In a surprising development,Battlefield 2042is getting a crossover withMass Effectas part of its latest update. WhileBattlefield 2024was met with a negative reception when it first launched in 2021, developer DICE has been working to fix its many bugs and glitches through later seasons and updates.Battlefield 2042’s seventh and final season took place last summer, with EA now looking to shift toward the future of its long-running military FPS franchise.
Battlefield 2042’szenith has included a crossover with one of EA’s other popular franchises, thechilling sci-fi horror seriesDead Space. This crossover took place as part ofBattlefield 2042Season 7 and included a brand-new gameplay mode called Outbreak that pitted a squad of four players against hordes of AI-controlled zombie creatures inspired by 2023’sDead Spaceremake. Players brave enough to face this nightmarish threat could unlock rewards like an unlockable skin themed after Issac Clarke’s spacesuit.
NowBattlefield 2042is getting a surprise crossover withMass Effectas part of its latest update, which went live on June 17. This crossover features new character skins pulled from BioWare’s epic sci-fi RPG series, such as N7 armor like the kind worn byMass Effectprotagonist Commander Shepardand weapon skins inspired by the futuristic blasters players used to fend off the sinister Reapers in the originalMass Effecttrilogy. This crossover content is being released in two bundles, with a third tying them both together.
Battlefield 2042 Adds Mass Effect-themed Character and Weapon Skins
ThisBattlefield 2042/Mass Effectcrossover might be a sign of greater things to come fromMass Effect, even though there hasn’t been much news from the franchise lately. AnewMass Effectsequelis currently in development at BioWare, as is a live-action TV adaptation at Amazon. The latter is being penned byFast and Furious 9writer Daniel Casey and produced by Avi Arad. As for the former, there is plenty of speculation about how the nextMass Effectgame could pick up whereMass Effect 3’s controversial ending left off back in 2011.
In the meantime,Mass Effectis joiningDead Spaceby crossing over withBattlefield 2042, which might come as a shock given that EA and DICE arealready at work onBattlefield 6and there is no word on when the nextMass Effectgame will be released. As such, this crossover could be a fun way to hold over fans of both properties as EA gets ready for the future.
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