In case you haven’t heard the news, it was announced last week that Battlefield 2042 has officially been delayed to November 19 — almost a full month from its initial release date of October 22. While a full month’s delay isn’t that big in the grand scheme of things, since games usually get delayed months (or even years), it is still a cause for concern, though mainly for other things surrounding the delay.

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Sure, games development isn’t a smooth process, not by any means, and this global pandemic which is forcing people to work from home surely isn’t helping matters, either. That said, the main concern for me is the lack of communication. Battlefield fans were left to find scraps of info since official channels (EA & DICE) hasn’t really talked about the game at all. I mean, it didn’t feel like the game was set for release in a month’s time.

Checking the official Battlefield Twitter account, outside of the delay announcement (and Michael K. Williams’ death), the last time the account tweeted anything regarding Battlefield 2042 that focused on gameplay was September 3 (where we got to see Specialists and their abilities shown off). After that, it took us 13 days on September 16 until we got anything tangible, and it was about the delay. Imagine that: 13 full days went by before anything was announced or marketed for the game, and the latest news we get? It’s about the game being delayed. That surely didn’t drive confidence in anyone’s eyes.

While I don’t think DICE or the game is in trouble, EA does need to work on its marketing. Even with the delay announcement, they could have softended the blow with the announcement of the beta. But as everyone knows, we didn’t get anything about that, either. The most we got was a mention of how we’ll get updates on the beta “later this month,” which could mean this week or the last week of September. When you’re communicating about a multi-million product to a consumer base that have loads of choices and alternatives, the last thing you’d want is these people doubting your product and considering finding an alternative (in this case, it’s Call of Duty: Vanguard, and Halo Infinite), or even considering not finding an alternative shooter, and just choose from the multitude of free-to-play multiplayer games that are currently available.

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Who is to blame here? DICE? EA? Marketing people? The fanbase? I won’t pretend to know the inner workings of EA’s marketing department, but surely, anything would have been better than going silent for weeks. It’s gotten so bad that we’re left to chew on datamined info to get any sort of semblance of news. But the fact that people have loads of questions left, and we’re just a month from release, isn’t it time to maybe, y’know, open the floodgates a bit more?

Not only have we not heard anything official about the new mode Hazard Zone, we still don’t know all the Specialists coming at launch, the weapons that will be available, and more. Heck, we haven’t even seen actual raw gameplay outside of leaks and videos from content creators. Again, as a product as a whole, I am not that concerned about BF2042 since I trust DICE is capable of releasing a fun game. That said, I am also expecting bugs and whatnot, which will be worked on, and improved upon during the game’s lifecycle.

What makes this a bit more aggravating is the fact that Battlefield fans have been asking DICE and EA to step up their communications to players since Battlefield V. You’d think DICE/EA would have learned from that the hard way, no?

I am hoping EA talks about the game soon, but not just dump info on us on one day, and let us figure it out on our own. Release info slowly but in a steady pace, and let gamers soak in each bit of info for maximum effect.

Are you concerned about Battlefield 2042 getting delayed? If not, what area should EA work on? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments below.

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