Six days ago, EA & DICE revealed the last multiplayer mode for the upcoming Battlefield 2042 first person online multiplayer game. Called “Hazard Zone”, it will have teams accomplishing objectives before they get caught up in a storm. Sounds like something like a Battle Royale mode for the game though they never mentioned it. In a way, whilst it looks like a Battle Royale mode, it is not exactly a Battle Royale mode:

In the year 2040, a worldwide event known as The Blackout has caused over 70% of satellites in orbit to malfunction and fall into the atmosphere. Communication, navigation, and surveillance were crippled, bringing an already tenuous relationship between the US and Russia to the edge of war.

In response, both countries have begun to use satellites equipped with capsules containing radiation-hardened Data Drives to collect important intelligence throughout the world. These capsules are dropped down into US/RUS controlled territories for the Occupying Forces to secure.

Such Data Drives are essential to No-Pats around the globe, providing them with valuable information to keep all No-Pats (including non-combatants) safe. And when necessary, the information can be sold to the Dark Market in return for supplies needed for survival.

This is where you come in.

In Battlefield Hazard Zone, you play as an Elite Task Force assigned to retrieve these critical Data Drives. You and your squad must locate, gather, and extract these drives before a storm overtakes the area in a high-stakes, one-life experience.

Every bullet, every skirmish, and every decision counts.

Whilst there are other teams that you need to watch out, you and your team will also encounter AI-controlled forces that will be defending the territory and guarding the data drives. Instead of having the last man standing, the team will need to extract at least one member with whatever data drives that have been retrieved. Extractions will be limited to two with the first one in the middle of the game and the second one before the time runs out. Tornados will also appear and are intended to ruin your day if you don’t get out of the way. With Dark Market Credits, a player can purchase weapon upgrades and gadgets.

For a team to lose a game they all get to bite the dust but if one team member is left alive and able to trigger a Redeploy Call-in, the whole team can be brought back to life.

With 128 maximum players in any given game for Hazard Zone plus the AI-controlled forces, there will be no lack of targets.

Set to launch on 19 November, Battlefield 2042 will be playable on the Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC.