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Battlefield 2042 gets a gameplay close-up at Xbox event

Electronic Arts and DICE revealed the gameplay for Battlefield 2042 in a demo at Microsoft’s Xbox E3 event.

While the game will be a cross-platform title across both the PC and Sony’s PlayStation consoles when it debuts on October 22, the revelation at Microsoft was a small victory for Xbox at the ultra-competitive E3.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.