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blvstar · 12 May 2026 at 21:09 · permalink

I could play all game modes until 2 days ago, but now I can't play conquest breakthrough and hazard zone modes, I start it, I find the match, the black screen comes and sends it back to the home screen, what should I do?

LTD_PMC_FEMBOY · 12 May 2026 at 21:34 · permalink

Because for some reason, developers have this nasty habit of taking something that works and making it not work for extended lengths of time. Why? I have no idea.

Braddock512 · 12 May 2026 at 22:53 · permalink

It really feels like they’re letting BF2042 die on purpose to push people toward BF6 Season 3.

This issue was reported 17 days ago on the official EA forums:
https://forums.ea.com/discussions/battlefield-2042-technical-issues-en/breakthrough-returns-to-main-menu-after-match-found/13359322/replies/13363956

It looks clearly related to EA’s servers, not individual players’ PCs or connections. Yet there’s still no proper fix or meaningful communication. At this point, it feels like they don’t want to invest any effort into fixing BF2042 until they’re sure the player base has fully moved on.

chroniclesofdoom · 12 May 2026 at 23:51 · permalink

Same dude I join games through portal on the lowest ping .

eljosealmeida69 · 13 May 2026 at 00:23 · permalink

same happning to me

LasersFromTheCannons · 13 May 2026 at 00:28 · permalink

Start matchmaking in TDM. When the countdown starts to launch--quickly exit matchmaking.

Now try matchmaking in conquest. If that does want work, re-launch the game and try again.

60% of the time, it works every time.

nomorecorntoday · 13 May 2026 at 00:39 · permalink

Right after the game went on one of the biggest sales on steam as well

Shq11 · 13 May 2026 at 02:06 · permalink

it’s not working at all?

chroniclesofdoom · 13 May 2026 at 02:48 · permalink

Portal works in the UK

ellr16 · 13 May 2026 at 03:37 · permalink

Same here, expect it only connects to conquest games

ZenxMB · 13 May 2026 at 04:27 · permalink

Who's gonna tell him

lennartcanada · 13 May 2026 at 07:43 · permalink

I have same problrm.i am only able to play tdm

bogdan22877 · 13 May 2026 at 13:40 · permalink

There was the time the chat system was down for nearly a month..

blvstar · 13 May 2026 at 13:42 · permalink

My chat system broken too

blvstar · 13 May 2026 at 14:39 · permalink

I tried 3-4 times but it didn't work thanks anyway