Here’s when Battlefield 2042 is coming to Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass just got a surprise new addition.
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Battlefield 2024launched in November 2021 with less than stellar reviews. We at Windows Centralgave it perhaps a generous 3.5stars due to the number of launch issues, such as bugs and questionable design choices. Today in what perhaps isn’t so surprising a move considering the speculation over the past six months, EA has announced that Season 3 which is penned for the end of November, will bring the game to theXbox Game Pass library. Xbox Game Pass gives fullEA Playmembership, and Battlefield 2042 is being added to the EA Play roster. The Battlefield 2042 official Youtube channel also released a video with a development update for Season 3 which you can watch below.
The maps and reworks coming with the Season 3 update, and the addition to the Xbox Game Pass and EA Play libraries could be a last ditch attempt from the developers to save what has been a fledgling game. EA have previously blamed the disappointing launch of Battlefield 2042 on bothCOVID-19 development woesand thesurprise launch of Halo Infinite multiplayerwhich came just days before their own launch. The statements made about teething problems with Battlefield 2042’s launch did little to quell the anger of the player base, as by February 2022 over100,000 players had signed a petitiondemanding refunds from EA due to their frustrations with the state of the game at the time. That number has doubled since.
In todays development update, along with announcement of the addition of Battlefield 2042 to Xbox Game Pass, EA and developer DICE have teased a few things for players to look forward to in Season 3.
In addition to the announcements today, developerDICEwere keen to emphasise that they have an ongoing commitment to improving quality of life and performance improvements in all of their updates. Work on Season 4 is already well underway, and more details about Season 3 will be coming later this month. For players who do not have Xbox Game Pass, there will be an opportunity to play the game for free in December depending on your platform.
Could this be the breath of life Battlefield 2042 so desperately needs? We’ll have to wait for Season 3 start to find out. EA and DICE have so far penned the release for “End of November” but other sources widely report the season to start on November 22, 2022.
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