{"id":659148,"date":"2026-03-31T19:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-specialists-makeover-grim-gritty-facial-hair"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:26:13","slug":"dice-is-changing-battlefield-2042s-maligned-specialists-starting-with-facial-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dice-is-changing-battlefield-2042s-maligned-specialists-starting-with-facial-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"DICE is changing Battlefield 2042&#8217;s maligned Specialists, starting with&#8230; facial hair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/dice-is-changing-battlefield-2042s-maligned-specialists-starting-with-facial-hair.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The journey to make <strong>Battlefield 2042<\/strong> better continues over at developer DICE. This week, the studio shared new visual makeovers for four of its Specialists.<\/p>\n<p>The new designs are a response to one of the earliest points of player feedback, in that the light-hearted demeanour of the game&#8217;s characters does not reflect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-128-players-massive-maps-reveal\">the grim reality of its war-torn world<\/a>. This many months later, DICE is addressing the problem, starting with the easiest aspect to fix.<\/p>\n<p>On Battlefield&#8217;s social media channels, the developer shared the new &ndash; gritty &ndash; looks for Pyotr &#8220;Boris&#8221; Guskovsky, Constantin &#8220;Angel&#8221; Anghel, Webster Mackay, and Maria Falck. Apart from Falck, the most recognisable change in appearance for the three male Specialists is that they all grew beards (or made longer in Boris&#8217; case).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-specialists-makeover-grim-gritty-facial-hair\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-specialists-makeover-grim-gritty-facial-hair\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The journey to make Battlefield 2042 better continues over at developer DICE. This week, the studio shared new visual makeovers for four of its Specialists. The new designs are a response to one of the earliest points of player feedback, in that the light-hearted demeanour of the game&#8217;s characters does not reflect the grim reality of its war-torn world. This many months later, DICE is addressing the problem, starting with the easiest aspect to fix. On Battlefield&#8217;s social media channels, the developer shared the new &ndash; gritty &ndash; looks for Pyotr &#8220;Boris&#8221; Guskovsky, Constantin &#8220;Angel&#8221; Anghel, Webster Mackay, and Maria Falck. 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