Will work on Battlefield 2042 be stopped? That’s what Electronic Arts says!

Season 1 of Battlefield 2042 starts today. After several postponements, the activation for players will take place at 10 a.m. German time. Even after the disastrous start that the shooter had, the makers are trying to fill the game with new content, because EA has decided to save the title anyway. Meanwhile, however, rumors are spreading that only a shadow of the actual development team is still working on the new content. Battlefield 2042 is compared to being in the state of a sinking ship whose occupants get off the slowly bubbling barge as quickly as possible. However, EA insists that an “extensive team” is still working on the game.

Is Battlefield 2042 a sinking ship?

It’s no secret that Battlefield 2042 not a good start would have. But now there are also rumors that claim that EA, contrary to its own promises, is keeping the further development of the shooter on the back burner. This claim comes from the games journalist Jeff Grubb, who talked about it on his YouTube show Grubbsnax. According to him, the remaining Battlefield 2042 team has been tasked with delivering the four seasons of live service content promised to buyers. “as fast and as cheap as possible” to deliver.

“This game basically consists of an emergency crew”Grubb told viewers. “These people are working on the promised additional seasons that the game needs to meet the requirements of the high-end version sold.”

Grubb described the situation as “a time to abandon ship” and said that the remaining team “working to pump the stuff out as fast and as cheaply as possible”in order to “Everyone move to the new Battlefield as soon as possible [kann]”. The real core Battlefield development team is already working on it.