Oskar Gabrielson: Last News

One of the bigger names at the studio behind ‘Battlefield 2042’ has left the company just after the game has launched, but it seems that for Fawzi Mesmar, this was always the plan. In fact, it seems Mesmar had been discussing his own succession plans with DICE studio manager Oskar Gabrielson for a while beforehand.

Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone game mode will premiere on October 14, according to EA.The YouTube livestream for the reveal can be found below, with it taking place at 4pm BST/ 11am ET/ 8am PT on October 14.

EA DICE has said that the Battlefield 2042 beta is a few months old although progress has been made since.As reported by VGC, according to one of Electronic Arts‘ Lead Community Manager the Battlefield 2042 open beta is “now a few months old”.“We polish and enhance it to make sure that it’s representative of the game we’ve built, but naturally we’re making daily improvements, changes, and enhancements all the time,” he said on Twitter.DICE general manager Oskar Gabrielson went on to elaborate on Twitter, saying: “We’ve made amazing progress over the last couple of months, including improvements to the visuals and stability that didn’t quite make it into the Open Beta build.Our Open Beta is now a few months old.

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EA has confirmed that Battlefield 2042’s wingsuit can be used with the tornado to fling yourself across the map.During today’s EA Play Live 2021 Spotlight event, EA DICE manager Oskar Gabrielson revealed that the tornados aren’t just devastating – they can be used to your advantage.“We added a lot of really cool gear to the game – things like grappling hooks and wingsuits,” he explained.“And then for some really cool reason, we said: ‘What about a real-time tornado?’ Real-time tornados are cool, right? What about adding one of those to Battlefield?’ And then what happens if you take that and combine it with a wingsuit, so you can kind of propel yourself to the other side of the map?”Using a tornado to reposition an entire squad certainly