No, 2018's Battlefield game isn't Bad Company 3
Dissecting the week's Bad reports.
Earlier this week, a YouTube video sparked reports that Battlefield Bad Company 3 would launch in 2018.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 News
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3 have been added to EA Access
Shortly after getting Xbox One backwards compatibility.
Earlier this month Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3 received backwards compatibility on Xbox One. Now they're both available on EA Access, the £3.99 a month service exclusive to Xbox One that grants players unlimited access to various EA titles.
Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2 are now backwards compatible on Xbox One
Along with Dragon Age Origins, Ghostbusters and more.
Seven new games were added to the increasingly vast Xbox One backwards compatibility library.
Battlefield is going to be a TV series
Company behind True Detective involved!
Battlefield, a series famed for its multiplayer battles and not its ropey stories, will be turned into a television show. Anonymous Content, the company responsible for hit TV series True Detective, will be in charge, collaborating with Paramount and EA to make it happen.
October's Games With Gold adds Darksiders 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Chariot awaits on Xbox One.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Darksiders 2 will be free for Xbox Live Gold members next month on Xbox 360, Microsoft has announced.
DICE ponders: what did people really like about Battlefield: Bad Company?
"If we were to make a sequel to Bad Company, what would than even imply?"
Battlefield fans have long called for another Bad Company game. In fact, before this year's Battlefield game was announced, some had hoped it would turn out to be Bad Company 3, not Battlefield Hardline.
Battlefield: Bad Company series not in "active development"
DICE: "Battlefield 4 is our main focus for the year."
Just in case you thought a team at DICE was secretly working on a new Battlefield: Bad Company game - it's not.
Battlefield: Bad Company action comedy TV show in the works
Trouble is never far behind.
There is a Battlefield: Bad Company TV show in the works, according to a new report.
DICE man "ashamed" of Bad Company 2
Patrick Bach won't even turn it on.
Battlefield 3 executive producer Patrick Bach is so ashamed of his work on Battlefield: Bad Company 2 that he refuses to even the boot the game up.
PC Battlefield: Bad Company 2 CR11 patch
Adds screenshots! Elbows SecuROM!
PC Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will receive patch CR11 very early tomorrow morning (Wednesday, 21st September), DICE has revealed.
The file is 2.6GB and rectifies some stability and performance issues. Notably, it adds the ability to take a screenshot as well as removes the SecuROM DRM "wrapper" from non-Steam versions of the game.
The enormous size of the file owes to it containing all previous patches.
PC Battlefield Onslaught, 1943 cancelled
DICE doing "whatever it takes" for BF3.
The long-awaited PC versions of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - Onslaught and Battlefield 1943 have been cancelled, developer DICE has announced.
Simply, they took too many resources away from the golden egg: Battlefield 3.
"There comes a time when we as a studio have to choose where to best put our efforts," wrote DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson.
Five 2010 EA games sold over 5m units
Can you name them?
Five games Electronic Arts launched last year sold over five million copies.
EA reveals strategy to beat COD
Riccitiello: "We can take the lead."
EA has revealed its out-there strategy to take the FPS crown away from Activision and its Call of Duty series: make a superior game.
Unlock fifth Bad Company 2 map together
Operation Hastings needs 69m team actions.
DICE has another Battlefield: Vietnam map for Bad Company 2 - but this time you'll have to earn it. You and the entire Bad Company 2 community, that is.
Army of Two, BFBC2 for Games on Demand
Plus, December XBLA line-up detailed.
Co-operative EA shooter Army of Two: The 40th Day and acclaimed EA FPS Battlefield: Bad Company 2 take top billing on Xbox Live this month, with both titles heading to the Games on Demand service.
PC, 360 Bad Company 2 will lag today
DICE applying big patch for Vietnam.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 may lag on PC and Xbox 360 today not because of the snow but because DICE is applying a hefty patch.
Multiplayer BF:BC2 update incoming
PS3 gets it first, PC/360 to follow.
A new multiplayer patch is on the way for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, publisher EA has announced.
The update, which hits PlayStation 3 today, fixes bugs and rebalances various weapons. There's a full list of the changes you can expect to see below.
A message on the game's official site added, "We are working hard on getting these fixes out for both PC and Xbox 360 as well, so in the coming days, look for updates on those platforms as well."
New maps coming to Bad Company 2
Announcement on eve of Black Ops' release.
On the eve of Call of Duty: Black Ops' release EA has announced new downloadable content for rival shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
New Battlefield game on the way
EA man jumps the gun on Friday reveal.
There's a brand new Battlefield game on the way and you'll find out what it is on Friday, according to a tweet from an EA affiliate.
Battlefield: BC2 PC patch incoming
EA responds to user feedback.
A comprehensive update hits the PC version of EA's FPS Battlefield: Bad Company 2 tomorrow, the publisher has announced.
The patch takes into account requests posted in the 'My biggest issues' thread of the game's official forum. Alas, "Girls don't want to go out with me" isn't addressed but a bunch of other important stuff is.
