Here's
the official press release for
Battlefield 2042, the
just announced new installment in
DICE's military shooter series. This may fill in some more in our understanding
of plans for the game. Some of that understanding can be found between the
lines, as the word "multiplayer" appears four times in the announcement, while
the word campaign is not to be found. This is because there is no solo campaign,
bringing the series back to its roots as a purely multiplayer experience.
Eurogamer.net got the chance to discuss this with design director Daniel
Berlin, who explains the thinking behind dropping the campaign and why
Battlefield 2042 will likewise not include a battle royale mode:
"I think
that's just something that enables us to really lean into what we are best at,"
Battlefield 2042 design director Daniel Berlin told Eurogamer about the lack of
a single-player campaign - something that's been a series mainstay since
Battlefield 3. "If you look at the DNA of the studio, what we've been doing for
so long, we just said you know what, we're not going to have a traditional
single-player campaign this time around, but we're going to put all that
emphasis and all those resources into building depth into the multiplayer.
Because that is what we do best."
"Battle royale is definitely something that is exceptionally popular right now,"
said Berlin. "We don't have any battle royale plan at this point, but we do have
other experiences within the game that we can't talk about which we are super
excited for."