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All-New Game Reinvents the Award-Winning FPS Franchise for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - August 21, 2006 - Throw out the rules of engagement, this is all-out war! Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that Battlefield: Bad Company™ is currently in development for the Xbox 360&E153; video game system from Microsoft® and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.

Built from the ground-up for next-generation consoles using Digital Illusions' bleeding-edge Frostbite™ game engine, Battlefield: Bad Company drops gamers behind enemy lines with a squad of renegade soldiers who risk it all on a personal quest for gold and revenge. Featuring a deep, cinematic single-player experience loaded with adventure and dark humor, the game delivers the series' trademark sandbox gameplay in a universe where nearly everything is destructible.

"The heart of DICE's multiplayer games is the frenetic, unpredictable nature of the sandbox experience, where anything could happen at any moment, and that's what we're bringing to the core of Battlefield: Bad Company's single-player campaign, said Karl Magnus Troedsson, senior producer at DICE. "In a world that's 90 percent destructible, the gameplay possibilities are infinite - the battlefield is always changing, forcing players, teammates, and enemies to react accordingly. Gamers will have total freedom to adapt to and tackle challenges in creative Battlefield-style ways."

Battlefield: Bad Company also will feature a full suite of the franchise's trademark multiplayer options with deep gameplay modes designed to take full advantage of the game's massively destructible environments.

Developed by Sweden-based developer Digital Illusions, Battlefield: Bad Company is slated to ship for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2007. For more information about the Battlefield franchise, please visit http://battlefield.ea.com.

The Dice community manager has been invited on Gz.tv for a 41 minutes interview whose streaming video can be viewed here. If you don't have 41 minutes to watch the full footage, the site PlanetBattelfField summarize some interesting points for you :
There will be roughly 10 000 to 50 000 beta testers for the BF2142 by invitation only and you had to play Battlefield before (they don't want random noobs).

C4 Tossing will be once again gone.

New map (Road to Jalalabad) is sponsored by Gamespy - Free to everyone. Described as the "New Karkand"

Infantry mode is being looked at and may be implemented or may not and is pure infantry, no vehicles.

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Gamespot hits three ducks with a single stone and offers a four pages article containing a preview, an interview and four pictures (reproduced here below). On their side, 3DGamers host a new video of the game.

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In an interview granted to BF2142.com, the producer reveals interesting details about the game, such as the release of the demo or the minimum computer specifications needed to run the game well :

Quote :: The demo for BF2 went out about 10 days before launch if I remember correctly, I am sure something similar will be the deal for 2142. We are also going to throw out an open beta in the beginning of August. The beta is predominately to learn about large scale issues, i.e. when we have 10 000's of people playing at the same time, eliminating some of the problems we have encountered after launch previously in the franchise. Keep your eyes open to join.

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Quote :: We keep saying same as BF2 because that's our aim. This would mean,

Minimum Specification:
CPU: 1.7 GHz
RAM: 512 MB
Video Card: nVidia GeForce FX 5700, ATI Radeon 8500 or ATI Radeon 9500 with 128 MB of RAM

But is of course subject to change.

The launch of Battlefield 2: Armored Fury has started off with great success, the maps have been great and the new scout choppers are introducing a whole new style of game play. Not surprisingly, there has been a lot of support and approval from the American community. Playing in Alaska, fields and Operation Road Rage make these maps a great change up in play. If not already, I suggest joining in the fun; it's available for download at http://downloader.ea.com/products/en_US/bf2armor.

We recognize that this has been a very trying time for everyone who enjoys Battlefield 2 and are putting forth every effort to improve upon the issues that are causing some players frustration. The DICE team has been reviewing player feedback gathered from forums, email, and the ranker server providers in an effort to provide the best possible step forward from 1.3. While this work has been highly focused on bug fixing the team has also managed to put some work towards new content.

Some groups have noticed the testing of a new map "Road to Jalalabad" being run on our test servers. This map will be included in our next patch release and is not part of a new booster pack. Some of the items on the change list for this next step are:

- Reversion: Allowing unlocks on unranked servers
- Fix/Reversion: We fixed the issue preventing mod teams from running multiple game modes in one map list.
- Tuning: We have lowered the number of players needed to start a ranked game.
- Tuning: We have made some modifications to the vehicle drop feature introduced in 1.3. These changes should reduce the overall impact of "cartillery" on game play.
- Crash Fix: We have located and fixed a crash connected to 1.3.
These are only a small portion of the fixes being worked on for our next step. We would also like to announce that we will be holding an Open Beta in early July for this next patch. We will have public servers hosted, Beta files available on mirror sites, and specific threads for feedback during this Beta period hosted on the EA forums.

As always keep your eyes on this space for all the latest Battlefield News.

