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Battlefield 2042 deploys to EA Play and Game Pass Ultimate in DecemberTo coincide with the start of Season 3

To coincide with the start of Season 3

A squad leaps out a chopper in a Battlefield 2042 Hazard Zone screenshot.

Battlefield 2042 | Development Update – Maps & Specialists Reworks, Vault Weapons, and MoreBattlefield 2042’s Season 3 brings some reworks to the ailing shooter.Watch on YouTube

Battlefield 2042 | Development Update – Maps & Specialists Reworks, Vault Weapons, and More

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Along with the news that Battlefield 2042 is coming to subscription services next month, the dev team have shared their plans for Season 3 and later updates. A new map, new Specialist, and weapons are all inbound with the next season, along with a fresh battle pass. There’ll also be reworks for the Manifest andBreakawaymaps. Classes are returning in the latter half of Season 3, too. The full details of what to expect from Season 3 and beyond arehere.

Beyond that, Dice say they’re planning to rework more maps, and have already begun working on “all new content” to release after Season 4 sometime next year. There’s still no official start date for Season 3 yet, but Battlefield 2042 is staging a free access event on Steam from December 1st to December 5th. You can read more about thathere.

Ed felt that the game wasn’t ready at launch in hisBattlefield 2042 for PC reviewlast November. “Promised updates will hopefully iron out many of the game’s performance issues, but even the game’s look is disappointing, and I don’t know if that can be hotfixed,” he said.

Battlefield 2042 is onSteamand theEA App for Windowsfor £50/$60/€60. Games Pass Ultimate and EA Play subscribers will be able to play it using that service from next month.