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Bad Day L.A. demo (Bad Day L.A.)

Aug 16, 2006

Enlight Software has released a playable demo (260MB) for Bad Day L.A., allowing you to try out the imminent cartoony third-person action adventure. This demo contains an introduction cutscene and the biological terrorist attack mission on the Santa Monica Freeway

Laptop Dance!!! (Balance)

Jun 7, 2007

If youre looking for a good workout while playing PC games, then youve come to the right site at the right time. Please meet KAMPO Interactives Balance to Win, the trial version of the upcoming casual game Balance that can be played by simply tilting a laptop. "Now how in the hell can you do that?" you may ask. Well, the answer's quite simple: the game utilizes tilt sensors built into some laptops like the Lenovo Thinkpad series that sense when the machine is dropped to protect its hard disk. ...

New Battlefield 2 1.50 Patch News (Battlefield 2)

Sep 19, 2008

EA has finally posted some information about the impending 1.50 patch/update for BF2.

100th Battlefield Podcast Episode (Battlefield 2)

Jun 24, 2008

The Battlefield Podcast will reach its 100th episode this Saturday, June 28th, 2008. To celebrate this event, the show will be streamed online at www.tuxmedia.tv/live beginning at 2pm PST and lasting for several hours.

The afternoon and evening will be spent "shooting the breeze" with fans of the Battlefield Podcast as well as guest from the Battlefield community. The mics and webcams will be open for most of the duration of the live show, allowing visitors to chat with the Battlefield Podcast hosts and have their audio/video be streamed live online. The best live moments will be saved and edited into the 100th episode. To contact the live show, add the Skype username "tuxmedialive" or the Stickam username "bfpodcast". Join the chat at www.tuxmedia.tv/live after 2pm PST to watch and chat with other viewers.

Throughout the event we are expecting several prominent guests from the Battlefield community, such as the hosts of the Inside Battlefield Show from NetGameRadio.com, and more. A giveaway contest is also scheduled during the evening that will result in the giveaway of several copies of Battlefield Bad Company. In order to receive a copy you'll have to watch the live show and look for instructions.

The final release of episode 100 is scheduled for early next week.

Visit us at www.tuxmedia.tv or www.battlefieldpodcast.com. For more details on the event, visit this frequently updated forum thread: http://www.tuxmedia.tv/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=524

TuxMedia was formed by the original creator of the Battlefield Podcast and specializes in producing audio and video podcasts focused on any variety of subjects. With over a year and a half of experience in all aspects of Podcasting, the TuxMedia executive team is targeting the new media industry and a very focused audience of attentive viewers.

New Battlefield 2 Patch Announcement (Battlefield 2)

Jun 24, 2008

The DICE team report via gamespy:

"Battlefield 2 celebrates its three year anniversary
On this day three years ago, Battlefield 2 was released and still remains one of the most played PC FPS titles.

With over 15 million player accounts being created since release, Battlefield 2 is still going strong. On the forums we often see discussions about whether there will ever be another update for the game. Well, today we are happy to announce that we are working on an update for Battlefield 2. We are planning to provide an open beta in the near future and we hope you'll give us your feedback before final release; so watch out for that.

Keep an eye on www.Battlefield.com for information on what we are working on, release dates and don't forget to visit our forums.

In the mean time Battlefield Bad Company is released worldwide this week and we expect it will keep you occupied while we work on the update."

Battlefield 2 Celebrates Its Three Year Anniversary (Battlefield 2)

Jun 23, 2008

EA writes: "With over 15 million player accounts being created since release, Battlefield 2 is still going strong. On the forums we often see discussions about whether there will ever be another update for the game. Well, today we are happy to announce that we are working on an update for Battlefield 2. We are planning to provide an open beta in the near future and we hope you'll give us your feedback before final release; so watch out for that.

Keep an eye on www.Battlefield.com for information on what we are working on, release dates and don't forget to visit our forums.

In the mean time Battlefield Bad Company is released worldwide this week and we expect it will keep you occupied while we work on the update.

-End of Transmission-

Regards,

DICE Live team"

Battlefield 2 Patch Coming Soon, Announcement Monday (Battlefield 2)

Jun 22, 2008

Planet Battlefield writes: "Our friends over at netGameRadio recently interviewed John Hargelid from the DICE Live Team and revealed some exclusive information that Battlefield 2 will be getting new maps and a patch. An announcement will be coming out this Monday, so stay tuned!

The interview with DICE starts at 37:25"

Novint to License Games From EA to Boost Support For Its Falcon 3-D Touch Controller (Battlefield 2)

Apr 8, 2008

Last week, Novint and Electronic Arts exclusively revealed to Newsweek's Level Up their agreement by which Novint will license several EA games, which Novint will then patch to support its Falcon peripheral. The titles which are being modified include Madden NFL 08, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, Need For Speed ProStreet, Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142. Each of this titles has been previously released, but Novint CEO Tom Anderson hinted that the company might support EA's as-yet unannounced Need For Speed title for 2008.

What surprised Newsweek somewhat is that Novint will charge players who already own these games $9.99 for a patch (Anderson's own words) in order to make the games Falcon-compatible.

YouTube killer played Battlefield 2 before mass murder (Battlefield 2)

Nov 11, 2007

Before student Pekka-Eric Auvinen, 18, went on a tragic shooting rampage at Jokela High School in Finland last Wednesday, he not only posted a video on YouTube predicted the massacre, but also played his last round of Battlefield 2.

