After being teased for numerous months, EA has finally unveiled Hazard Mode for Battlefield 2042, which adds a slight battle royale twist to the multiplayer action.
The basic premise sees multiple squads of four battling out, but instead of aiming for kills, players must extract data from the map. All while this is happening, a storm will be closing in on the teams adding to the tension. Certainly sounds familiar, doesn't it?
It's also being dubbed as a "one-life experience", meaning once you're out, you're gone for good. Every kill counts and teamwork will be essential.
Discover Battlefield™ Hazard Zone – A tense, squad-focused survival experience combining edge-of-your-seat gameplay with the best of the Battlefield sandbox. Inserted as a four-member squad, you must locate and retrieve critical Data Drives scattered throughout the battlefield, while competing against opposing squads with the same objective and local militias. Succeed by gathering the Data Drives and choosing when to extract before a storm overtakes the area in this high-stakes, one-life experience. Every bullet, every skirmish, and every decision counts.
The open beta for Battlefield 2042 recently took place and gave players an insight into what the full game will be like. There were some divisive opinions, most likely enhanced by the various technical issues, but it seems the core of Battlefield was still there.
As for the full launch, it's been pushed back to November 19, where it will launch for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.
What do you think of Battlefield 2042's Hazard Zone? Let us know in the comments below.
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I for one have no intention on picking up 2042 after the beta confirmed how bad the game play was for me.
Hell Let Loose and Halo Infinite will likely be the only shooters I pick up this year.
As already mentioned the beta put me off buying this anywhere near launch.
A complete glitchy buggy mess
Halo Infinite for me…it was so much fun and so polished….can’t wait.
This seems interesting. I mostly run Duos in BR's so I'll have to see how the player base works with randoms. I already preordered the digital deluxe to play it a week early and get the first year pass. I know between this and halo I'll be set with first person shooters. Forza and Riders republic for my arcade sports titles. Game pass will fill out the rest.
"which adds a slight battle royale twist to the multiplayer action."
And just like that... I could give care less about the mode.
Sure sounds like CoD and Battlefield need more time before launch but aren't going to be getting it. Battlefield is the one with most to lose and you would think that they wouldn't be rushing the game out.
Even if they add it to gamepass I can't see myself trying this out for a long time as I'll be getting stuck into Infinite and maybe, hopefully my backlog. They really ruined a lot of their hype with the beta in my opinion.
@Krzzystuff let's try and be fair - - it was a beta. If launches like crap that's different.
@GuyinPA75 very true. Judgment will be officially dealt on launch.
However....I don't have much faith in EA and there were whispers that the dev team expected the delay to be for Q1 22 vs just another month. No warm and fuzzy feelings from the two companies chasing holiday sale's.
I'll let all the kiddies play BR while I play the real game. I'll probably buy it a year down the road when the game is actually finished. By that time the BR mode will be dead anyway.
@GuyinPA75 Problem is, the last 3 Battlefield games have launched in a terrible state. I don't have faith in DICE or EA to have fixed half the issues present in the beta.
One to wait for reviews and a few patches I'd imagine.
When the devs of cod and Battlefield watches the Halo flights, they should have announced delays to their games. 343 did good.
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