Hi Battlefield fans! Don’t tell anyone, but I didn’t pick up Battlefield 1943 when it originally launched. For a DICE employee, that’s perhaps best kept a secret. The good news is: I have the perfect excuse to catch up on it now.

More Battlefield goodness than you can shake an RPG at.

You get a ton of stuff in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Ultimate Edition, with Onslaught Mode, Limited Edition Unlocks and the full version of Battlefield 1943 — DICE’s ..read the full article

Remember that time when we reported that the PC version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 would be finally getting the ‘Onslaught’ DLC? Well, forget that ever happened.

When the news was posted by PC Gamer, the DICE community manager said on Twitter that “The article published by PC-Gamer is not accurate. We are currently researching if Onslaught will be available for PC. No release date.” It turns out that it was all thanks to “a miscommunication from EA UK PR.”

So, it’s ..read the full article

Explosion, PEW PEW PEW PEW, dust, swearing, more explosions and more PEW PEW PEW! That is my experience of Battlefield Bad Company 2, and now the good times are set to keep on rolling as DICE has just released the new VIP Map Pack. Giving players access to Atacama Desert in Rush mode and Port Valdez in Conquest mode.

Interested? Well if you’re VIP you get it for free and if you aren’t, suffer and watch the below trailer full of ..read the full article

This is Daniel Matros, the new community manager at Dice. As you may or may not know, we just released Onslaught mode for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Just wanted to give you some more info on what you can expect in this new co-op experience.

Onslaught is co-op in the sense that you get to play with a squad of up to four soldiers against endless waves of A.I. enemies. Endless until you take the base flags, that is. The ..read the full article

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 developer DICE has announced that a 500MB patch for the PC version of the game will be applied tomorrow, June 30. PC servers will be closed for a few hours to accommodate the update.

The servers will go down on “Wednesday Jun 30th at 07:00AM (GMT+2). Most of them should be back up by 11:00AM (GMT+2).” The client patch will be applied during this time, as well.

This patch excites me, despite the fact that I do not ..read the full article

Electronic Arts has announced an expansion for Dice’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 that takes place in Vietnam. It’s coming in Winter of this year. Again, it’s not a full-fledged sequel, but an expansion. No other details are available currently. Not that we need them, because this is going to be awesome.

E310: Get Your Own Starship in The Old Republic E310: Bulletstorm Coming Feb 22, 2011 Crysis 2 Features New York, Giant Robots, 3D E310: Sonic Free Riders for Microsoft Kinect E310: EA’s Gun Club ..read the full article

You’ve been asking us for weeks in the official PlayStation Home forums, in the comments section of this Blog, and on fan sites and podcasts…and we’re coming through for you like you knew we would! That’s right, Home people – this Thursday, April 22nd the long-requested FINAL FANTASY XIII costumes (along with some additional FFXIII furniture) will be released into the ever-expanding world PlayStation Home. For the guys, our friends at Square Enix have made Sazh and Snow costumes, while ..read the full article

The first week of March gives us a pretty nice array of new video game releases as Modern Warfare 2’s biggest opposition, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, finally hits stores and baseball season starts in the video game world with MLB 2K10 and MLB 10: The Show also coming out. Oh, don’t let me forgot to mention the return of the Blue Bomber in Mega Man 10 for the Wii. That should be dope. Hit the jump for the full list ..read the full article

Today DICE is very excited to release the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Demo on the PlayStation Store. Before getting into some details about the demo the team at DICE wanted to thank SCEA for helping us get the demo out a week early for North America. So, thank you to all those at SCEA that helped make this happen, you guys seriously rock!

The PS3 community has played a special role in the pending success of BFBC2, so thanks ..read the full article

Recently, there was a Bad Company 2 Beta on the PlayStation 3. If you missed it, or only have an Xbox or PC, you might be issuing a series of expletives. Well, that stream may now cease, as the official Battlefield blog has confirmed that there will be, at some point between now and March the second, a demo.

I suspect this demo will be both single and multiplayer, since the demo for Bad Company 1 had both of these features. ..read the full article

Electronic Arts has begun it’s plan to gun down the Call of Duty series in terms of FPS multiplayer and it’s “first strong attack” will be with Battlefield: Bad Company 2, according to EA European boss, Jens Uwe Intat.

“In March we will launch Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which is our first strong attack on Call Of Duty,” he told MCV (via CVG) today.

“The shooter space is one we don’t want to give up. It’s an important genre and we ..read the full article

In the latest effort to secure more preorders, GameStop posted Battlefield: Bad Company 2 promotional copy on their site promising:

“free overnight shipping, plus access to the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Beta beginning November 19th, 11PM PST.”

GameStop later pulled the page down, surely after being contacted by EA, and BFBC2 developer DICE was quick to add the following via the Official BFBC2 Twitter:

“Do not pre-order BFBC2 from anyone for a Beta Code until it’s confirmed by DICE on Twitter and ..read the full article

EA has announced a limited edition version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and outside of the box looking different, the limited edition will grant those who purchase it access to six “special gameplay” perks right from the start.

How much more will this run you? Not a cent! EA promises that the limited edition retail price will be the same as the standard edition. The catch is that supplies are apparently “limited” and both versions hit stores on the same date.

Battlefield: ..read the full article