EA Denies Battlefield 2042 Manned By Skeleton Crew
EA Denies Battlefield 2042 Manned By Skeleton Crew If you're a fan of the Battlefield series, you'll know that the year 2042 isn't looking good. Its first season was not only delayed by more than a year, but it only added a single map, a single Specialist character, two helicopters, and two firearms. It's perhaps no surprise, then, that GamesBeat journalist Jeff Grubb claimed on the premium Giant Bomb podcast Grubbsnax that the publisher had placed the game in the hands of a skeleton crew to oversee. According to Grubb, EA is only leaving enough staff working on Battlefield 2042 to meet the game's Ultimate Edition's commitments, which include a Year 1 season pass. By live service standards, a year's worth of seasons equates to three to four seasons. Grubb described the situation as "abandon ship time," in which the publisher is attempting to "push that crap out as quickly and cheaply as possible." While the skeleton staff works on that, t