After revealing the minimum and recommended system requirements of the title, EA recently disclosed some interesting details about Battlefield 2042. It is about a new map named ‘Discarded’ in Battlefield 2042. This map is based on a town in the Bhavnagar district on Gujarat, which is located in India. So yeah, there will be a dedicated map based on the Indian setting in EA’s upcoming title.
The initial shots in the trailer give us a bird-eye view of the location. The map is spread along a coastline where gigantic ships are stranded. Quick fact, the town in real life is the world’s largest ship graveyard, and the world’s longest ship Seawise Giant was sailed and then demolished in this town in 2009.
Following the same shoreline players will find themselves in several other docking ports filled with crates and more ships. Additional locations include a flood-hit village and gas station. The main motto is to secure the nuclear assets which I am sure has to do a lot with that stealth submarine.
The Developers’ POV
Following the reveal of the Discarded map, IGN India reached out to Dice to know more about the developers’ thought process behind the India-based map in Battlefield 2042. So, as per lead level designer Shashank Uchil, the company was aiming to create a map based on India for a long time.
“We spent a lot of time looking at videos and satellite images from all around Alang. One example would be the side of the ship being torn apart, which you can find in the Reveal Trailer at 0:55.” he further added. Battlefield 2042 is making its way to the market on October 22 and will be released on all major platforms, including PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and of course, PC. It is currently up for pre-order on Steam, Origin, and Epic.
