With a spotlight, EA aims to prepare for the upcoming EA Play on July 22. Four developers of different shooters will discuss the “Future of FPS” in the stream, sharing their ideas and insights and even revealing some details about the upcoming Battlefield 2042.
Here are the facts: Two of the developers from Battlefield 2042 presented some information about Battlefield 2042 today, on July 8. There were also a few interesting facts about the development of the shooter and some features:
- Up to 128 players can participate in a round – depending on the platform you are playing on.
- There are special equipment like grappling hooks and wingsuits.
- Natural disasters like tornadoes devastate the battlefield.
- Players can combine things like tornadoes with wingsuits to catapult themselves across the battlefield.
- The development of Battlefield 2042 has already taken three years so far.
- Three different game modes will be playable at release.
- Hazard Zone will be a mode for squads and a “contemporary mode, not a classic Battle Royale.”
- More information specifically about Hazard Zone will be available in the fall.
- Some popular maps from the past will return in Battlefield 2042. This is about the “love letter to veterans.”
- Developing a new map for Battlefield 2042 takes between 6 and 12 months – especially the balancing for so many players takes time. On MeinMMO you can find more about the 7 starting maps of Battlefield 2042.
Some of the info was already known beforehand but might have been overlooked by some interested parties. If you want to learn more about Battlefield 2042, definitely tune in to the EA Play on July 22, 2021.
One important topic of the discussion was also the “future of shooters” and how the genre should develop. With new technology and ideas, shooters might evolve in ways you are not used to. Some of the developers had interesting approaches to this.
Who is speaking here? The ideas and insights into the development and future come from renowned staff members of several studios and games. The discussion included:
- Vince Zampella, founder of Respawn (Apex Legends)
- Chad Grenier, Game Director of Apex Legends
- Christian Grass, General Manager of Ripple Effect Studios (formerly DICE L.A.)
- Oskar Gabrielson, General Manager of DICE
Shooters should become more like football
This is what the future of shooters looks like: Many statements from the developers about the future are rather general. The developers are confident that many great opportunities are ahead, but Vince Zampella for instance says he doesn’t even know yet what will be possible.
Christian Grass, on the other hand, has a very concrete idea of what shooters should achieve in the future. He wants shooters to become more social and compares them to traditional sports:
Look at traditional sports. You can go outside, just kick or throw a ball around, watch on TV or in the stadium […] It will be more than just the game.
And I think we are just at the beginning. We can turn it into something social. A world where you hang out – not just for competition, but to simply ‘be’ with your friends. I think there’s a great potential in that.
Christian Grass
Oskar Gabrielson sees the future more on the technical side. With cloud computing, it should be possible to create strong visual effects for visually striking games: “That’s still a few years away, but then you’ll be able to see pretty cool shooters.”
When can I play Battlefield 2042? The new shooter will be released on October 22, 2021, for PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. You will still have to wait a while, but at least you can look forward to more info during the EA Play on July 22.
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