Battlefield 2042 will be delayed until November

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If you desire to play Battleground 2042, you'll now have to wait an additional month to do it. Electronic Arts had previously targeted an October 22 release appointment for its highly anticipated multiplayer shooter. All the same, due to pandemic-related difficulties, the game volition now launch on November xix. That'south not too long of a wait, absolutely, but it does mean that Battlefield 2042 and Call of Duty: Vanguard will at present launch in the same month. Shooter fans: Choose wisely.

Information comes from the official Battlefield Twitter account, which shared the news at 4:05 PM on September fifteen:

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"Nosotros've made the determination to shift the launch of Battlefield 2042," reads a statement from Oskar Gabrielson, the general manager at Battlefield programmer Dice. "The game will now exist released worldwide on November 19th, 2021."

If you've been post-obit game delays over the past yr-and-a-half — and there accept been a lot — the culprit shouldn't surprise you. Many of Battlefield 2042's developers are working from home due to the ongoing COVID-xix pandemic. This has evidently fabricated in-person collaboration difficult, and slowed downward the development procedure.

"With the ongoing weather non assuasive [a render to the office] to happen safely, and with all the difficult work the teams are doing from home, we feel information technology is of import to have the extra fourth dimension to deliver on the vision of Battlefield 2042 for our players," Gabrielson continues.

He concludes the postal service by promising more updates about Battlefield 2042's open up beta later this calendar month.

Fan response to the post had been predictably mixed, with some fans lamenting the delay, and others encouraging the developers to take the time they demand. Either style, though, the lesser line is clear: Battleground 2042 will launch just well-nigh a month after its previous release date, only the open beta yet seems to exist on runway.

Battleground 2042 is by no means the only game to bargain with delays this yr. Information technology happened to Horizon Forbidden W; information technology happened to Gran Turismo seven; it even happened to Deathloop, although that game is now finally out. The fact is that the global pandemic threw an incredible monkey wrench into game production, and we'll probably bargain with the aftereffects for at least another twelvemonth or ii.

Bold that Call of Duty: Vanguard stays on rail for a November 5 release, Battlefield 2042's new release appointment means that both of the pop multiplayer shooters will launch in the same month. "Call of Duty vs. Battlefield" is sometimes a worthwhile argument — and sometimes just an incredible morass of bad-religion trolling. We'll see which is the case this time around.

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