-The DICE Battlefield Team

Although the action is taking place in an ice age, DICE sent some new pictures of a new map with warmer colours. There is also a preview made by a sweddish site which visited DICE studios. Interestings details in it such as this new feature : the network battlefield. It looks like a map where all the enemies seen by your units appears. But, the information is different given the class of soldiers that sees the enemy. For example, if the enemy is spotted by an engineer, you will see if he is in a vechicle or not, if he's spotted by a medic, you'll be abble to see his health, etc.

Here is a movie i found about Battlefield 2142. I really Cant wait to bye it Exclamation

This video was made at E3 2006 If you listen good you here a guy explain some things.

The release of Battlefield 2™ Armored Fury™ Was today. Take a look at these new aircrafts and helicopters that will be included in this new booster pack.

Three New Attack Jets :

Q5 "Fantan" - A powerful Chinese attack jet based on the design of its Russian counterpart the MiG-19. The Fantan has made a name for itself in the Chinese arsenal. Improving the design of the MiG-19 is met with more armament while increasing the amount of fuel it can carry.
[R.H.] BF2 clan - Portal Q5_fantan_sm

A-10 "Warthog" - A rugged attack plane designed to support infantry on the battlefield. While this plane may be one of the slowest, ill suited for air-to-to combat, it makes up with a 30-mm cannon and the ability to "carpet bomb" the terrain. This plane is historically known to take a beating and still stay in the air.
[R.H.] BF2 clan - Portal A10_warthog_sm

Su39 "Frogfoot" - This plane provides the MEC forces with their counterpart for ground support. Designed to fly in low and slow, take out targets while absorbing most attacks. American forces are sure to take cover at the sight or sound of this punishing aircraft.
[R.H.] BF2 clan - Portal Su39_sm

Three New Helicopters :

MD 530 "Little Bird" - Transport and scout helicopter able to carry 3 soldiers on assault missions with light armament. A recent addition to the helicopters is the radar. This helicopter is essentially a moving UAV on the battlefield. The Little Bird will be one of the quickest, agile aircraft on the battlefield. It will be a tough helicopter to knock out because of its swift maneuverability.
[R.H.] BF2 clan - Portal Littlebird_sm

WZ-11 - Chinese made scout helicopter designed and build in the early 90's. The WZ-11 is designed for surveillance sorties. While the WZ-11 cannot compete with modern attack helicopters, it provides a great solution for air support of ground troops.
[R.H.] BF2 clan - Portal W211_sm

EC 635 - This is an essential utility helicopter capable of carrying out scouting missions or quick strike missions. The enclosed tail rotor provides reduced noise in the battlefield, essential for a scout helicopter on a recon mission. The EC 635 is another difficult bird to bring down, being one of the quickest helicopters in the battlefield.
[R.H.] BF2 clan - Portal Ec635_sm

You can download it Here For $9.99 In North America, You can select your regio above.

The release of Battlefield 2™ Armored Fury™ is just around the corner. Take a look at these new aircrafts that will be included in this next booster pack.

Three New Attack Jets
Q5 "Fantan" - A powerful Chinese attack jet based on the design of its Russian counterpart the MiG-19. The Fantan has made a name for itself in the Chinese arsenal. Improving the design of the MiG-19 is met with more armament while increasing the amount of fuel it can carry.
[R.H.] BF2 clan - Portal Q5_fantan_sm

A-10 "Warthog" - A rugged attack plane designed to support infantry on the battlefield. While this plane may be one of the slowest, ill suited for air-to-to combat, it makes up with a 30-mm cannon and the ability to "carpet bomb" the terrain. This plane is historically known to take a beating and still stay in the air.
[R.H.] BF2 clan - Portal A10_warthog_sm

Su39 "Frogfoot" - This plane provides the MEC forces with their counterpart for ground support. Designed to fly in low and slow, take out targets while absorbing most attacks. American forces are sure to take cover at the sight or sound of this punishing aircraft.
[R.H.] BF2 clan - Portal Su39_sm

Three New Helicopters
MD 530 "Little Bird" - Transport and scout helicopter able to carry 3 soldiers on assault missions with light armament. A recent addition to the helicopters is the radar. This helicopter is essentially a moving UAV on the battlefield. The Little Bird will be one of the quickest, agile aircraft on the battlefield. It will be a tough helicopter to knock out because of its swift maneuverability.
[R.H.] BF2 clan - Portal Littlebird_sm

WZ-11 - Chinese made scout helicopter designed and build in the early 90's. The WZ-11 is designed for surveillance sorties. While the WZ-11 cannot compete with modern attack helicopters, it provides a great solution for air support of ground troops.
[R.H.] BF2 clan - Portal W211_sm

EC 635 - This is an essential utility helicopter capable of carrying out scouting missions or quick strike missions. The enclosed tail rotor provides reduced noise in the battlefield, essential for a scout helicopter on a recon mission. The EC 635 is another difficult bird to bring down, being one of the quickest helicopters in the battlefield.
[R.H.] BF2 clan - Portal Ec635_sm