Battlefield 2042 will have a short film in August: ‘Exodus’. Write down the date and time so you don’t miss it

A look at the origins of the Third World War featured in this futuristic installment.

If you can’t wait for Battlefield 2042 to hit stores now and you can’t wait any longer to enter its world, we have good news. Electronic Arts and DICE announce ‘Exodus’, a new short film inspired by the universe of this futuristic installment that will debut in August , and that you can see live and direct over the internet.

Exodus will show the events that trigger World War III in the universe of Battlefield 2042, a near future starring extreme Climate Change and entire nations that are displaced in search of refuge while fleeing the ravages. All this narrated from the point of view of a war journalist, while we go through the different scenarios of this installment of the saga.

As shared by the game’s official account on social media, the Battlefield 2042 short film will premiere on August 12 , at 5:00 p.m. (Spanish mainland time) / 10:00 a.m. (CDMX time). In this link you can check the schedule in each country . And the length of this video is still unknown, but you can follow it live from the Battlefield channel on YouTube.

Battlefield 2042 will be available October 22 on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, and PC. Of course, you will not have to wait until then to play it: the title will have an open beta in September . If you want to know everything that this intergenerational installment of Battlefield will offer, including that new Portal mode with content from previous installments, do not hesitate to check our impressions of Battlefield 2042 .