True to their word, while Season 7 is the last one for Battlefield 2042, that doesn’t mean support for the game has halted. Today, DICE has announced the Future Strike event which starts this May 28.
Battlefield 2042 Future Strike Event Overview and Rewards:
Start: May 28 to June 10, 2024
SQUAD VS SQUAD, EVERY SOLDIER COUNTS
In Future Strike you will experience close quarters, 4v4 or 8v8 action, that focuses on the intense squad play, where teamwork and individual skill are required to secure victory for your team.
When a soldier is downed, they enter a “down but not out” state where they can still crawl and be revived. But, if they die in this downed state redeploy as an OV-P Recon Drone and spectate their squad, providing crucial information to their teammates to secure victory. Once the next round starts, all squad members are active again until they are downed or the round ends.
Each round has a low time limit of 90 seconds. Each decision you and your squad make will impact your success. Every third round is a Shock Round where all players use the same locked loadout, selected from a list our developers have curated to put your adaptation skills to the test.
Additionally, squads are restricted to only one Specialist in the squad and teams can see the opponent’s composition. This will allow you to strategically pick your characters to try and counter the opposition.
The objective for each round of Strike Team is to capture the objective or completely eliminate the enemy team, which will win you a round. The first squad to win 6 rounds earns the victory!
Strike Team is available on:
- Stadium
- Breakaway
- Flashpoint
- Noshahr Canals
- Reclaimed
- Redacted
- Haven
- Arica Harbor
- Spearhead
- Exposure
- Valparaiso
BF2042 Future Strike Rewards:
Playing during the Future Strike event will net you new items that are also available for purchase. Earn ribbons by playing Strike Team and unlock rewards for your stash! Remember, items that are part of the event and can be earned via ribbons can also be purchased separately in our bundles.
Earnable items (reduces bundle price when earned, marked with ^ in the purchasable bundles below):
Strength in Unity – Rare Tag
L5 Winzig – Epic Weapon Charm
Talon Type-1 – Epic RAH-68 HuronSkin
United Stand – Epic Rao Skin
STORE BUNDLES
- United Force – 1750 Battlefield Coins
- Future Paladin – Angel Legendary Skin
- Resurgent State – Legendary Rorsch Mk-4 Skin
- Equalizer – Fightlite MCR Epic Skin
- L5 Winzig – Epic Weapon Charm ^
- Path to Reformation – Epic Player Card
- The Mandate – 1000 Battlefield Coins
- United Stand – Rao Epic Skin ^
- Course Charter – PF51 Skin
- The Advocater – PKP-BP Epic Skin
- Nations Mandate – Epic Weapon Charm
- A New Union – Rare Tag
- Strike Back – 1000 Battlefield Coins
- United Strike – Epic Mackay Skin
- Talon Type-1 – Epic RAH-68 Huron Skin ^
- Renewed Purpose – Epic ACWR Skin
- Where there is Unity – Epic Weapon Charm
- Strength in Unity – Rare Tag *
- Joint Task Force 7 – 3500 Battlefield Coins
- Future Paladin – Angel Legendary Skin
- Resurgent State – Legendary Rorsch Mk-4 Skin
- Equalizer – Epic DFR Strife Skin
- Where There is Unity – Epic Weapon Charm
- Path to Reformation – Epic Player Card
- United Stand – Rao Epic Skin *
- Course Charter – PF51 Epic Skin
- The Advocater – PKP-BP Epic Skin
- Nations Mandate – Epic Weapon Charm
- A New Union – Rare Tag
- United Strike – Epic Mackay Skin
- Talon Type-1 – Epic RAH-68 Huron Skin ^
- Renewed Purpose – Epic ACWR Skin
- L5 Winzig – Epic Weapon Charm ^
- Strength in Unity – Rare Tag *
We’re not expecting a patch to be released alongside this event, as an update will be released tomorrow, and chances are, the data for the event is part of the download package.
In other Battlefield news, EA has said that the next game in the franchise is being built by the largest Battlefield team in history, and will be another “tremendous live service” game.