Battlefield 2042's season one delayed in favour of finishing the game Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Battlefield 2042's season one delayed in favour of finishing the game "Extensive fixes" based on player feedback News by Graham Smith Contributor Published on Feb. 1, 2022 14 comments Battlefield 2042's first season of post-release content is being delayed so that its developers can focus on implementing "extensive fixes to the game." Voice comms, a revised scoreboard and better player profiles are all on the way before season one arrives early summer, among other changes designed to improve the dev team's communication with players. In a blog post, senior producer Ryan McArthur outlines the updates coming most imminently. That includes changes to the in-round scoreboard revealed a couple of weeks ago. Player profiles will aim to give a better overview of "how far you have to go for your next unlock", and voice comms will... exist. Watch on YouTube The post also mentions a refined ping system, a better "squad loop", and an improved "reward loop" when your squad focus on the team objective. They also have a team working on Specialists, 2042's equivalent of classes, although they're not yey ready to talk about how they might change, and gunplay will receive "feedback-based improvements too." Continuing the love of loops, the post outlines a new "feedback loop" for the dev team to communicate to players, which boils down to: Dice will say what they're working on, listen to feedback, then say how they've changed what they're working on in response to said feedback. The dev team's first major focus will be map design. "We want to outline to you our vision for how we're going to approach and factor into our new maps enhancements to the gameplay experience, by addressing feedback on openness and lack of cover in key areas," writes McArthur. Altogether the post touches on potential changes to almost every aspect of the game, including some I haven't mentioned here, wrapped up in a lot of "we have heard you" rhetoric. It is designed as an affirmation of the team's commitment to the game, but blimey it sounds as if there's a lot to fix. That was Ed's impression in his Battlefield 2042 review, in which he wrote that, "Simply put: this is a game that doesn't seem ready yet." I get excited by the trailers every time there's a new Battlefield game, and every time it comes out and I hear from everyone that it's one big sickburp. It's great that EA are swallowing Battlefield 2042 back down to digest it further, but I'll have forgotten it exists by the time I start hearing it's, I dunno, been converted into nutrition. As an apology for the delay of season one, players who bought the Year 1 Pass as part of Battlefield 2042 gold and ultimate editions will receive "an exclusive bundle containing a Specialist skin, weapon and vehicle skins, a melee weapon and Player Card." It'll be available alongside the next update. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 22 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here