EA has revealed that Battlefield 2042 will hit Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, via the EA Play library, with the game's Season 3 launch. DICE's latest Battlefield entry, which released in November 2021, is moving into its third season of content within the next few weeks, which EA believes is the perfect time to bring the game to XGP members.
DICE hasn't yet dated the game's Season 3 launch, but its full reveal is coming by the end of November. We'd then expect the content to drop shortly after that, either at the end of this month or sometime in December. That's when you can go hands on with your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription.
Alongside this news, the team has also detailed some major changes coming to BF2042 during both Season 3 and Season 4. Battlefield 2042's base game maps will continue to be tweaked during the next two seasons, while DICE is also making changes to the 'specialists' system to bring it more in-line with classic Battlefield class setups.
Finally, the team is also bringing over more 'Battlefield Portal' content to the main game, starting with the Bad Company 2 XM8 weapon, and the Battlefield 3 A-91 rifle at the Season 3 launch. Clearly, Battlefield 2042 is a game still in the midst of some pretty big changes, and we'll soon be able to try them out for ourselves on Xbox Game Pass.
Are you looking forward to getting stuck into Battlefield 2042 on Game Pass? Let us know in the comments!
[source ea.com]
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I'll definitely give this a go. Heard it was mostly a clusterdisaster at launch, but happy to try it for myself when it arrives to Game Pass.
Anyone know how much hard drive space I’ll need for this? 😬
This is when they are shifting back to the classic "class" format, isn't it? Free and vaguely fixed sounds like a great time to try it out.
Hmm I may have to re sign up to gamepass to give this a try.
I bought this game a year ago and thankfully was able to refund it, I'll try it again when it hits but I'm not really sure they fixed everything that was wrong with the game.
I gave up on this game. COD has incorporated larger modes and vehicles to the point where it outdoes BF all around.
no thanks i went back to battlefield 1
@trev666 BF1 is the last good BF sadly... This one is a dumpster fire...
Well I guess thats one way to get some money for this dumpster fire.
I hope Xbox got a nice bag of $$$ from EA to put it on Gamepass
@Trmn8r @trev666 Been thinking of going back to either BFV or 1 for my FPS fix. Does BF1 have a good amount of players still playing the game?
Worst $70 I’ve ever spent, honestly
Got a refund on this game when it released. On Gamepass, sure I will give it another go.
@somnambulance couldn’t agree more.
@Tasuki It still does and I saw a video saying it's having a resurgence with the remake of All Quiet on the Western Front releasing.
Hopefully gamepass will bring enough players in to get some decent portal game matches.
@somnambulance Didn't you get a refund??
I haven't been able to get into the later battlefield games, 1 was probably the last one I thought was good, still nothing compared to the bad company days and even further back at Battlefield 2 modern combat. Now that was a banging game.
After Call of Duty Modernwarfare 2. I wont go back to this game, call of duty is in every way superior.
I wanted to like this Battlefield but no...
@pip_muzz same! Looking forward to booting it up without the risk of purchasing something that may not be great. Going in with an openind though, Battlefield games do tend to be pretty gorgeous. Fingers crossed when it hits GP!
So happy about this news, with Battlefield 2042 coming on Gamepass, means Call of Duty can get on gamepass sooner
@Nightcrawler71
If i remember correctly last i checked mine it was around 65gb
@Tasuki No sir. I purchased it unfortunately on PS5, preordered it in fact… and I was a victim to Sony’s preorder policies.
@abe_hikura Unfortunately there is not shifting like this, as was originally implied.
The specialists and all their unique abilities are staying.
The only real difference is all the specialists are now loosely tossed into a class where they also have access to class related items.
Best bet will be to still play on Battlefield Portal.
@meyerparkX They are owned by two different companies. Just because Battlefield is on Gamepass doesn't mean CoD will be.
@somnambulance Ouch, that sucks. I am sure your not the only one that happened to.
@Tasuki, yeah because Battlefield is on EA Play also which its part of Gamepass. But COD it'll take longer until it can come to Gamepass as Microsoft says.
I only care for the campaign, so I ll pass on this one thanks
@Nightcrawler71 I've kept it downloaded since I finished my free 10 hours trial because I expected it to hit GP 6 months ago. Anyway, its just under 71GB on my Series S
@Serpentes420 @sheldonlufc not as bad as I was expecting. Thanks 👍
Since there's no campaign mode I'm not going to bother. These kind of games are only tolerable to me when playing with a team of friends, and none of my friends are interested in 2042.
Battlefield 3 is one of my favorite games of all time but this, they can keep it, I don't even want it for free.
Honestly happy over this. I bought it for 20€ in August and with all the updates and developer attention since release I found myself enjoying the game quite a bit!
@trev666 Still good. BF1 was the best to me
@Tasuki yes battlefield 1 still has a enough players for full games just make sure you search the server browser for a game because if you try to just join a mode it will create a new empty game with just you in it
Wait, is this the battlefield everyone hated when it launched a few years ago?
I will certainly give this a try again ☺️
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