The full list – posted below – includes bug fixes, weapon tweaks and stat revamps.
BFBC2 Ultimate Edition spotted
Comes with Battlefield 1943.
An Ultimate Edition of shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be released in the UK on 3rd September, according to online retailers.
EA makes lots of money in first quarter
FIFA, B:BC2 and… Scrabble do the biz.
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Scrabble on the Apple iPad helped EA make tons of money during its first quarter ended 30th June.
Steam BFBC2 grants MOH beta access
Oh, very DICE.
Owners of the Steam version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 have been granted access to the Medal of Honor beta test.
Both, of course, are EA games, and both have multiplayer made by DICE.
An Xbox 360 beta is "coming soon", EA has promised, but we don't know exactly when.
BFBC2 gets Vietnam-set DLC expansion
Dead Space 2, MoH and its beta dated.
EA has announced a DLC multiplayer expansion pack for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 set in Vietnam. It will be released in winter 2010.
A very short teaser was shown of jungle action set to a Creedence Clearwater Revival tune. The press release confirms that you'll be able to play as either US Marines or North Vietnamese Army.
Meanwhile, Medal of Honor was confirmed for a 12th October release date, and Dead Space 2 will be released on 25th January 2011 (28th in Europe).
Bad Company 2 Onslaught pack dated
Week after E3. Plus Kit Shortcuts.
EA has announced that Battlefield: Bad Company 2's Onslaught add-on will go on sale for PS3 and Xbox 360 in the week after E3.
Project Ten Dollar "improves experience"
EA UK boss denies it's about second-hand.
Electronic Arts' UK general manager Keith Ramsdale has claimed that 'Project Ten Dollar' is about enhancing the value of EA games, and not an attempt to upset second-hand sales and illegal downloads.
BFBC2 4-player co-op "coming soon"
Won't be free, won't be on PC.
DICE has announced a new, four-player co-op pursuit for Battlefield: Bad Company called Onslaught mode.
EA: Project $10 "a positive experience"
Riccitiello not opposing pre-owned sales.
EA boss John Riccitiello has called Project Ten Dollar and the new EA Sports Online Pass initiative a "positive consumer experience" that offers a "boat-load" of content buyers otherwise wouldn't have access to.
Console update coming 11th May.
DICE has announced a new patch for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 that will fix balancing issues on the console version of the game.
The update, set to hit 11th May, will change damage and recoil statistics for a variety of in-game weapons, and fix a few bugs that prevented weapons doing the right amount of damage.
The console update will also implement a host of balancing tweaks that hit the PC version of the game last month. In the other direction, DICE says the update will be applied to the PC version of the game "in the near future".
DICE doesn't want to charge for maps
"This attitude was crucial," says producer.
While EA and DICE have previously referred to an "extensive paid digital content plan" for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the developer has said it wants to avoid charging for maps.
Best-selling March release ever.
Shopper enthusiasm for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 may not have been as fervent as for Modern Warfare 2, but DICE's shooter has gone on to break a record of its own, becoming the best-selling March release on record in North America and Europe.
Released in the first week of the month, Bad Company 2 has now sold over 2.3m copies - according to EA's internal counter.
Players have amassed 81bn points during online multiplayer battles and unlocked 43m weapons and gadgets. Also, more than 6m YouTube videos of gameplay have been recorded and the BFBC2 Twitter account has 44,000 fans - the most of any EA game and more than Eurogamer's Johnny Minkley.
BFBC2 content added to BF: Heroes
Costs an arm and a moustache.
DICE has added Battlefield: Bad Company 2 content to Battlefield Heroes, but you'll have to pay to use it.
Valve's Steam authentication favoured.
The Steam edition of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will ditch SecuROM in an upcoming game patch. Valve's own authentication service will be used instead.
Bad Company 2 viral teases MW2
Video made by FRAGS this time round.
A new Battlefield: Bad Company 2 viral video has poked fun at genre leader Modern Warfare 2.
DICE hoping to avoid "mapathy".
DICE has revealed more of the "extensive" DLC planned for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
BFBC2 has "extensive paid DLC plan"
"Multiple" releases in next six months.
EA has restated its "extensive paid digital content plan" for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
DICE "investigating" adaptation now.
DICE may adapt Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to the Mac.
X360 Bad Company 2 crowd is biggest
But PC was leading for a while.
According to DICE, the Xbox 360 version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has the most players at the moment.
UK charts: Bad Company 2 dominates
Supreme Commander 2 visible.
EA's newcomer Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has topped the UK All-Formats chart.
Bad Company 2 maps unlockable at launch
Code included for "ten dollar" content.
EA has detailed the free unlockable content that will be provided with next week's launch of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as part of the company's Project Ten Dollar initiative to make pre-owned sales less attractive.
A code in the box will unlock two maps at launch: Laguna Alta, playable in Conquest mode, and Nelson Bay in Rush mode, bringing the total number of maps to 10.
