have a lot to do with how it sells. The next game is not going to change things but Zampella course change the course of the series towards something that's more on track with that those big player numbers.

With that said, battlefield fans might not want that. To acquire the wider audience they would probably need to betray a lot of the series design principles. Call of Duty is as popular as it is because it is as simple as it is.

-Foxtrot230d ago

"BF2042 Was Not a "Failure"

Suuuuuuure thing little buddy...

excaliburps230d ago

In his defense, BF2042 did turn things around eventually though still falls short of franchise expectations if you based it on BF4, BF3, BF1.

trez1082230d ago

Hated it at lunch, came back a two years after and it was an absolute blast. Not sure how it did sales wise to be called failure or success but BF2042 is a pretty good game .

ElaBosak229d ago

In what way was it a failure exactly?

Outside_ofthe_Box230d ago

Microsoft would just buy EA if that happens.

8bitAssassin229d ago (Edited 229d ago )

We don't need more games ruined. It's like that company puts water on their bread before they eat it.

Inverno230d ago

Here we go again with rubbing mouths. BF has been a flop consistently since BF4, and I mean flop as in disappointing to the fan base due to the technical issues each has had and the gameplay changes needlessly made. Shut up and make a good BF before hyping up another potential disappointment.

Fishy Fingers230d ago (Edited 230d ago )

Bro gave one pretty decent interview and answered the questions he was asked. Not really his fault if people want to cherry pick quotes for "content".

Stick to reading source https://www.ign.com/article...

X-23230d ago

I don't mind them claiming BF2042 wasn't a failure so long as they learned from it and use that experience moving forward into the new game, it was terrible at launch but towards the end it got a bit better. I don't want to see the same thing play out with the new BF though because the ones who are still interested in the franchise have been pretty vocal with what they want and don't want from Battlefield.

ElaBosak229d ago

Learn what exactly? The game was great.

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What to Expect From Battlefield 2042’s Halloween Event

Battlefield 2042 may no longer be receiving new seasons, but it's already been confirmed that a new Halloween event will hit the game later this year.

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