During last Thursday’s EA Play Live event, EA announced their latest piece of info involving Battlefield 2042. A New experience called Battlefield Portal was shown off and left me with my jaw dropped.
This experience will be one of the three core parts of Battlefield 2042 and will serve as a community-driven platform. Here, players will be able to create whatever they want to make their own Battlefield experiences.
It also includes All-Out Warfare, which will feature Battlefield’s next-generation of fan-favorite modes such as Conquest, Breakthrough, and Battlefield Hazard Zone (set to launch after the game).
“Battlefield Portal is truly a love letter to our passionate and long-time fans,” says Justin Wiebe, senior design director at Ripple Effect Studios. “We’ve created a set of tools that really gives the community the chance to create their own signature Battlefield experiences, while also bringing back these iconic Battlefield classics for our veteran players to revel in and our new players to experience for the first time.”
There’s a ton to unpack when it comes to Battlefield Portal as it isn’t just limited to things from 2042. You’ll get to take aspects from a bunch of Battlefield’s classic titles.
Classic Maps:
Battle Of The Bulge (Battlefield 1942)
El Alamein (Battlefield 1942)
Arica Harbor (Battlefield: Bad Company 2)
Valparaiso (Battlefield: Bad Company 2)
Caspian Border (Battlefield 3)
Noshahr Canals (Battlefield 3)
Weapons:
40+ Weapons from 3 Theaters of War
M1 Garand, Panzerschreck, G3, M416 and more
Plus the inclusion of Battlefield 2042’s All-Out Warfare Arsenal
Vehicles:
40+ Vehicles from 3 Theaters of War
The Spitfire and B17 Bomber make their return alongside modern hardware such as the Quad Bike and Little Bird
Plus the inclusion of Battlefield 2042’s All-Out Warfare array of vehicles
Gadgets:
30+ Gadgets from 3 Theaters of War
Reconnaissance items such as the MAV and Radio Beacon will be available as gadget selections alongside the Defibrillator and EOD Bot
Plus the inclusion of Battlefield 2042’s Gadgets
Armies:
Classic Factions will be making their return in Battlefield Portal as you remember them, allowing you the ability to mix and match between 7 different armies from the Classic titles as well as Battlefield 2042’s Specialists
Armies such as 1942’s UK, US, and Germany as well as Bad Company 2’s US and Russia will feature exclusively in Battlefield Portal
Soldiers:
The return of Factions to Battlefield Portal, we will also mean that we are bringing back soldier archetypes as you know them to be within their relevant titles. As an example, Battlefield 3’s Assault, Engineer, Support and Recon roles make their return in Battlefield Portal
Battlefield 2042 will have four seasons in the game’s first year, including four battle passes, four new Specialists, new locations, vehicles, weapons, and more to keep the game fresh.
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Battlefield 2042 launches this October 22nd on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC.