Electronic Arts and DICE have already revealed two of the three major modes coming toBattlefield 2042at launch. Today, they detailed the thirdBattlefield 2042mode, Hazard Zone.
Hazard Zoneis a squad-based multiplayer mode, played on the regularBattlefield 2042maps against both other human squads and NPC forces. Teams pick specialists and loadouts, and then insert into the battlefield to hunt for data drives.
The goal of Hazard Zone is to get as many data drives as possible and then extract, at one of two of the possible extraction times. If the team doesn’t make it, they’ll get swallowed up by the encroaching storm, along with any data drives on them.
EA has been adamant thatBattlefield 2042‘s Hazard Zone mode is not a battle royale mode. From its description, it sounds similar toEscape From Tarkov. Getting in, getting data, and getting out is the name of the game, and while killing other squads can help with that goal, it’s also not the main objective.
Secured data drives open up avenues for meta-progression through dark market currency. This will let you bring in new and better gear, or even special gadgets, like a tool that lets you call in “reinforcements” to revive a downed-and-out squad member.
Hazard Zone will have 24 player-count bouts on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, while PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S consoles will have 32 player-count maps. This mirrors theplayer count differencein the All-Out Warfare modes as well, where newer-gen consoles and PC boast 128 players to previous-gen’s 64.
EA and DICE recently hosted an open beta forBattlefield 2042that led to somemixed reactionsfrom the community. While it hadlots of chaos and commotion, early players also pointed out plenty of technical issues.
Battlefield 2042will launch on Jul 03, 2025 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
