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Battlefield 2042'southward long-awaited new scoreboard was supposed to arrive this month, bringing important stats like impale-death numbers and a proper leaderboard. Unfortunately, players won't get a gamble to see it in activeness till March at present.

Battlefield Direct Communication announced a "small hotfix" on Twitter. It'southward out now, and information technology resolves some "game instability" that's been happening since the game's iii.2 update. It's the following update, 3.3, that'due south getting pushed back. This is the one that will bring the promised scoreboard, and information technology's at present coming "in early March." Developer Dice says the delay volition "ensure [it improves] the quality" of the update. Given the instability caused by the last 1, that'southward probably a wise motion.

This isn't the first time Battlefield 2042 has had content delayed. Datamining revealed a possible March starting time date for the game'south starting time season, but now we know that information technology'due south actually been pushed to summertime. Unfortunately, it's just another detail on a long list of troubles for the shooter. A custom zombies mode was removed after merely i day due to XP farming, and the game'south subreddit almost shut down due to toxic fan behavior — those are just two examples.

Events like this have caused Dice and publisher EA to heavily reconsider Battlefield 2042's position. While DICE works to fix the game's empty, cover-free maps, there accept been reports of the game possibly going free-to-play.