As Battlefield 2042 plans to return the series to the modern-day, introducing fun new modes, Specialists, and all manner of weapons and vehicles to use, people are getting very excited for the release. Anybody who was turned off by recent installments seems to be willing to jump on the hype train for the upcoming release.

In this guide, you will find an assortment of important information such as preload times, unlock times, and files sizes. The information will not be complete at the moment, as not all the information is available for all platforms. We will be updating this guide as more information is made public by DICE and EA.

Preload Information

The game is available to preload on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S right now.

Release Date and Times

Early access

If you own the Ultimate Edition or the Gold Edition or are an EA Play Pro member, you’ll get full access to the game on:

  • PC: November 12, 8 a.m. UTC (Global simultaneous release on Origin, EA Desktop, Steam and Epic)London: 8 a.m. GMTParis: 9 a.m. CETNew York: 3 a.m. ESTSan Francisco: Midnight PSTJohannesburg: 10 a.m. SASTNew Delhi: 1:30 p.m. ISTSydney: 7 p.m. AEDTMoscow: 11 a.m. MSKRio de Janeiro: 5 a.m. BRTPlayStation: November 12 (Rolling release, day starts at midnight):London: Midnight GMT, November 12Paris: Midnight CET, November 12New York: Midnight EST, November 12San Francisco: 9 p.m. PST, November 11Johannesburg: Midnight SAST, November 12New Delhi:Midnight IST, November 12Sydney: Midnight AEDT, November 12Moscow: Midnight MSK, November 12Rio de Janeiro: 2 a.m. BRT, November 12Xbox: November 12 (Rolling release, day starts at midnight):London: Midnight GMT, November 12Paris: Midnight CET, November 12New York: Midnight EST, November 12San Francisco: 9 p.m. PST, November 11Johannesburg: Midnight SAST, November 12New Delhi: 12:30 a.m. IST, November 12Sydney: Midnight AEDT, November 12Moscow: Midnight MSK, November 12Rio de Janeiro: 11 p.m. BRT, November 11

If you are an EA Play member or an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate member, you’ll have access to a 10-hour trial from:

  • London: 8 a.m. GMTParis: 9 a.m. CETNew York: 3 a.m. ESTSan Francisco: Midnight PSTJohannesburg: 10 a.m. SASTNew Delhi: 1:30 p.m. ISTSydney: 7 p.m. AEDTMoscow: 11 a.m. MSKRio de Janeiro: 5 a.m. BRT

  • London: Midnight GMT, November 12Paris: Midnight CET, November 12New York: Midnight EST, November 12San Francisco: 9 p.m. PST, November 11Johannesburg: Midnight SAST, November 12New Delhi:Midnight IST, November 12Sydney: Midnight AEDT, November 12Moscow: Midnight MSK, November 12Rio de Janeiro: 2 a.m. BRT, November 12

  • London: Midnight GMT, November 12Paris: Midnight CET, November 12New York: Midnight EST, November 12San Francisco: 9 p.m. PST, November 11Johannesburg: Midnight SAST, November 12New Delhi: 12:30 a.m. IST, November 12Sydney: Midnight AEDT, November 12Moscow: Midnight MSK, November 12Rio de Janeiro: 11 p.m. BRT, November 11

  • PlayStation and Xbox: Global release on November 11, 2021 at 4 p.m. UTCLondon: 4 p.m. GMTParis: 5 p.m. CETNew York: 11 a.m. ESTSan Francisco: 8 a.m. PSTJohannesburg: 6 p.m. SASTNew Delhi: 9:30 p.m. ISTSydney: 3 a.m. AEST, November 12Moscow: 7p.m. MSKRio de Janeiro: 1 p.m. BRTPC: Global release on November 12, 2021 at 8 a.m. UTCLondon: 8 a.m. GMTParis: 9 a.m. CETNew York: 3 a.m. ESTSan Francisco: Midnight PSTJohannesburg: 10 a.m. SASTNew Delhi: 1:30 p.m. ISTSydney: 7 p.m. AEDTMoscow: 11 a.m. MSKRio de Janeiro: 5 a.m. BRT

Note: PlayStation and Xbox have rolling release schedules, the times shown for each city are the scheduled local release times for their country.

  • London: 4 p.m. GMTParis: 5 p.m. CETNew York: 11 a.m. ESTSan Francisco: 8 a.m. PSTJohannesburg: 6 p.m. SASTNew Delhi: 9:30 p.m. ISTSydney: 3 a.m. AEST, November 12Moscow: 7p.m. MSKRio de Janeiro: 1 p.m. BRT

Worldwide launch

  • PC: November 19, 8 a.m. UTC (Global simultaneous release on Origin, EA Desktop, Steam and Epic)London: 8 a.m. GMTParis: 9 a.m. CETNew York: 3 a.m. ESTSan Francisco: Midnight PSTJohannesburg: 10 a.m. SASTNew Delhi: 1:30 p.m. ISTSydney: 7 p.m. AEDTMoscow: 11 a.m. MSKRio de Janeiro: 5 a.m. BRTPlayStation: November 19 (Rolling release, day starts at midnight):London: Midnight GMT, November 19Paris: Midnight CET, November 19New York: Midnight EST, November 19San Francisco: 9 p.m. PST, November 18Johannesburg: Midnight SAST, November 19New Delhi: Midnight IST, November 19Sydney: Midnight AEDT, November 19Moscow: Midnight MSK, November 19Rio de Janeiro: 2 a.m. BRT, November 19Xbox: November 19 (Rolling release, day starts at midnight):London: Midnight GMT, November 19Paris: Midnight CET, November 19New York: Midnight EST, November 19San Francisco: 9 p.m. PST, November 18Johannesburg: Midnight SAST, November 19New Delhi: 12:30 a.m. IST, November 19Sydney: Midnight AEDT, November 19Moscow: Midnight MSK, November 19Rio de Janeiro: 11 p.m. BRT, November 18

PC Requirements

Minimum system requirements:

  • London: Midnight GMT, November 19Paris: Midnight CET, November 19New York: Midnight EST, November 19San Francisco: 9 p.m. PST, November 18Johannesburg: Midnight SAST, November 19New Delhi: Midnight IST, November 19Sydney: Midnight AEDT, November 19Moscow: Midnight MSK, November 19Rio de Janeiro: 2 a.m. BRT, November 19

  • London: Midnight GMT, November 19Paris: Midnight CET, November 19New York: Midnight EST, November 19San Francisco: 9 p.m. PST, November 18Johannesburg: Midnight SAST, November 19New Delhi: 12:30 a.m. IST, November 19Sydney: Midnight AEDT, November 19Moscow: Midnight MSK, November 19Rio de Janeiro: 11 p.m. BRT, November 18

  • Intel Core i5 6600K or AMD FX-8350 CPU8GB of RAM4GB of video memoryNvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 560 GPU

Recommended system requirements:

  • Intel Core i7 4790 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU16GB of RAM8GB of video memoryNvidia GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT GPU64-bit version of Windows 10