The seventh season of “Turning Point”, a large-scale battlefield FPS developed and operated by EA (Battlefield 2042), will be launched on March 19. The official revealed new maps, vehicles and weapons, as well as a remastered version. The stadium where the “Hourglass” was removed returns in single-player mode; the game will enter a free week from March 21st to 24th, during which season items unlocked can be retained.
The sixth season of “Battlefield 2042” “Dark Protocol” in October last year benefited from price reduction promotions and a game facelift, re-embracing the series’ classic vehicles, units and conquest elements, allowing the number of Steam users to rise to 107,000, surpassing the initial launch. The word-of-mouth rebounded by 65% and the game received favorable reviews. However, after five months, it has been unable to continue. The number of players has recently hovered around 10,000.
The long-announced “Turning Point” has finally been revealed. The new map “Safe Haven” calls on unnaturalized people to plunge into the suburbs of El Alicanto, a mining town in the Chilean desert, to fight for precious “lithium”. The actual PV can be seen Camilla led the nomadic team into the city and shot down the bird, but was suppressed by the enemy’s heavy vehicles.
In addition to “Safe Haven”, the Doha Stadium in the corner of the Qatar map of “Hourglass” has been removed and returned this season in the form of an all-infantry offensive and defensive battle, with the density of bunkers several times higher than in the past.
DICE community manager Tom Straatman introduced at a special media conference that El Alicanto, Chile is a hot town located in the middle of the Atagama Desert. The map is mainly about urban street fighting and is inspired by the player favorites of the “Battlefield” series. The Port of Arica (BF: BC2), Caken (BF2) and the Gulf of Oman (BF3).
The entrance to the world’s largest underground reservoir is hidden under the town. The gas station at point A on the map is a fierce battle zone. Vehicles and infantry are galloping here. The battle situation may change at any time. At flag point B on the outside, there is a crashed and smoking F-45A. Eagle fighter jets, while the town’s rugged desert terrain provides various bunkers for the infantry.
Point C is the heart of this map (city center), with numerous residential houses and shops; point D is a lithium mine, with various industrial plants and other large building bunkers; flag point E is a strategic checkpoint in the town, officially described as ” “The junction of the harsh desert and the ruins of civilization”, it is easy to start a tug-of-war here to capture the opponent’s strength.
In addition to the new map, the Duha Stadium, where the majority of players have returned, has been completely renovated, presenting a war-torn scene, allowing players to engage in a pure infantry close-quarters fire fighting experience.
The newly added weapons include the versatile SCZ-3 submachine gun and the powerful AK 5C assault rifle (can wear drum magazines and bayonet). The official also previewed the new vehicle Ghoul remote-controlled aerial bomber XFAD-4, light machine gun DFR Strife, The anti-vehicle wire-guided missile SRAW will be introduced in a future season update.
After introducing the BattlePass for the seventh season of “Battlefield 2042”, Straatman emphasized that the team is focusing on enhancing the recoil of weapons this season and improving the animation presentation of each platform. The deployment screen has also been slightly improved to make the game cycle smoother.
The seventh season of “Battlefield 2042” “Turning Point” will be launched on Xbox, PlayStation, Steam and other platforms on March 19. It will be free to play from March 21 to 24. During this period, the pass progress unlocked by free players will be retained.
