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Battlefield 2042 will turn on Steam and the Epic Games Store

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Last year, Ea position all the Battlefields that skipped Steam onto the platform: Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Battlefield Hardline, Battlefield 1, and Battlefield 5. This October, the just-declared Battlefield 2042 will join them. (Find the trailer and tons of inside information along the game here.)

The news shouldn't have dumbfounded me: Both EA and Microsoft lately recommitted to releasing games on Steamer, so of path the new Battlefield bequeath be there. It's retributory been then long since I launched a Battlefield game from Steam that it gave me a moment's pause: Oh right, there was a time before Origin.

It might exist bonnie to order Battlefield 2042 will rather be on Steam. You'll be able to pip out and launch it on Steam, but when you launching an Ea game from another client, a mini-Origin guest relieve pops up and hangs forbidden in the taskbar. It's an annoying conceding that's suit rough-cut: Ubisoft games launch Ubisoft Connect, erst called Uplay, and Rockstar games make you log in with a Rockstar account. Information technology does mean that players who buy these games from different stores can free rein together, because they're signed into EA or Ubisoft or Rockstar's multiplayer networks, non just Steam's.

Along that preeminence, Field 2042 will also release on the Epic Games Store. EA's Superstar Wars Squadrons and Superstar Wars Jedi: Dead Order both released there, so there's case law. And wherefore non? If Battlefield 2042 wish be on Steam and some versions make you launch Stock for matchmaking and friends, then it's just another place to buy out and download it.

Of course, you'll also be able to buy Battlefield 2042 directly from Origin. In this case, I'd twig: If you have a bunch of other Battlefield games on Ancestry, you might want to keep them together.

For your perusing, here are Battlefield 2042's Steam, Epic Games Storage, and Origin pages.

Battlefield 2042 will release on October 22. It makes some major changes to Battlefield, doubling the enumerate of players per match and ditching singleplayer to focus exclusively on multiplayer modes. You give notice read everything we know about Battlefield 2042 here.

Tyler has spent terminated 1,200 hours performin Rocket League, and slightly fewer nitpicking the PC Gamer style guide. His primary news beat is game stores: Steam, Epic, and whatever launcher squeezes into our taskbars next.