

There's no spatial map editor or access to Battlefield's code or assets, so you can't redesign maps, place your own objectives and spawn points, or create new vehicles. (Image credit: EA) How powerful is the mode editor? You can create an army of EOD bots and fight an army of Battlefield 2042's Ranger robo-dogs if you want. Bad Company 2's mortar strikes, C4, and defibrillators are there, as well as the EOD Bots from Battlefield 3. There'll also be 30-plus explosives and gadgets from across the three games, including Battlefield 1942's basic explosives, binoculars, and wrench.

Here's an incomplete list of what will be available:īattlefield 1942 vehicles: Sherman, Panzer, and Tiger tanks, Spitfires, Stukas, B-17s, stationary guns, and more.īattlefield 1942 guns: The M1911, Thompson, M1 Garand, MP 40, STG 44, Walther P38, K98 and K98 Sniper, Panzerschreck, Bazooka, and more.īad Company 2 vehicles: M3A3 Bradley and M1 Abrams tanks, UAV-1 (remote control helicopter), Humvees, and more.īad Company 2 guns: The M93R, G3, AKS-74U, M416, MP-412 REX, SPAS-12, M60, Type 88, XM8, and more.īattlefield 3 vehicles: F/A-18s, AH-64 Apaches, a bunch of tanks and light vehicles.īattlefield 3 guns: The P90, DAD-12, A-91, AN094, M16A3, ACW-R, and more. (Image credit: EA) What weapons and vehicles are in Battlefield Portal?Īlong with everything introduced in Battlefield 2042, Portal will include more than 40 weapons and more than 40 vehicles from Battlefield 1942, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and Battlefield 3. Shoving that many people into Bad Company 2's Arica Harbor sounds absurd, but you can do it. Destruction has been added to the buildings in the Battlefield 1942 maps, for instance.Īll of the maps support up to 128 players. Though they'll be very similar to the originals, the classic Battlefield maps have been "rebuilt for the latest version of Frostbite" and are not 1:1 recreations. Here are the important facts: What maps are in Battlefield Portal?Īt launch, Battlefield Portal will include: There's also a logic editor where you can create more surprising rules, such as swapping a random gun into each player's hands when a condition is met.Įarlier this week, I watched a presentation and spoke to Battlefield Portal senior design director Justin Wiebe, learning lots of granular details about what's in Portal and how it works. A web tool where you can design your own game modes, modifying variables such as map rotation, weapon tuning, team sizes, vehicle availability, and movement speed.A sort of "server browser" where you can join custom Battlefield modes made by EA and other players, or start your own instance of a mode.
