After the recent furor over the weapons included with Battlefield: Bad Company that apparently are only available as a separate purchase, Electronic Arts emailed Game|Life to point out that things aren't exactly as they seem. The tags currently attached to the weapons saying "Buy this weapon on Xbox Live Marketplace" refer to gamers' ability to purchase the weapons even if they miss the promotional events or only purchase the standard edition of the game, EA says.
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Earlier this morning Fahey filled us in on Bad Company's upcoming conquest mode which you can download later this week. In this video EA Dice Producer Gordon Van Dyke illustrates what you can expect. It marks a return to very a familiar style of gameplay for those who are veterans of the Battlefield series. Best of all it's coming to you free of charge!
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Despite EA's servers being totally hosed by the immensely high traffic of people with keys wanting to play the Battlefield: Bad Company beta, we did get a handful of rounds in on the game today. And even though getting in was a pain (it's a beta, the whole point is to stress test the servers), once things got rolling, it felt like players were getting a nice little taste of what the new Battlefield,s multiplayer action is going to feel like.
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"Overall Bad Company has made exceptional strides since last year's inaugural showing. Battlefield fans and console first-person shooter fans alike have plenty to look forward to in the summer months and it's not all thanks to the destructibility that DICE loves to tout to the press."
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Built from the ground-up for next-generation consoles using Digital Illusions’ bleeding-edge Frostbite™ game engine, Battlefield: Bad Company drops gamers behind enemy lines with a squad of renegade soldiers who risk it all on a personal quest for gold and revenge. Featuring a deep, cinematic single-player experience loaded with adventure and dark humor, the game delivers the series’ trademark sandbox gameplay in a universe where nearly everything is destructible.
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The Battlefield series has proven DICE knows how to handle multiplayer shooters, but their console spin-off, Battlefield: Bad Company, proposes they know how to craft a solid single-player adventure, too.
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