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Battleground 2042 has had a rough go of it. The Steam player base dropped by 70% within a month of launch, leading some to say that the "game is dying." It hasn't caught a break since. Just one day after a Portal zombies fashion was added to the game, it was removed due to XP farming. Events similar this are leading EA to heavily rethink Battlefield 2042'south position in the market.

Reportedly, the publisher is now considering making the game free-to-play. The report comes from games writer Tom Henderson on Twitter. Henderson's previous reports include the likes of Dragon Age iv not releasing in 2022 and Skull & Basic entering internal beta. In this case, the complimentary-to-play possibility is because "EA is reportedly very disappointed with how Battlefield 2042 has performed and is 'looking at all the options'" for what to exercise about it. Given the fact that its subreddit — where you'd assume the well-nigh diehard fans could notice esprit — threatened to temporarily shut down due to so much toxic behavior, EA clearly has a large mess to clean upward with Battlefield 2042.

Developer DICE is certainly trying to offer brand-appurtenances to players. The long-awaited new scoreboard is coming in February, although dataminers merits nosotros won't be getting the outset real season of content until March. While toxicity is never a good matter, the subreddit certainly had enough to complain about.

The situation is cipher brusque of a mess for Dice and EA right at present. The scramble has resulted in Respawn Entertainment CEO Vince Zampella being named the new head of the Battlefield franchise. Reportedly, the next game in the series could fifty-fifty exist a hero shooter — that's some other one from Tom Henderson.