Inside Battlefield

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Episode 32 - Community Spotlight - Squid G Apr 08, 2024

Show notes

Today the team is joined by long-time Battlefield fan and content creator: Squid G! As we prepared for a Season 7 preview livestream together, we chatted about Squid's passion for Battlefield and creating content.

00:16 - Intro

01:15 - Visiting DICE

04:15 - About Squid G

10:30 - Favorite Battlefield

12:45 - Portal and Squid G's Chaos

18:00 - Favorite Specialist

21:15 - Favorite 2042 map

29:55 - Favorite Battlefield map

33:30 - Favorite content clip

37:40 - Getting into content creation

45:20 - Community and final thoughts

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Episode 31 - Season 7: Turning Point Mar 18, 2024

Show notes

Today we sat down with members of the Battlefield 2042 team to talk about our favorite Season 7 content and its creation, such as the new map: Haven, the new vehicle: XFAD-4 Draugr, new weapons, and more!

00:20 - Intro

01:01 - Season 7 origins

02:53 - New map: Haven

07:22 - New vehicle: XFAD-4 Draugr

32:18 - New gadget: Predator SRAW

39:07 - Stadium Map

43:04 - Final thoughts

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Episode 30 - Meet the Community Team! Feb 05, 2024

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Today we’re sitting down with the full Battlefield Community Team to introduce ourselves, talk more about our role, and how we stay connected with our Battlefield players.

00:20 - Intro

01:20 - Meet the team

04:23 - Community Management

12:40 - Connecting devs and players

25:00 - Capturing feedback

30:44 - Favorite parts about Community Management

44:45 - Final thoughts

47:35 - Outro

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Episode 29 - Happy Holidays! Dec 22, 2023

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Season’s greetings from the Battlefield team as the year comes to a close. Thank you for joining us on the Battlefield this year! We wish you and your squad all the best, and we'll see you in 2024.

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Episode 28 - State of Weapon Gameplay Dec 04, 2023

Show notes

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) together with Adán Rodriguez (Game Designer - Weapons) and Ross Darvill (Design Director) review the current state of weapon gameplay in Season 6, and which changes are upcoming in the next game update.

00:20 - Intro

02:55 - State of weapons gameplay

18:14 - Recap of vehicle changes

39:56 - Upcoming 6.2 changes

48:15 - Wishlist for future changes

53:03 - Outro

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Episode 27 - State of Vehicle Gameplay Nov 27, 2023

Show notes

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) together with Eddie (Game Designer - Vehicles) and Ross Darvill (Design Director) review the current state of vehicle gameplay in Season 6, which changes are upcoming in the next game update, and answer vehicle related questions from the Community.

00:20 - Intro

02:27 - State of vehicle gameplay

11:30 - Recap of vehicle changes

26:28 - Upcoming 6.2 changes

29:16 - Q&A

37:46 - Outro

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Episode 26 - Community Spotlight: Comet307 Nov 13, 2023

Show notes

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) together with Joe Puralewski (Narrative Lead) and Manuel Llanes (Creative Director) are joined by Comet307 for another Community Spotlight! We’ll learn more about Comet’s passion for writing, the Battlefield narrative, how he is connected to the Community, and his work on the Exodus Archives fan-site.

00:20 - Intro

03:25 - Meet Comet307

12:30 - The Exodus Archives

27:10 - Narrative Q&A

40:19 - Final thoughts

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Episode 25 - Season 6: Dark Protocol Event Oct 30, 2023

Show notes

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Raunaq Singh - Game Mode Designer and Martin Kopparhed - Associate Game Design Director, to talk about the gameplay and design of the Dark Protocol, and Killswitch Limited Time Event and game mode - available for all Battlefield 2042 players on October 31!

00:16 - Intro

02:55 - Dark Protocol Event

05:05 - Killswitch Game Mode

10:30 - Event design

20:30 - Memorable design moments

27:50 - Cookie of the week

30:28 - Outro

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Episode 24 - Season 6: Dark Creations Oct 09, 2023

Show notes

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Producers Nika Bender and Bruce Brodie to talk about everything that's new in Battlefield 2042's Season 6: Dark Creations. In this new Season you'll find a new map, 3 new weapons, 2 new gadgets, a new vehicle as well as a new Battle Pass, many improvements to gameplay and more to come!

00:20 - Intro

02:40 - Season 6: Dark Creations overview

05:18 - New map: Redacted

12:10 - New weapons: VHX D3, L9CZ, G428

14:10 - New gadgets: Ammo & Medical Pouch

14:45 - New vehicle: YUV-2 “Pondhawk”

22:15 - New Battle Pass

24:55 - Quality of life improvements

32:15 - Cookie of the week

35:35 - Outro

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Episode 23 - Map Overview: Redacted Oct 05, 2023

Show notes

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Mikael Karnell (Lead Environment Artist), Gabriel Sanchez (Level Designer) and Joel Zakrisson (Environment Artist) to discuss the gameplay and creation of the Season 6: Dark Creations new map, Redacted.

00:20 - Intro

02:25 - Redacted overview

03:50 - Inspiration for Redacted

08:55 - Design and gameplay

25:47 - Art and research

44:10 - Cookie of the week

48:35 - Outro

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