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DICE has gone on the defensive again over the Battlefield 3 beta, which has split opinion among gamers. Explaining that the beta is not a demo, as well as the studio’s decision to run with the vehicle-free Operation Metro map, producer Patrick Liu told the Guardian: “Yeah, I think there’s been a misunderstanding of the …

Battlefield Bad Company 2 was well received and has sold millions of copies, but DICE executive producer Patrick Bach says he only sees faults with the game. “I don’t know why, but I always feel ashamed about the games I’m involved in making,” he told the Wall Street Journal. “I can’t even bring myself to …

Pre-orders for Battlefield 3 have surpassed 1.5 million units, according to Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia. That’s 250,000 more than the 1.25 million EA CFO Eric Brown reported earlier this month, which he said was already “well ahead of its predecessor title, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, in regards to pre-orders in the same number of …

Hello, and welcome to another episode of “Things we asked for in 1995″. In today’s episode, Sledgehammer have confirmed that Modern Warfare 3 will have a ‘Colour Blind Assist’ option. VP of the new COD studio Michael Condrey confirmed the feature in an answer to a reader question on the Sledgehammer blog – but not …

The campaign of 2011 FPS Battlefield 3 will be 12 hours long. That’s according to a new interview with Karl Magnus Troedsson, in which the DICE general manager says that BF3′s tone will be less “humorous and slapstick” than Battlefield: Bad Company 2. When a journalist from Gameon.net asked Troedesson why DICE included a “lengthy, …

The first Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam review is in from IGN and it’s a good one to boot. They had this to say: Whether you’re new to Bad Company 2 or have been repairing, healing, and blowing up other players since March of this year, Bad Company 2 -Vietnam is among the best multiplayer …

EA doesn’t want you to forget, so it has confirmed via yet another new trailer that Battlefield: Bad Company 2′s ‘VIP Map Pack 7′ will be released tomorrow. The pack adds four “fan-favourite” maps from previous BF games to the latest iteration, including Harvest Day, Cold War, Heavy Metal and Oasis. It’s free to those …

The beta for EA’s free-to-play Battlefield game, creatively named Battlefield Play4Free, is scheduled to launch later today. In case you missed it, the game’s a mixture of previous Battlefields, using maps from Battlefield 2 and weapon and class development mechanics from Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

EA has finally confirmed the release date for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam, which will hit Steam and the EA Store on December 18th, swiftly followed by Xbox Live and PSN on December 21st. Vietnam features new maps, weapons and vehicles that are specific to the time. It’s set to cost 1200 Microsoft Points on Xbox …

VIP Map Pack 7 is on its way to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. This pack will include four maps never before available in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer, two of them being fan favorites Oasis and Harvest Day. As always, this content is free for PC and console VIP players.  VIP Map Pack 7 is all about listening to …

EA has released another trailer for the Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam expansion. Meanwhile they also announced it will cost 1200 MS points on the Xbox 360. PC and PS3 pricing are to be confirmed.

As announced yesterday, the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 map pack #6 has been released on all 3 platforms. Map pack #6 adds squad deathmatch on Panama Canal, and squad rush on Laguna Presa. And look, here’s proof!

Can you break glass with a defibrilator? How about flipping a tank over with your UAV? Haven’t had a chance to try it out? PC industries unleashed their Mythbusters videos and answer this and more. The creativity and amount of work they have put down in these two videos is great! The mythbusters videos are …

DICE have revealed that owners of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on Steam can now gain access to the Medal of Honor beta.   They had this to say: Do you own Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on Steam? If so, you now have access to the Medal of Honor beta! Download it from your games library and …

EA and DICE have released the Battlefield Bad Company 2 VIP Map Pack 4, including Atacama Desert Rush and Port Valdez Conquest. As their official Twitter goes: “Prepare to have a buggy (vehicle) and awesome 1vs1 helifights on Port Valdez CQ”