Battlefield 2042: Ultimate Edition
Battlefield 2042 is a first-person shooter that marks the return to the iconic all-out warfare of the franchise. Adapt and overcome in a near-future world transformed by disorder.
Battlefield 2042: Ultimate Edition is an adventure developed by EA Digital Illusions CE, released 19 November 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What Battlefield 2042: Ultimate Edition is
Battlefield 2042: Ultimate Edition is an adventure game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and released in 2021. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in the near future, roughly two decades after the events of Battlefield 4, Battlefield 2042 imagines a world pushed to the brink by cascading catastrophe. Collapsing economies, rising sea levels, and shattered alliances have destabilized entire nations, including the disintegration of the European Union following Germany's bankruptcy, which sets vast populations of stateless refugees known as No-Pats adrift across the globe. The crisis reaches its breaking point in 2040 when a Kessler syndrome event sends most of the world's orbiting satellites crashing to Earth, triggering a permanent global blackout. With communications, navigation, and infrastructure crippled, long-simmering tensions…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Battlefield series
Battlefield 2042: Ultimate Edition is the 20th of 22 entries we hold in the Battlefield series. The next entry was Battlefield 2042: Gold Edition in 2021.
What it launched against
Battlefield 2042: Ultimate Edition launched on 19 November 2021, within three weeks of Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Anniversary Edition. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Anniversary Edition.
Official trailer
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