DICE has revealed Battlefield 2042 Season 2, which launches next week

DICE has unveiled Battlefield 2042 Season 2 and confirmed an August 30 launch date.

Titled Master of Arms, it will introduce a new map designed for infantry-focused gameplay, a new Specialist, plus fresh weapons and vehicles, among other features.

The Battlefield 2042 Season 2: Masters of Arms gameplay reveal trailer is viewable below.

New map Stranded is set in Panama and features a desert lake drained of water. It sees players fighting around and inside a beached container ship housing an illicit arms trading centre.

New Specialist Charlie Crawford arrives with a mounted stationary minigun controllable by anyone on the battlefield.

Other new weapons include the AM40 carbine, the Avancys LMG and the PF51 sidearm, while the latest new gadget is a concussion grenade.

Players will be able to get around Stranded using the Polaris RZR off-road buggy and the EBLC-RAM heavy ground vehicle. The latter can protect itself from incoming damage with its AMPs ability and place a spawn beacon on the battlefield.

New features being introduced in Season 2 include Assignments, which can be completed to unlock Vault Weapons.

“Vault Weapons are weapons previously available only in Battlefield Portal that can now be accessed in All-Out Warfare once unlocked – starting with the iconic M60E4 and M16A3,” EA said. “More weapons will be available as the season progresses.

“Assignments can also be used to unlock gameplay-related items from previous seasons that you might have missed the first time around, including Specialists, weapons, gadgets, and vehicles.”

Earlier this week DICE offered a sneak peek at the next in a series of reworks for the game’s launch maps. Having released a reworked version of Kaleidoscope this month, updated versions of Renewal and Orbital will also be introduced as part of Season 2 in September and October respectively.

The studio also announced plans to introduce a class system for Battlefield 2042 as part of the game’s Season 3 update.

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Battlefield 2042 will add a class system in response to its ‘polarising’ Specialists

DICE also shows off updated versions of the Renewal and Orbital maps

“The arrival of Specialists in Battlefield 2042 has been polarising,” said producer Alexia Christofi. “We have heard you. So, in Season 3 we’ll be moving Specialists into the classic and familiar Battlefield class system.

“They’ll have traits available to all Specialists within a given class, with existing open gadgets and throwables split between classes to fit their role.”