DICE had so many first-person shooter gamers excited when it launched Zombie Survival for Battlefield 2042 last week. Human players faced off against the undead in much the same way as we’ve seen for Call of Duty Black Ops games. One day later, the publisher and developer removed the new mode just as quickly when they realized they’d made a mistake.
Justin Wiebe, Ripple Effect Studios’ senior design director, took to Twitter to explain what happened. Gamers that completed Zombie Survival games enjoyed XP progression that was much faster than usual. While we’re sure many players love it, there were other gamers that weren’t impressed.
Wiebe puts it down to the team’s desire to develop exciting zombie games. In some way, we understand their situation. With Call of Duty Cold War raking it in as far as the FPS survival horror multiplayer genre is concerned, it’s no surprise that DICE wanted to push for Zombie Survival in Battlefield 2042 as soon as possible.
Well, now we see what happens when you don’t make sure all the right boxes are ticked before you release a game mode. Not even Wiebe fully knows how this issue managed to bypass the review team.
It doesn’t mean that Zombie Survival is completely gone from Battlefield 2042, though. We just have to wait a bit longer before we can continue beheading the undead for our own enjoyment with proper progression. Until then, you can enjoy the new Gun Game that they’ve placed in the online arena instead.
