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Battlefield 2042 shoots onto Game Pass with a new map, specialist and nippy tankGet murdered in the swedish wilderness
Get murdered in the swedish wilderness
War never changes, but sometimes it arrives on a generous games subscription package.Battlefield 2042is now available on Game Pass, along with a new map, specialist, weapons and Battle Pass gubbins for Season 3. Most folks seem to regard 2042 as a misstep compared to the triumph ofBattlefield 1,but hey, Game Pass is a great way to check if they’re right. You can’t shoot railguns in the swedish wilderness back in WW1, can you now.
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The new specialist, Rasheed Zain, comes packing a semi-automatic airburst launcher that’s designed to flush enemies out of cover, as well as a passive that lets him recover health faster after taking down an enemy. He’s got his own trailer too, look.
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The two new weapons are the Rorsch Mk-4, “which uses electromagnetic forces to launch projectiles at preposterous speeds”, and the NVK-S22,a semi-automatic shotgun. The new EMKV90-TOR tank, meanwhile, lets you swap between a swift-moving mobility mode and a siege-mode that ups the damage from its turret. You can see them in action over onthe update page.
I enjoyed hopping into 2042 back when it first launched, though it only took a few weeks for most of my pals to fall away from it - as opposed to the months we spent with Battlefield 1. It’s not just us - two weeks agoten times as many peoplewere playing Battlefield 1 as were playing 2042.
If you do want a go on the newer one, you can now grab iton Game Pass. It’s also currently 67% offon Steam, and thus nabbable for £16.50/$20/€20.
