EA is keeping interest high in its Battlefield: Bad Company game by adding new game modes (conquest) and announcing the addition of two new maps (Par for the Course and Acta Non Verba).
GameXtract writes "Trophies are hot on the PS3, and that's a given fact. These days everyone is wanting to know if their favorite title will be receiving the trophy treatment. Bad Company known for it's explosions, and breakage objects will now have another great add on. Trophy support! Dice have just announced today that along with the new map pack they will be fixing several multiplayer issues, and adding in trophy support. I do hope their is a trophy for blowing up the most shit in one round."
In the spirit of the 2008 presidential elections, Electronic Arts is opening up the Battlefield: Bad Company Conquest Mode to the voting public. EA plans to release the new Conquest Mode this fall with four maps, two of which will be determined by Battlefield: Bad Company players themselves.
Electronic Arts always seem to get the sh!t@y end of the stick when being discussed in the gaming community. Not least because of their aggressive buyout of top developers such as Pandemic, Bullfrog and such like, but also the tendency for them to invest huge amounts of money in acquiring licenses only to produce a bunch of shovelware that sits atop the festive gaming charts year in year out.
In their regular weekly feature, PlayStation LifeStyle takes a look at what we should be getting this week:
If you hop on Xbox Live (and maybe PSN) right now, you can grab the Conquest mode as free DLC. Dash text :
Conquest has been given a release date for August 7th now let us just hope (pray) that they hit this date as Gold Rush is getting more and more boring by the day.
On August 7th, Battlefield: Bad Company(tm) players worldwide will get to experience the intense rush as they tackle online play in a whole new way with Conquest mode that will be released as a free download for the PLAYSTATION(r)3 and Xbox 360(tm).
Over on the Battlefield: Bad Company blog, DICE posted about a dog tag issue some players may be experiencing.
Today DICE launched the Facebook application, it enables you to show your're scores, kills etc to your friends on facebook.
DICE and EA are dealing with the problem
Hearing recent news from friends and forums it seems people using pirated versions of the game are not only getting banned from playing this game but EA are resetting peoples accounts.
According to EA's Battle Field Bad Company website. Today Is the day that they have released a update to allow you to take In game photos of all your wrong doings in Multi player games. They have also set up a website so that you can see all the photo's that you have taken. So go play the game take some sweet shots then send them to us and well post the good ones¿
Several people are complaining on EA's Battlefield: Bad Company forums that all their stats and weapon unlocks have been deleted.
The Battlefield: Bad Company team over at EA have came out with a statement which has notified gamers that they are listening to feedback and are aware of the current issues with the online portion of Bad Company.
Electronic Arts decided to do something real big for the launch of Battlefield Bad Company in India. EA along with Milestone Interactive held a press event for Battlefield Bad Company launch at Khar Gymkhana in suburban Mumbai. Ajay Khanna, who is the general manager of Electronic Arts India showcased the first person shooter at the launch ceremony whilst playing the dev videos and official trailers of Bad Company.
EA India, in collaboration with Milestone Interactive, played host to the Indian launch of the much-anticipated Battlefield: Bad Company, in Mumbai this Wednesday.
Sarcasticgamer.com wrote: "I purchased my copy of Battlefield: Bad Company from my local Gamestop. This store in Broadview, IL is the only Gamestop I frequent because of the nice people that work there. There are EB Games and Gamestops that are actually closer to where I live, but I like this store just fine and reserve all of my stuff there, when the feeling moves me.
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.
GamingShogun writes, "EA's Battlefield Bad Company is shipping out to retailers today for the big release tomorrow. The game puts players into 'B Company', a squad of soldiers out for wealth in the middle of a war (think Three Kings) and features a rich single-player campaign as well as multiplayer modes..."