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

The Medal of Honor beta is now closed and we want to thank you, PlayStation fans, for supporting us! The turnout was tremendous and we could not have asked for a better experience.

It is always great to do a true beta like this, because at the end of the day, this game is for you, the gamers. We received some amazing feedback and opted to extend the beta to make sure that we were able to hear as much ..read the full article

When it comes to video game trailers, live action seems to be the shoulder pad trend of the 2000′s. Skate does them, Halo does them, and now Medal of Honor does too.  However, this one is pure awesome sauce… Featuring a Tier 1 operator in a serious gunfight, as well as a nice mix of previously unseen gameplay, the new trailer is really enjoyable to watch and I found myself thinking “why the fuck aren’t they making movies and not ..read the full article

Electronic Arts revealed today that those who purchase the Limited Edition of Medal of Honor will get access to the Battlefield 3 beta. As far as a date for the beta, EA simply says it will happen within a year of Medal of Honor’s release.

If you need another reason to purchase the Limited Editon of the game, know that you will you will be more successful in the game if you do so.

“The Limited Edition features a host of weapons, ..read the full article

Earlier on today Ripten reported on the release of two images, both of which were guns you would gun access to if you purchase the Limited Edition for EA’s upcoming series reboot; “Medal of Honor”. Well now GameStop has and official listing and we can confirm the Limited Edition will cost $59.99 USD. If you buy the Limited Edition, not only will you get the exclusive weapons but you will now get a full retail copy of Medal of Honor: ..read the full article

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 developer DICE has confirmed today that the ‘Onslaught’ downloadable content pack will be coming to the PC version of the game.

The maps Valparaiso, Atacama Desert, Isla Inocentes, and Nelson Bay have all been reworked for the new mode, which lets players fight in teams of up to four against the onslaught of enemy AI- much like a certain Gears of War multiplayer mode we all know and love.

“We want to consistently support the over 4 million ..read the full article

If you pick up a copy of the Limited Edition for Medal of Honor when it launches you will have access to four new weapons, that only Limited Edition buyers will have access to. They are the TOZ194, 870MCS and the MP7. Below is are images of both the TOZ 194 (Bottom) and Heckler and Kosch MP7 (Top).

Let’s hope the weapons are balanced so that people who have more money don’t reign supreme over the players who are on a ..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

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

EA are celebrating the first birthday of free-to-play online shooter Battlefield Heroes today with a handful of in-game gifts for players, just to say “thank you for supporting us all this time.”

Below you can find the code to redeem your items (once per account). The code will give you “a 2-day XP Boost, a 2-day VP Boost and 25 Terrific Health Tonics.” Not too shabby, considering it’s free. Remember, if you want to join up and play, you can do ..read the full article

Wait, why are you reading this? You know that the Medal of Honor multiplayer beta is live for the PS3 right now – don’t you?

Beta access is reserved for those who pre-order the full version of Medal of Honor, EA and DICE’s modern-day war shooter that hits the PS3 this October. Luckily, we’ve got 18 beta code vouchers* to hand out to loyal PlayStation.Blog readers – keep an eye on the official PlayStation Twitter feed to find out how ..read the full article

For those of you who have been hiding under a rock for the last couple of days, I am glad to inform you that the Medal of Honor Beta is live for PC and Playstation 3, as long as you’re a VIP from Bad Company 2, or pre-ordered the series reboot set for launch at the end of 2010.

I’ve clocked in about 4 hours gameplay now and whilst that might not seem like a lot by conventional standards, keep in ..read the full article

Sean Decker, General Manager of EA Los Angeles, has appeared on stage to announce the new Medal of Honor title, a “modern war experience” set in sunny Afghanistan. But while they are handling the single-player experience, the multiplayer has gone to a different group of developers who have expertise in that field: DICE.

To demonstrate, they called out 24 people to play simultaneously in a multiplayer deathmatch demo, live before the audience. Decker quips “with alpha software, what can ..read the full article

In the world of video game journalism, some things are perceived to be self evident. If a game is awful but you need to make sure the company keeps sending you stuff- you give it a 7, if you are the review that bumps a game’s Metacritic rating down a peg- be prepared for hate mail, and if a game comes out that has shooting in it make sure you compare it to other games with shooting in it no ..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

John Riccitiello, CEO of EA, confirmed that the DICE first-person shooter titled Mirror’s Edge is in development and will be coming back for seconds. In a recent interview, Riccitiello discussed not only the existence of the sequel, but talked a bit about the trial and error that comes with trying to be innovative.

“We’re still working through things like how to best deal with Mirror’s Edge 2 … There are some things we learned about that [first] game. It was, ..read the full article