{"id":36982,"date":"2023-10-16T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/once-thought-dead-battlefield-2042-sees-huge-surge-of-players-during-free-weekend\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T14:00:08","slug":"once-thought-dead-battlefield-2042-sees-huge-surge-of-players-during-free-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/once-thought-dead-battlefield-2042-sees-huge-surge-of-players-during-free-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Once Thought Dead Battlefield 2042 Sees Huge Surge of Players During Free Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/battlefield-2042\">Battlefield 2042<\/a> enjoyed a huge surge in players over the weekend sparked by the game going free-to-play as well as meaningful improvements made over the last two years.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\"><\/section>\n<p>DICE\u2019s first-person shooter launched in October 2021 and became one of the worst-reviewed games on Steam, with players pointing to myriad bugs and performance issues, controversial gameplay changes, and a lack of expected features.<\/p>\n<p>The player count quickly declined after strong launch day concurrents and, at one point, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/battlefield-2042-less-popular-battlefield-1-4-and-5-on-steam\">more people were playing 2018\u2019s Battlefield 5 than the more recent Battlefield 2042<\/a>. Things got so bad that EA boss Andrew Wilson was forced to admit to investors that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/battlefield-2042-did-not-meet-expectations\">Battlefield 2042 &#8220;did not meet expectations&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"battlefield-2042-official-season-6-dark-creations-gameplay-trailer\" data-loop=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>DICE has stuck with the game though, issuing a number of improvements and continuing seasonal updates. This culminated with a free weekend across all platforms, which saw a peak of 102,009 concurrent players on Steam (Microsoft and Sony do not publish concurrent player numbers).<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s just a couple of thousand concurrent players off Battlefield 2042\u2019s all-time peak of 105,397 which it saw at launch. The free weekend was clearly targeted to go up against rival shooter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-how-to-access-the-open-beta\">Modern Warfare 3\u2019s open beta<\/a>, so its success is even more impressive given the stiff competition. At the time of this article\u2019s publication, over 55,000 were playing Battlefield 2042 on Steam, making it the 12th most-popular game on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Publisher EA has signalled a bright future for Battlefield despite 2042\u2019s failures. Ridgeline Games is a new Seattle-based studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/ridgeline-games-marcus-lehtos-new-studio-will-develop-battlefield-narrative-campaign\">creating the franchise&#8217;s first single-player campaign since Battlefield 5<\/a> (Battlefield 2042 does not have a campaign mode of any kind). DICE is handling multiplayer, as you\u2019d expect. Meanwhile, Ripple Effect, an evolution of Battlefield&#8217;s DICE LA, is making a &#8220;completely different&#8221; Battlefield experience.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"slideshow\" data-slug=\"every-ign-battlefield-review\" data-value=\"every-ign-battlefield-review\" data-type=\"slug\" data-caption=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>In August, Wilson said the next Battlefield game will be a &#8220;reimagination&#8221; of the series &#8220;as a truly connected ecosystem&#8221;. He also said EA plans to &#8220;bring Battlefield back in an entirely new way in the future&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, perhaps Battlefield 2042\u2019s second life is worth jumping into.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"divider\"><\/section>\n<p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/once-thought-dead-battlefield-2042-sees-huge-surge-of-players-during-free-weekend\">Go to Source (IGN.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battlefield 2042 enjoyed a huge surge in players over the weekend sparked by the game going free-to-play as well as meaningful improvements made over the last two years. 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