Launch Battlefield 2042

Delivered by the deadline

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Announced: 4 Aug 2021
Due: 31 Dec 2021

Deadline
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What the company said

“We’re looking forward to the launches of our sports titles this quarter and Battlefield 2042 in time for the holidays.”

SourceElectronic Arts Form 8-K press release, 2021-08-04
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedin time for the holidays
Deadline used31 Dec 2021, the last day of the stated period
TypeProduct
Permanent referenceKI-C-2021-C712515-017197
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2021-C712515-017197/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

Electronic Arts' SEC filings confirm that Battlefield 2042 was released and marketed during the period ending December 31, 2021, consistent with the holiday launch commitment.

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Electronic Arts 10-Q filed 2022-02-08 Regulatory filing · published 8 Feb 2022 · retrieved 19 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 035b6b174443
“Marketing and sales expenses increased by $77 million, or 36 percent, and $223 million, or 45 percent, during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021... primarily on our mobile titles, FIFA 22, and Battlefield 2042.” ✓ confirmed on the page

Checked 19 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

Deadline drift +1551 days
2 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 4 Aug 2021

Deadline 31 Dec 2021 (“in time for the holidays”)
Version 2 · stated 6 May 2025

Deadline 31 Mar 2026 (“fiscal year 2026”)

“launches of Battlefield and skate.”
Source for this version

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type: Commercial launch
Indicative materiality: Medium rules
Action: Launch
Deliverable: Battlefield 2042
In the company’s control: High
Specificity: Medium

How this entry was checked

Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
Second check: disagreesClaude (Anthropic) re-read the evidence blind and read it as “no_evidence”.
Tie-breakA stronger model read the evidence and both earlier answers, without knowing which was recorded, and agrees with the second check.

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