Hi All,
I’m Gordon Van Dyke and I’m the Associate Producer for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 here at EA’s DICE studio in Stockholm.
Today we’re excited to announce that our forthcoming multiplayer beta is coming exclusively to PS3, so you’ll have a chance to experience all the action, destruction and vehicular warfare ahead of our full release in March 2010.
Starting on November 19, the beta will feature the huge ‘Arica Harbour’ map where up to 24 players compete to secure valuable crates in the ‘Rush’ game mode as the action moves across a variety of different locations. From an initial vehicle assault on a military outpost the war winds through streets of a deserted town to an intense final fire-fight in an industrial harbour.
Check out our announcement video here.
For a preview on the beta itself click here.
Getting access to the beta will differ from country to country, but here are a few specific ways of getting hold of a key:
- We’ll be holding a special limited giveaway right here on the PlayStation Blog (details TBA)
- Pre-ordering the game at participating retailer
- Checking out selected gaming sites such as IGN or GameSpot in North America.
That’s it for now…although if you have any questions then let me know. Be sure to check back here tomorrow when we have a brand Battlefield: Bad Company 2 new trailer.
Wow, awesome stuff. Thanks so much for the PS3 love. And also thanks so much for improving upon yourselves, unlike your competition. That’s the reason I’m not even considering MW2. It’s just the same ol’ same ol’ gameplay wise, and graphically. The only thing the changed was making the game even MORE unbalanced and unrealistic (weapon characteristics and performance, hence the LMG being the best sniper rifle in the game) than CoD4 was, which I didn’t even think was possible.
You guys on the other hand have certainly improved the visuals of your game from what’s been shown, and there’s still more polish to go. And from the leaked vids, you guns seem to have improved realism/physics/kickback over BC1. A dev trying to better themselves andtheir previous products is what makes me respect them and buy their games. So Kudos to you guys on that.
I’m sticking with Killzone 2 and not considering MW2 because I don’t trade down like that. Can you please put me on the list of beta code recipiants please? I’d like to have a new FPS to play around with this fall.
Thanks for the note, I can\’t stress how the destruction creates dynamic gameplay each and every round. Mix this with tanks, jeeps, helicopters and it is total chaos, our Battlefield brand of warfare.