Battlefield 2042 is wrapping up with a surprisingly fun-looking Outbreak occasion, and the actually fascinating bit about it’s that it’s even acquired a set of Lifeless Area-themed cosmetics to prime all of it off. The massive bummer, although, is that there’s completely nothing occurring with Lifeless Area in any other case.

No less than, there’s nothing to recommend that we’ll be seeing a brand new Lifeless Area recreation anytime quickly, because the franchise has apparently been put again on ice after the critically acclaimed remake of the unique… failed? It’s exhausting to say, however the recreation was nice, and I used to be actually sorry to see that we wouldn’t get a sequence continuation, given how a lot effort and fervour there was within the remake. It’s a tad unusual, then, that DICE is now releasing a surprisingly detailed and complex set of Lifeless Area cosmetics. You’d count on this to coincide with one thing larger to do with the basic horror franchise, however that’s not the case. It’s weirder nonetheless that it’s a timed occasion, as well.

Battlefield 2024: Outbreak is a time-limited survival protection occasion, and all of the Lifeless Area content material we’re getting anytime quickly

This complete state of affairs does make a bit extra sense when you think about what, precisely, is occurring within the background. As Battlefield 2024 involves a wrap with the discharge of Season 7, so too is the developer of the Lifeless Area remake, Motive Studio, becoming a member of DICE’s ranks. With that in thoughts, the looks of none apart from Isaac Clarke – alongside a set of BF2042‘s weapons re-envisioned as Lifeless Area armaments – in Battlefield 2024 makes a bit extra sense. The truth that the sport’s Outbreak occasion is just going to be accessible July 9 – 16 remains to be a disgrace, although, as this implies solely a small variety of gamers will have the ability to give the expertise a go.

For what it’s price, Outbreak does look fascinating within the context of Battlefield 2042: it’s a PvE survival recreation mode the place squads of gamers go towards hordes of cyborg our bodies armed with fight axes and whatnot. Motive’s official Twitter account has additionally been hyping it up:

So, it’s not a complete wash from the look of issues, however followers of Lifeless Area are unlikely to be all that thrilled with this after they may’ve hoped to see the announcement of an entire new recreation.

One may make the argument that buying skins for a live-service recreation that’s about to wind down assist isn’t all that nice of an thought, after all, however I personally can’t blame you for those who select to take action. It’s a fairly darn nice set of Lifeless Area skins, in any case, and that appears to be all we’re getting for the foreseeable future.