{"id":465782,"date":"2025-11-10T21:37:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-new-map-teaser-roadmap-response-1"},"modified":"2025-11-10T21:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:37:49","slug":"as-battlefield-2042-players-look-for-a-roadmap-dice-is-talking-lore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/as-battlefield-2042-players-look-for-a-roadmap-dice-is-talking-lore\/","title":{"rendered":"As Battlefield 2042 players look for a roadmap, DICE is talking lore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/as-battlefield-2042-players-look-for-a-roadmap-dice-is-talking-lore.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Battlefield 2042<\/strong> developer DICE has kicked off the new year with an unusual Twitter post. Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-review\">a disappointing launch<\/a>, 2021 ended on a hopeful note for the troubled game, after the studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-0-3-1-last-update-2021-details\">rapidly deployed four patches<\/a> to address several major issues.<\/p>\n<p>As DICE and much of the world went on a holiday break, more of Battlefield 2042&#8217;s core design problems bubbled to the surface and became the biggest point of discussion. Despite a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-free-weekend-steam-sale-pc\">a free weekend<\/a> and sales practically everywhere, the game continued losing players. At several points, <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/graph\/?compare=1238810,1517290\">Battlefield 5 had more active players on Steam<\/a> compared to the latest game.<\/p>\n<p>This all has lead the frustrated community to await some sort of communication from DICE about how, or indeed if, the studio plans to address the game&#8217;s long list of problems. But no one expected the first official message to be about, well, lore!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-new-map-teaser-roadmap-response-1\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-new-map-teaser-roadmap-response-1\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battlefield 2042 developer DICE has kicked off the new year with an unusual Twitter post. Following a disappointing launch, 2021 ended on a hopeful note for the troubled game, after the studio rapidly deployed four patches to address several major issues. As DICE and much of the world went on a holiday break, more of Battlefield 2042&#8217;s core design problems bubbled to the surface and became the biggest point of discussion. Despite a a free weekend and sales practically everywhere, the game continued losing players. At several points, Battlefield 5 had more active players on Steam compared to the latest game. 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