VG247: Battlefield: Bad Company is out of beta and looking fine. EA showed the shooter off at its spring showcase in London today, giving plenty of reasons why killing people in the virtual face is still a good thing.

For streaming audio of the full presentation, head over to the site.
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EA has confirmed to CVG that it will release a free downloadable content pack focussing on the popular Conquest mode for the 360 and PS3 shooter.There are no further details than that at the moment but the free DLC has come about thanks to fan requests. See, they do listen...The DLC will be out after the game ships this summer.Apr 25, ... » Read More

According to XboxFocus.com, It has been discovered that there is another way to still obtain BFBC Beta codes. Larry Hryb, gamertag: Major Nelson, posts at least one new code each day via the web based communication tool Twitter. The codes are given out in a first come first serve basis. Even though the Beta closes Monday, there still may be a chance to grab one.
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Planet Battlefield writes: "Last Friday, Planet Battlefield was invited to the Battlefield: Bad Company Community Day at EA in Redwood City, California. This was actually my first chance I had to play the game, which appeared to be very solid and fun despite not being used to Xbox 360 controllers. Thanks to the guys at EA and DICE for putting together a great event! Keep checking back for more community day features throughout the week.

EA will offer 5 different ways to gain 5 unlocks via FindAllFive.com. This site will tell you how to obtain your unlock codes and then how to redeem them.

Click any of the images below to check out the brand new Find All Five videos!"
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Battlefield: Bad Company will be fighting its way to retailers on June 23rd. Battlefield: Bad Company will have players trudging through deserts, cities and mountain terrain to capture the spoils of war.
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Fresh from hanging out with DICE at EA Studios, U360 has word on the 5 programs to unlock the infamous 5 weapons in Battlefield: Bad Company.
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Electronic Arts has told Eurogamer that Battlefield: Bad Company will be released in Europe on 27th June.

That's just a few days behind the US version, which was officially dated yesterday.
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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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It appears that Electronic Arts is once again making waves in the digital distribution community with a questionable pricing structure for the weapons in Battlefield: Bad Company. We originally reported the story after leaked screenshots showed price tags attached to certain weapons in the Multiplayer Beta, but outraged fans have taken the fight to the virtual streets in the form of a boycott.
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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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Yet another round of Battlefield Beta Codes are out. Hurry up before they're all gone.
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Major Nelson just got his hands on 100 codes for the Battlefield Bad Company beta that kicked off this week. He was going to give them away all in one shot, but to make it fair for people that don't visit his blog every hour of every day, 10 codes will be given away per day for the next 10 days.
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Tipsters are telling Xbox 360 Fanboy that the Battlefield: Bad Company beta has not only leaked to online download sites but that it may also be playable via a burnt DVD-R, much like the demo for Guitar Hero III. The ability to clone the download of the beta and release it to other consoles also reminds Xbox 360 Fanboy of the Call of Duty 4 beta glitch which allowed gamers to use the account recovery feature to circumvent the barriers in place of people who hadn't been selected to participate in the closed test.
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This is a video of the Game play from the actual beta that went live today.
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Zero Continues Editor TalorB tells us about his Battlefield Bad Company Experience so far.
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There's a good chance that when attempting to secure a place in the Battlefield: Bad Company beta you were met with any number of obstacles.

Maybe you weren't an IGN Insider member, or maybe you heard the announcement too late, or just maybe FilePlanet is the devil.

Well wipe away those tears soldier. Your chance to get into the beta increased ten fold today when popular game specialty store GameStop announced that preordering Battlefield: Bad Company will also guarantee you a spot in the beta from March 25th-April 25th. Unfortunately, only the first 5,000 preorders will be given a key to the beta.
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Several Battlefield Bad Company multiplayer Beta testers for receiving 'invalid beta key' error messages when attempting to redeem their code on Xbox Live.

An EA forum moderator says:
"We understand that quite a few of you are getting an Invalid Code error when you try to enter your beta code on Marketplace. This is being investigated and I will update this post as soon as I have more information."

Lest hope its not Halo 3 beta all over again!!!
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For those that begged, borrowed, stole, or lucked their way into the beta for Battlefield Bad Company you'll be happy to hear the servers for the game have just gone up and you can now partake in some multiplayer gold rush action. The beta will go on for one full month, ending April 25th.
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