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Battlefield 2042

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FORMAT PS5 (reviewed), PS4

PRICE £69.99 (PS5), £59.99 (PS4)

ETA Out now

PUB EA

DEV DICE

PLAYERS 1-128 (PS5), 1-64 (PS4)

LENGTH N/A

ACCESSIBILITY Menu narration; voice-to-text; colour blind modes; controller vibration on/ off; subtitles (adjustable text size)

No, you haven’t missed over 2,000 prequels. 2042 is the year this game is set; that’s far enough in the future for new technology and an ecologically grim setting, yet close enough to the present to feel comfortingly familiar. It doesn’t rock the boat, instead setting the series on a new course by making a large number of small waves.

At a brief glance, this is Battlefield as usual. Two huge teams fight

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