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Bad Company 2 Map Pack #6 Tomorrow
August 17th, 2010 - Written by Markicks



The Battlefield: Bad Company 2 map pack #6 appears to be coming out tomorrow (August 18th) according to the in-game store.


This pack includes Panama Canal squad death match and Laguna Presa squad rush. Thanks Field Operative.


Source: Planet Battlefield
Bad Company 2 The Onslaught Continues!
August 17th, 2010 - Written by Markicks



The Battlefield Blog has two new posts by DICE dev Tommy "H Brun" taking about Onslaught Mode in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

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The Onslaught Continues, #1: What is Onslaught Mode?
First off, thanks to all of you for giving me such a warm welcome into the community. I have already had a chance to play Bad Company 2 with a few new friends this weekend, which was good fun. Next time, I will make sure to find my headset for maximum teamplay.

Today, I will begin an in-depth look at our DLC Onslaught Mode (for X360 and PS3). This first part in my new blog series will cover the basics of this new game mode.

So what is Onslaught? Here is the trick: it can be different things for different people. It tasks 1-4 of you to brave forwards and conquer a number of bases (much like in Conquest Mode) on four maps. Once you have taken all bases on a map, your time will be posted to the Onslaught specific leaderboards.

The enemies are A.I. controlled, and the difficulty can be set to Easy. This means that Onslaught Mode can be a relatively stress-free (and I use the term "stress-free" rather loosely) way of learning the
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Bad Company 2 Wins European Games Awards
August 17th, 2010 - Written by Markicks



Battlefield: Bad Company 2 won awards in three different categories of the European Games Awards.

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And the Winners are...
Here are the winners of the first European Games Award in the 23 categories:

Best European Game
Battlefield : Bad Company 2

Best European Gamedesign
Battlefield : Bad Company 2

Best European Action Game
Battlefield : Bad Company 2
Source: Planet Battlefield
Bad Company 2: Interviews DICE's Lars Gustavsson
June 28th, 2010 - Written by Mr. BlueZone

Major Nelson Interviews DICE's Lars Gustavsson



Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson spoke with DICE's Lars Gustavsson about the new Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Onslaught game mode. Interview starts at 1:07 in. thx Planetbattlefield
Host: Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE’s Major Nelson (Xbox LIVE ) (Twitter)
Co-host : e (Xbox LIVE ) (Twitter)
Co-host : lollip0p (Xbox LIVE) (Twitter)
Co-Host: Stepto (Xbox LIVE) (Twitter)

An E3 2010 re-cap, including some behind the scenes stories you won't hear anywhere else.
Interview: Lars Gustavsson, Battlefield Bad Company 2 Onslaught Mode (1:07:09 - 1:19:42)

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Bad Company 2: Client R8 and Server R15 - Release info
June 28th, 2010 - Written by Mr. BlueZone

Client R8 and Server R15 - Release info



DICE's Mikael Kalms has noted that the Bad Company 2 PC patch will be out this Wednesday. Thx wraahhm

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After a lot of trials and tribulations, all versions of the game client has now completed QA successfully.
We will do no more testing on it.

All game servers will need to be taken down for updates. The maintenance period starts on Wednesday Jun 30th at 07:00AM (GMT+2). Most of them should be back up by 11:00AM (GMT+2).

During this time window, we will also release the new game client.

Check back after 11:00AM (GMT+2), and try out the new game client!
BFH 1st Anniversary
June 25th, 2010 - Written by Mr. BlueZone

BFH 1st Anniversary



Battlefield Heroes turned one today and to celebrate we are giving everyone a free code you can redeem for in game items!

Redeeming the code will grant you a 2-day XP Boost, a 2-day VP Boost and 25 Terrific Health Tonics!

Here is the code:
49TP-ZJB7-NVTR-P8AE
(valid only once per account, valid until the 29th of June)

Redeem it here!

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Bad Company 2 PC Patch next Monday
June 24th, 2010 - Written by Mr. BlueZone

PC Patch next Monday




DICE's Barrie Tingle has noted that the Bad Company 2 PC patch will not be out this week. They are now planning for a release next Monday if all goes well.
BFBC2 Patch came back with one failure from STEAM testing.We are working to try and get a new version to them this evening.Will update more.
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There will be no PC patch this week, Kalms is on the case.This pushes our release to Monday next week as long as all goes well with QA/Steam
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Bad Company 2 starts the Onslaught
June 23rd, 2010 - Written by Mr. BlueZone

Bad Company 2 starts the Onslaught




The new co-op game mode, Onslaught is available on PlayStation 3 in North America from today and tomorrow (Wednesday 23rd) in Europe.

Onslaught mode puts a squad of up to 4 players into new co-op missions against an army of enemy AI across 4 maps all while squads compete to obtain the best time on the Onslaught specific leaderboards against other squads as well as the ability to unlock 8 new Achievements/Trophies.

Available through the in game store Onslaught can be picked up for $9,99/€8,99/£6,99 on PlayStation Network or 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Marketplace.

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Xbox 360 owners will be able to pick up Onslaught mode in the very near future and we are also still investigating the possibility of Onslaught coming to PC.