Have you ever wanted to play Battlefield Bad Company 2 with those who made the game? Well if so you are in luck. On Wednesday the 28th of July 18:00 - 22:00 CEST  you will be able to do that.

If there was an opportunity for you to knife the developers of Bad Company 2, you wouldn't resist right? Imagine having DICE dogtags in your collection. At least five of them.

 Well, now is your chance. Go ahead and make it happen. The Game with Dev event is now coming to PC and we are bringing five DICE -players with us. Always wanted to knife Demize99? How about blowing Bazajaytee up with a Carl Gustav? Epic roadkill on zh1nt0?

Other players are Romeo DICE (special guest) and Stormonster.

The time of this event will be Wednesday the 28th of July 18:00 - 22:00 CEST.

 Servers will be announced as soon as the event starts. This is to make sure everyone has a chance to jump on the servers as soon as we start.

In order to see where we are playing, check out our twitter channels:

 www.twitter.com/demize99

www.twitter.com/Bazajaytee

www.twitter.com/zh1nt0

So, take some time off work, leave the children with someone else, say goodbye to your significant other because this Wednesday is going to be awesome.

If you own Battlefield Bad Company 2 on STEAM, And have been waiting to get a key for Medal of Honor BETA. You now have access to the Medal of Honor BETA through your STEAM client..

Do you own Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on Steam? If so, you now have access to the Medal of Honor beta! Download it from your games library and jump into the fast and furious multiplayer action created by DICE and prove that you are Tier 1! Click here to install the Medal of Honor beta now.

 Machinima.com gives us a look at how DICE got it's start in the video game industry.

EA and DICE have announced that on Wednesday Jun 30th they will roll out a PC patch for Battlefield Bad Company 2.

We are happy to announce the release of the new patch on June 30th.

 All game servers will need to be taken down for updates. The maintenance period starts on Wednesday Jun 30th at 07:00AM (GMT+2). Most of them should be back up by 11:00AM (GMT+2).

During this time window, we will also release the new game client. Check back after 11:00AM (GMT+2), and try out the new game client!

 The complete changelog can be found on:

http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/bc2-pc-service-update/1088496-client-r8-server-r12-qa.html

Daniel has made his first real news post concerning Battlefield Bad Company 2 on the Official Battlefield Blog. In which it gives us an update on the launch of Onslaugt for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Along with an update of the status for the upcoming PC patch #8. All in all we should be seeing the new PC patch early next week.

I am happy about the warm welcome I received from you guys and hopefully this is the beginning of something GREAT!

 

This is the latest update on the lag issue on the NA servers. 

 

The DEV team have been working hard to find a solution to this issue for quite some time now and we think that we have a possible fix now that will roll out gradually over the next few days as the console servers are currently undergoing maintenance in North America to resolve the lag issues being experienced.

 

PlayStation 3 maintenance is complete with Xbox 360 servers being maintained during today on servers that empty to avoid disrupting your game sessions in progress. If you are in America and Canada you can set your EA profile to your country of residence to connect to your local servers which should be lag free once again when maintenance is complete. Report any continued lag issues to us on our forums http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk. 

 

I would also like to add that the BFBC2 PC patch is currently still in development and we have sent it for STEAM compatibility testing today. All being well the patch will be released early next week. For information on what the patch fixes take a look at the changelog on the official forums at http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk.

 

I would also like to announce every Wednesday from now on to be “Community Wednesdays” where I will give you guys a weekly update in the form of a blog post, but also in forums and a direct link to this on the official BFBC2 twitter account at http://twitter.com/OfficialBFBC2 .

 

In these community Wednesday posts I will supply you with information regarding the game.

Official Battlefield Blog

Battlefield Bad Company 2's Onslaught is now avalible on the PS3 and Xbox 360. No word on when or if the PC will get it. You can pick up Onslaught for $9,99/€8,99/£6,99 on PlayStation Network or 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Marketplace. Here is a preview the the download.

The new co-op game mode, Onslaught is available on PlayStation 3 in North America from today and tomorrow (Wednesday 23rd) in Europe.

 Onslaught mode puts a squad of up to 4 players into new co-op missions against an army of enemy AI across 4 maps all while squads compete to obtain the best time on the Onslaught specific leaderboards against other squads as well as the ability to unlock 8 new Achievements/Trophies.

 Available through the in game store Onslaught can be picked up for $9,99/€8,99/£6,99 on PlayStation Network or 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Marketplace.

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During E3 yesterday EA announces that a addon pack for Battlefield Bad Company 2 will bring the game to Vietnam. It will be released sometime in Winter 2010 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The expansion pack contains 4 brand new maps built in Frostbite including the popular Conquest and Rush game modes as well as Vietnam specific weapons, vehicles, persistence, unlocks as well as new awards, achievements and trophies. There is no word on what the price will be yet.

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Map Pack 3 hits the Xbox 360 and PS3 on June 9th. The Map Pack will feature new modes for Nelson Bay and Laguna Alta.

On June 9th, VIP Map Pack 3 will be available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 bringing new modes to Nelson Bay and Laguna Alta.

 Fight for control of the M3A3 Bradley and achieve supremacy against 3 other squads as Nelson Bay is enhanced with Squad Deathmatch mode.

Use all of your squad skills and tactics to secure M-COM stations as Laguna Alta is enhanced with Squad Rush mode.

 The map pack is available with the VIP code which is included in every new copy of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Players that do not have a code can purchase one via the in-game store.

 PC will get the maps available for all players after the release of the next update without the need for a VIP code.

Starting Thursday 3rd June the PlayStation 3 Bad Company 2 servers will go down for maintenance, around 08:00 UTC (09:00 UK, 10:00 Europe, 02:00 Pacific) . Once they are done with that you will start to see prompts to update your PS3 when you next put Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in your disc drive.

The update includes the following changes:

• Kit images added in spawn menu
• Fixed the "required rank" field on the unlock items specified on the W&G page
• Added M14, NS 2000 and G3 in-game unlock pop-up when the requirements for unlocking them are reached
• Added a server side check of the veteran status of the players
• Award bugfix for "Win all 4 game modes" (it had marksman headshot as a dependency)
• Garand did not track anything, Thompson tracked Garand.
• Increased the penalty points for TeamKill and TeamDamage
• Increased the reward points for Objective Actions (Flag Cap/Assist, Arm/Disarm/Destroy/Damage/TeamDestroy/TeamDamage)
• Fixed veteran rank number not showing up in ingame scoreboard
• The southpaw setting now works for the anti-air gun and the Stationary AT
• Collectible weapon messages fixed

 

Now you can go out and get your Garand stats you have all been waiting for.

 

Edit: This update will go out on PS3 in all regions including Japan.

Xbox 360 update is also in the works and is due in the very near future.

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