A video update from theBattlefield 2042development team reveals that players will have a chance to try out DICE’s online shooter as part of a free weekend across all platforms in December. The announcement of the free weekend comes just days after EA dropped the news thatBattlefield 2042is coming to Xbox Game Passand EA Play as part of the upcoming Season 3: Escalation.
Battlefield 2042is the latest entry in developer DICE’s long-runningBattlefieldseries which began with 2002’s PC classic,Battlefield 1942. Eschewing recentBattlefieldtitles’ inclusion of a single-player campaign mode,Battlefield 2042marked an attempt by publisher EA to return to the franchise’s multiplayer roots. Met with a flurry of criticism from virtually the instant it was announced, an issue not helped by a launch plagued with serious bugs,Battlefield 2042has faced an uphill battle in its attempt to dethrone genre heavyweights like Activision’sCall of Dutyseries.
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In a new video released by theBattlefield 2042development team discussing updates to the game in advance of the launch of Season 3: Escalation, DICE has announced that players across all platforms will be able to try the game for free in December as part of a series of free weekends. For Xbox and PC players the free weekends will be December 1-4 and December 1-5, respectively, with PlayStation users getting the chance to dive in from December 16-23. The free weekends are an attempt at luring new players to the critically underpopulated online shooter, with 2016’sBattlefield 1even attractingmore players thanBattlefield 2042on one recent weekend.
For gamers hesitant to pay full price for yet another military shooter,Battlefield 2042’s free weekend is a great chance to see if the game’s large-scale, vehicle-heavy combat is a good fit. Hidden behind some high-profile bugs and questionable gameplay decisions,Battlefield 2042still has a lot to offer fans of multiplayer shooters. And for long-time fans of the franchise, DICE’s continued updates provide a glimmer of hope thatBattlefield 2042may one day live up to its predecessors.
Battlefield 2042is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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