Big new event (Leviathan Rising) for Battlefield 2042 brings mix of Rush and Capture The Flag

Battlefield 2042 is briefly bringing an entirely new mode to the game. The recently announced event has now been presented in more detail in a trailer

Before Season 5 kicks off in the summer, there will soon be another stopover for Battlefield 2042, namely the recently announced Mid Season Event. It is called Leviathan Rising and has now been presented in more detail with a trailer. Leviathan Rising launches on 11 April 2023 and runs for exactly 2 weeks until 25 April.

Is Rush finally coming back?

The announcement was made as usual (on Twitter) and seemed to hint that the game mode Rush could return during the event.

Wherever hostile forces threaten the No-Pats” future, the Leviathan Division is there to strike them down.

🔸 Attackers: Plant & Protect
🔹 Defenders: Locate & Disable

Ready your alarms. Trailer drops TOMORROW, 15:00 UTC ⏰ pic.twitter.com/91dh5XVcV9

– Battlefield (@Battlefield) April 5, 2023

In fact, in Leviathan Rising you play a completely new mode, which can be described as a mixture of Rush and Capture the Flag . The trailer for the event already shows how this works:

(In a blog post) the mode is explained in more detail. You play here either as a defender or attacker in teams of 8 players:

• As attacker you have to place a portable device (the so-called lance) in three different target areas and then defend it as long as possible until it has completed its task (to destroy data in the target area). Within the target area, you can place the lance at a location of your choice.
• The defenders , on the other hand, must do everything they can to defend the target areas. They can, for example, take out soldiers carrying the Lance, prevent them from entering the target area, or disable a device that has already been set up.

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• Each team plays one round as attacker and one round as defender. The team that has scored the most points as attackers wins. To score points, you must keep Lances active in target areas for as long as possible.
• The game is played on smaller versions of a total of four maps, namely Manifest, Contact, Stranded, and Flashpoint.

During the event you can of course unlock new cosmetic items by playing Shutdown. In the first week you will get a skin for Paik, in the second week you will earn a skin for Casper. In addition, there are weapons and vehicle skins, as well as weapon attachments.

What else is happening in Battlefield?

The last update released was (Update 4.1), which brought new portal weapons and numerous balance adjustments and bug fixes. Among other things, the rather strong armour plate for soldiers was weakened and now only protects the torso of a soldier.

After the event, Season 5 will be released in June, for which only a few details are known so far. It will bring another new map, but no specialist.

What do you think of the newly announced event? Would you be happy about a return of the Rush game mode and do you need a change from Conquest and Breakthrough? Do you even hope that the game mode will remain permanently? Or is Rush too hectic for you? Feel free to write your opinion in the comments!