Battlefield BC 2 PS3 beta confirmed

By Oli Welsh Published 6 November, 2009

This month. Details and video inside.

DICE has confirmed that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will enjoy a one-month beta test, on PS3 only, starting on November 19th.

It's exactly as was leaked then pulled by GameStop earlier this week. The beta will be open to anyone who pre-orders the game.

The beta will feature one map, a new one, called Arica Harbor. It has a Chilean setting and is built for a game mode called Rush, which is a spin on the original game's Gold Rush. The mode is "intense", according to associate producer Gordon Van Dyke. "Arica Harbor is hands-down one of the best maps I've played on Battlefield."

Take his word for it, says Eurogamer contributor Christian Donlan, who was on hand to try out the map. "It is quite lovely," he said.

"It feels sort of medium-sized, but there's a lot of variety: a beach running down the east side, and above that a kind of bombed-out town or construction site with lots of split level buildings and mazes of chain-link fencing," Christian said.

"There are plenty of tank routes, and a train bridge that provides a kind of hemmed-in corridor area where I kept getting shot."

Check out the screenshot gallery or the video below for more.

The game is out on 5th March 2010 for PC, PS3 and 360. More at the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 gamepage.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • meerkat23 #1 2 years ago

    i played this at the eurogamer expo last week and i have to say i wasn't impressed. they changed all the buttons over and the classes have been mixed up too. where's my shotgun gone eh? not one of those classes had a spas 12 or anything else like it.

    i hope its not final. i reallly like the demo class.

  • wizlon #2 2 years ago

    This might just make me pre order, that is if the beta is open to us euro-gamers

  • meerkat23 #3 2 years ago

    @wizlon: i believe the beta is north america only so far but there is a demo heading our way at the start of next year. i'll see you there!

  • M_of_the_sys #4 2 years ago

    I didn't get to play this at the expo as I could only see it on the 360 (my hands are a bit too dainty for that big masculine pad). It did look pretty nice though.

    All these betas with pre-orders are too tempting. Almost makes it worth the release price. Not if the beta is only for a couple of weeks or so though.

  • markymark22 #5 2 years ago

    How come no 360 beta?

  • bratmandu #6 2 years ago

    Eurogamer this article promised details - was it stupid of me to assume you would have a link, or at lease some info about how to sign up for the beta?

    I don't have a ps3 but my housemate does and I could deal with the tiny japanese 1996 controller for a while if it means playing Battlefield early.

  • M_of_the_sys #7 2 years ago

    @bratmandu

    It's exactly as was leaked then pulled by GameStop earlier this week. The beta will be open to anyone who pre-orders the game.