Two further maps will be released later in March at no extra cost if you have the code: Arica Harbor in Conquest and Laguna Presa in Rush.
Bad Company 2 demo hits 3.5m downloads
Plus technical details on the PC version.
EA has tweeted that the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo has been downloaded more than 3.5 million times on PS3 and Xbox 360 combined.
Project Ten Dollar confirmed for BC2
DLC initiative similar to Mass Effect 2.
DICE has confirmed that the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in-game store and launch DLC is part of a loyalty initiative similar to Mass Effect 2's Cerberus Network.
"We want people to insert the code they get when they buy the game to get access to [DLC]. It's connected to your personal account, more or less, and what we want to do is give you something extra, added value, for that," producer Patrick Bach told MTV.
"In the future you will get more content, for free, if you have this VIP code."
Bad Company 2 getting launch DLC
Plus "long post-launch campaign".
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be supported by day-one downloadable content in line with EA's Project Ten Dollar plan.
Senior producer Patrich Bach from developer DICE toed the new line in an interview with WorthPlaying.
"We have an in-game store where you get free content or you can buy new content to the game, so it's a very integral part of the game that we will have a long post-launch campaign," he said.
BF: Bad Company 2 has WWII level
It Tokyo to Japan, briefly.
DICE is sneaking a Japan-based World War II level into Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
BBFC2, AVP demos on PSN Store today
Plus: Final Fantasy VIII available for PSP.
Online multiplayer demos for Aliens vs. Predator and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 await you on the PlayStation Store today. They're both free, so there's no reason not to give these two newcomers a spin.
BFBC2 MP demo next week on PS3
PC multiplayer beta kicks off today.
DICE has announced that the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer demo will be available next Thursday, 4th February on PS3.
BF: Bad Company 2 demo on Live
Woolworths and Zavvi?
EA and DICE have popped a multiplayer Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo on Xbox Live Marketplace.
DICE explains BFBC2 server policy
Claims renting doesn't result in profits.
DICE has told Eurogamer there is "no profit" made from forcing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 players to rent dedicated servers instead of building their own.
Begins later this month.
EA's DICE studio has announced a start date for the PC beta of Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
Doors open on Thursday, 28th January, and close a month later on Thursday, 25th February.
One map, Port Valdez, will be available, and it support 32 players in game mode Rush. The focus of this snowy map is the Russians' attempt to bombard Alaskan oil supplies.
Mod War games too samey, says EA
Boss reckons MOH can topple 'em.
Electronic Arts boss John Riccitiello has said the Modern Warfare games are all starting to look the same to him.
Marching to 2010 but with added features.
DICE has pushed PC beta for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 back to "very early next year".
The good news, studio bigwig Gordon Van Dyke explained on the game's blog, is that desktop users will get an improved build of the game.
"With the huge success of the PS3 Beta we decided to drastically increase the PC Beta's capacity to insure as many people as possible could participate," wrote Van Dyke.
Battlefield BC 2 PS3 beta confirmed
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."
Bad Company 2 beta details this week
To start mid-November, say reports.
EA DICE may be ready to announce a Battlefield: Bad Company 2 beta this week.
US megastore GameStop started the ball rolling, revealing a pre-order campaign that grants access to a PS3 beta beginning 19th November. That listing was later pulled.
Blend Games (via Kotaku) picked up the ball from there, and heard from EA that there would be an announcement about a beta "later this week".
Battlefield keeping dedicated servers
DICE calls out Infinity Ward.
Battlefield developer DICE has fired a shot across the bows of rival Infinity Ward, reassuring fans that it will be sticking with a dedicated server set-up for multiplayer in the PC version of Battlefield Bad Company 2.
Battlefield BC2 gets release date
Coming to Europe and the US in March.
Electronic Arts has announced release dates for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
The game will be released in Europe on 5th March. The US will get it three days earlier.
The announcement was made at EA's gamescom press conference in Cologne. Top exec Patrick Soderlund promised BF: BC2 will "redefine online multiplayer gaming". An impressive trailer followed, complete with plenty of guns, bombs, tanks and things going bang.
BF1943 weapons for Bad Company 2
Two tickets to the gun show.
DICE has promised that a handful of Battlefield 1943 weapons will return in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 early next year.
DICE "feels good" under Riccitiello's EA
"It's definitely the right direction."
Working for Electronic Arts since John Riccitiello returned "feels good", according to DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson, and the chief executive's focus on quality over quantity is "definitely the right direction".
Battlefield 1943, Bad Company 2 unveiled
More war for PC, PS3 and 360 this year.
EA has officially unveiled Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 1943 for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
Dead Space heading to Wii this year
Mass Effect II, Bad Company by April 2010.
Electronic Arts boss John Riccitiello has said that a sequel to Battlefield: Bad Company is in development along with a Wii Dead Space game, and that Mass Effect II will be released before the end of the company's next financial year.