Xfire shows off their latest Xstatics - August 2007 (Battlefield 2)

Sep 18, 2007

Xfire also produce a gaming-oriented IM client that lets you see what games your friends are playing, chat with them in or out of game, and join them in whatever game they might be playing. This little application allows Xfire to compile some interesting data about the games people are playing and ¿ while their data doesn't include every last gamer ¿ with over 8 million users in 700 different games, they have a broad sampling size.

Nations at War 5.0 released for Battlefield 2 (Battlefield 2)

Sep 14, 2007

This version of Nations at War brings 18 different maps, 9 modes of play, 7 different kits and 4 pickup kits and much more.

EA Brings Battlefield to Online Gaming in Asia (Battlefield 2)

Jun 11, 2007

EA Brings Battlefield to Online Gaming in Asia
Acclaimed Franchise from EA DICE Co-Developed with Neowiz Games to Expand EA's Online Offering in Asia

SEOUL, South Korea & REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ:ERTS - News) the world's leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment, today announced that Battlefield, its acclaimed franchise from EA DICE, is coming to the online gaming market in Asia. The game will be co-developed by EA and Neowiz Corporation as part of an-ongoing strategic partnership between the two companies, and Neowiz Games will have the exclusive publishing rights for Korea. Availability of the Battlefield online offering in other Asian markets including China, Japan and Taiwan will be announced in the coming weeks.

Plug in at the Intel Gaming Tournament (Battlefield 2)

Oct 19, 2006

Wednesday 11 October 2006 To celebrate the launch of its new, all-powerful Core2 Extreme processor, Intel is staging an event not to be missed - the Intel Extreme Gaming Tournament at i29, which will bring gamers together in a battle to the very last frag and give them the chance to walk away with more than £10,000 in prizes. The LAN event will take place at Newbury Racecourse Grandstand on 10-12 November with both regular gamers and professional clans duking it out on Battlefield 2, ...

SOE President Refutes Microsoft blogger Ozymandias (Battlefield 2)

Oct 13, 2006

Sony Online's president John Smedley has posted a response to Microsoft blogger Ozymandias comments on the PS3's Network Platform.

"I came across a Microsoft blogger this morning that had some thoughts on our just announced deal with Xfire

http://www.gametab.com/news/707581/

There is some bad information in there that I'll get to in a sec, but it was interesting to me because it highlights some pretty core differences in the approach that the Playstation folks have taken.

From the very beginning the team at Sony Computer Entertainment has always had a very open view of the the networked Playstation 3. This is showcased in our game Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom. We've been able to integrate Xfire's new PS3 API into the game very easily (I should also point out that this API is absolutely free¿ no clue where Ozymandias got that info but it's just plain wrong). What this is going to do is allow an already huge network of online gamers on the PC continue to track their Xfire friends already as they play our (and other games in the future) PS3 game.

This is not a replacement for the PS3 friends list.

This is something over and above that. In this day and age many people are members of different communities. For example, I belong to a Battlefield 2 team and a guild for MMO's. The two are very different and I enjoy them both. Since people spend their time multi-tasking and switching between their computers and consoles, it just seems to make a lot of sense to me that it's inevitable that people are going to be a part of many different communities.

This open approach that allows licensed middleware providers to put hooks in PS3 games (assuming that's what the publisher wants to do) really opens a lot of doors that a more closed approach just wouldn't allow.

To me that's just plain common sense.

Online console games are going to be huge. They're growing at an extremely rapid rate...

Battlefield 2 patch launched (Battlefield 2)

Sep 5, 2006

All being well in the world of the interweb, you should now be able to grab the latest Battlefield 2 patch - version 1.4 - from ye olde usual download sites scattered around the, ah, interweb. The patch contains numerous bug fixes - like, excitingly, and we quote, "Another attempt at fixing the Red/Blue nametag bug" - and a couple of gameplay tweaks that have to do with crouching and tossing.

Battlefield 2142 - Lessons Learned (Battlefield 2)

Jun 22, 2006

DICE's Marcus Nilsson discusses the lessons learned from Battlefield 2 and how their next title in the franchise will come away stronger.

Next BF2 patch gets new map (Battlefield 2)

Jun 19, 2006

The Digital Illusions CE Battlefield Team has revealed that a new patch for the wildly popular PC shooter Battlefield 2 is in the works. On the official Battlefield 2 page, a post in the Community Update section gives cyber-soldiers their first taste of what to expect in the next update.

Battlefield 2 patch blows up (Battlefield 2)

Jul 12, 2005

Electronic Arts is advising gamers not to download the latest patch for Dice's , and for those who have already done so to delete it and reinstall the original game. The v1.01 patch, which was originally designed to enhance the recently released FPS, has been reported to cause all sorts of new and unseen problems including team-mates who appear as enemies and the loss of any stats and rankings already gained. In response to the problem EA has dropped the program from its servers and has ...

Battlefield 2 prepares for Armored Fury (Battlefield 2: Armored Fury)

May 2, 2006

America's under attack? Well, it will be when Battlefield 2: Armored Fury comes out this spring. Seems that EA's future soldiers find themselves besieged by China and the Middle Eastern Coalition after its borders are threatened. Time to bring out the big guns - even if they will be ...

Battlefield 3 details leaked? (Battlefield 2: Special Forces)

Oct 10, 2007

Oct 10, 2007 The first details on Battlefield 3, the third "proper" installment in EA's multiplayer big battle series, seem to have leaked to the net via a fan site. The details are based around a "leaked" PDF file supposedly intended for EA investors, which indicates that the next game will be officially announced in January 2008 for a release later that year. According to the document, the third game returns to the near-future setting of Battlefield 2 and runs on a modified Bad Company ...