EA DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3, X360) will ship to North American retailers on June 23, publisher and studio owner Electronic Arts has revealed.

Based on the feedback surrounding the closed Xbox Live multiplayer beta, the studio dropped its plans to sell additional weapons as micro-transactions. Instead, players will be able to acquire those weapons by either buying the Gold Edition of the game or earning the highest level in multiplayer.
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When the multiplayer beta for Electronic Arts' Battlefield: Bad Company went live, gamers raised an awful stink when they found out the best weapons went to those willing to cough up the cash.One of the powers behind that stink was the website Sarcastic Gamer, which created a widely-circulated video that mocked the "pay to win" downloadable content business strategy. The video also encouraged Battlefield fans to boycott the upcoming ... » Read More

EA today confirmed for GameSpot that it has scrapped plans to charge extra for the weapons included in the Gold Edition of the game. Instead, those who purchase the Gold Edition will receive the weapons out of the box, while all others will gain access to the weapons by ranking up their online personas to the maximum level.
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Chat starts in 3 hours from this post!

Planet Battlefield writes: "As promised, we have rescheduled the live Battlefield: Bad Company irc developer chat for this Friday. Producers, Karl-Magnus Troedsson and Jamie Keen will be in the channel to answer your questions!

Listen up soldiers! Have you been playing the Battlefield: Bad Company beta, but are dying to ask the developers a question about a certain game feature? Are you interested to know how the single player compares to the multiplayer? On Friday, April 4th at 4pm PDT Planet Battlefield will be holding a live developer chat in #BFBC on Gamesurge irc.

What: Live Q&A with Battlefield: Bad Company Producers, Karl-Magnus Troedsson & Jamie Keen

Where: #BFBC on Gamesurge irc

When: Friday, April 4th @ 4pm PDT / 7pm EDT

Update: Fixed time zone to PDT instead of PST.
PDT is UTC/GMT -7 hours
EDT is UTC/GMT -4 hours

If you're not familiar with irc follow this tutorial! If you can't attend you can email your questions in. Check this post."
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This is a video of the Game play from the actual beta that went live today.
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IGN writes: "After speaking with spokesperson for EA, IGN has learned a few more details on the intended pricing structure for the weapons in Battlefield: Bad Company. There has been some public outcry that EA is trying to "scam" customers as screens of the BF:BC Beta indicated that some weapons might have to be purchased off of Marketplace, thus giving some an advantage over the rest of the playing field.

Here's the real deal straight from the EA Spokesperson, "Battlefield: Bad Company will release five unique weapons free of charge through five different promotional programs prior to launch. EA will again make these weapons available to players free of charge after launch, in case anyone missed the pre-launch promotions."
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Geekpulp reports people have already started accessing the Beta for Battlefield Bad Company and it seems that there are already people in an outrage at something that has appeared. There is screen showing 20 locked guns, 10 of them can be unlocked through playing the game (like in CoD4) while the other 10 display the following message

"Buy this weapon on Xbox Live Marketplace"
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New screenshots from EA's Battlefield: Bad Company can be seen on this very page. Bad Company has been built from scratch with DICE's brand new Frostbite engine, which not only significantly ups the stakes graphically and where the game's physics are concerned, but also finally allows Battlefield to offer a single-player Campaign every bit as free, involving, impressive and satisfying as the infamous multiplayer always has been. The greatest ... » Read More

Planet Battlefield writes: "Listen up soldiers... This is your chance to land yourself in the Battlefield: Bad Company multiplayer beta test. This beta will give players a chance to revisit the glory of the battlefield and enter an exciting mission to recapture the rewards of war and the agony of defeat. You will be able to battle through two new diverse maps, access new infantry kits and vehicles as well as experience the new tactical destruction in Battlefield: Bad Company that is aiming to change how first-person shooters are played."
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.¿ March 13, 2008¿ DICE, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. today announced the multiplayer beta test for Battlefield: Bad Company on the Xbox 360 video game system from Microsoft. Battlefield: Bad Company will launch on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 in June 2008.
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Planet Battlefield is proud to present a live irc developer chat with Battlefield: Bad Company Senior Producer, Karl-Magnus Troedsson. Have a question to ask about BFBC? Join us this Friday at 12pm PST in #BFBC on Gamesurge irc.

What: Developer chat with Battlefield: Bad Company Senior Producer Karl-Magnus Troedsson

Where: #BFBC on Gamesurge irc (Tutorial)

When: Friday, March 14th @ 12pm PST
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PAL release schedule for 2008 from EA for PS2, PS3, Wii, Nintendo DS, PSP and Xbox 360. Includes releases for Battlefield: Bad Company, Boom Blox, Ninja Reflex and UEFA EURO 2008.
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Ripten:

"What games will be at GDC 2008? The infamous Surfer Girl says three of the above titles will be there, along with four more "definites". We can confirm seven others."
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EA has announced holiday quarter results of $1.5 billion in sales -- the largest in its history, driven by sales of Madden, Rock Band and The Simpsons, but losses of $33 million, and delays for Battlefield: Bad Company and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames to an undetermined time after spring.

The publisher's sales were up 17 percent over the year prior driven by the above titles as well as Need for Speed Pro Street, FIFA 08, The Sims 2 Castaway, and NBA Live 08. Its losses come after profits of $160 million in 2006.
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EA and DICE sent out an email making it official Battlefield: Bad Company has been bitten by Smash-Haze bug (Super Smash Bros and HAZE).
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Lazygamer.co.za reports: "Well this is quite sad, I just got off the phone with someone from EA Games South Africa.

It seems that Battlefield: BC has been delayed from March until June 2008 worldwide. This is apparently due to some extra polishing that the title still requires.

That or the fact that they don't want to land in direct retail competition with MGS4, GTAIV and Rainbow 6 Vegas 2¿.

Yeah March is still an exciting month but I was really looking forward to Battlefield: Bad Company."
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Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey picks what he believes will be the biggest sellers of 2008.
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Dec 3, 2007 After what seems like a long silence, DICE and Electronic Arts have released a new Battlefield: Bad Company trailer, the single-player-based, ultra-destructive Battlefield on consoles. It's looking damn good. As you can see below in this Swedish-filled dev trailer, there's a massive, sandbox world lined up for the shooter and everything explodes and falls apart nicely, which seems to be the big 'hook' for the new ... » Read More

Sept 7, 2007 Early gameplay footage andeight new shots of EAs plot-driven shooter, Battlefield: Bad Company, which is due to invade PS3 and 360 in 2008, have come out of hiding. Introducing Sweetwater, Haggard and Sergeant Redford, the other three members that make up the appropriately titled, B Squad, the trailer starts off calm enough before launching into an all out assault on your senses. Already looking impressive and featuring a straight outta Hollywood plot, revolving around the ... » Read More

In an official press release, EA has confirmed that Battlefield: Bad Company which was scheduled for 9/1/2007 release this year has been pushed back to somewhere next year.
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