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Just in from EA's Battlefield Blog Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Code Hunt! (PC) http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/300x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BC2V.jpg On Tuesday the 31st of May at 16:00 CET (10 am EST and 7am PST) we are giving away five Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam codes for PC hidden on five different community sites around the internet.The first one to get the code gets to keep it and also, one code is only valid on one EA account. Happy hunting! Keep a look out for the codes on: www.planetbattlefield.com Pixel Enemy www.offdutygamers.com www.dontrevivemebro.com www.battlefieldo.com For more exciting Battlefield news, keep a look-out on our twitter channels! www.twitter.com/battlefield www.twitter.com/zh1nt0 http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=40041 More...

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Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: New details emerge for another two classic Battlefield maps, re-imagined using Frostbite 2! http://bit.ly/l4X7qy Battlefield: New details emerge for another two classic Battlefield maps, re-imagined using Frostbite 2! http://bit.ly/l4X7qy More... Battlefield: New details emerge for another two classic Battlefield maps, re-imagined using Frostbite 2! http://bit.ly/l4X7qy

Just in from EA's Battlefield Blog Going Back to Karkand #3: Introducing Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/200x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_5F00_Intro_5F00_Final.jpg Yours at no extra charge on pre-order. Part III in a behind the scenes series on Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand We've covered off two of the maps in the pre-order bonus Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand. Today, we have some early concepts from the two remaining maps for you, as well as some clarification on how to get your hands on them. Read on. Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand contains four classic Battlefield maps reimagined with the power of the new Frostbite 2 game engine. We've covered off Strike at Karkand and Wake Island in our previous blog posts, which leaves Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula. Below, you can see some very early concept art that we designed here at DICE to get a feel for what these new versions could feel like. Don't read too much into them, though, as concept art will never be proof of features, content, or even final visual design. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BF3_5F00_B2K_5F00_Gulf_5F00_of_5F00_Oman_5F00_Concept_5F00_550.jpg http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BF3_5F00_B2K_5F00_Sharqi_5F00_Peninsula_5F00_Concept_5F00_550.jpg By the way, there's absolutely no way you can pre-order Battlefield 3 and not end up with the Limited Edition. Battlefield 3: Limited Edition in turn entitles you to the expansion pack Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand once it is released (after launch, date to be confirmed). If you pre-order, this bonus content will be yours at no extra charge. If you do not pre-order, you will still be able to buy it when it is released (price to be confirmed). The goal from the separate development team behind it is to make it every bit as ambitious and full of content as Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam. Closer to the launch of the base game, we will be able to show you just what that means. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BFP4F.jpg On another note, if you want a chance to play on three of these classic Battlefield maps (namely Strike at Karkand, Gulf of Oman, and Sharqi Peninsula), they are all available in the excellent Battlefield Play4Free. Stay tuned for more details on Back to Karkand. For more information on Battlefield 3, visit the Official Site. For the latest news on everything Battlefield, follow us on Twitter. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=39892 More...

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: RT @GunClub: A look at the audio of #MOH and #BFBC2, thanks to sound engineer @raptorclaw141. Enjoy! http://bit.ly/kC3D8n Battlefield: RT @GunClub: A look at the audio of #MOH and #BFBC2, thanks to sound engineer @raptorclaw141. Enjoy! http://bit.ly/kC3D8n More... Battlefield: RT @GunClub: A look at the audio of #MOH and #BFBC2, thanks to sound engineer @raptorclaw141. Enjoy! http://bit.ly/kC3D8n

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 UK Forums Announcement Feed Battlefield 3 Limited Edition: Physical Warfare Pack available for preorder in UK Image:... More... Battlefield 3 Limited Edition: Physical Warfare Pack available for preorder in UK

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: We will reveal Battlefield 3 preorder bonus items in other countries soon. Stay tuned! #BF3 Battlefield: We will reveal Battlefield 3 preorder bonus items in other countries soon. Stay tuned! #BF3 More... Battlefield: We will reveal Battlefield 3 preorder bonus items in other countries soon. Stay tuned! #BF3

Just in from EA's Battlefield Blog Battlefield 3 Limited Edition: Physical Warfare Pack available for preorder in UK http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BF3_2D00_Physical_2D00_Warfare_2D00_Pack.jpg This is for all our UK Battlefield fans out there. You can now preorder the Battlefield 3 Limited Edition: Physical Warfare Pack at GAME and gamestation in the UK and get exclusive in-game hardware at no extra charge. This edition contains the Type 88 light machine gun with bipod for superior firepower, the SKS sniper rifle flash suppressor for increased stealth, and the wicked armor-piercing flechette ammo for the DAO-12 shotgun. Also included is day one access to the semi-automatic DAO-12 shotgun itself. To preorder Battlefield 3 Limited Edition: Physical Warfare Pack in the UK, visit http://www.game.co.uk/ Or http://www.gamestation.co.uk/ This looks cool! What if I'm not in the UK? We will reveal Battlefield 3 preorder bonus items in other countries soon. Stay tuned. For the full press release, visit the EA Extranet. For more information on Battlefield 3, visit the Official Site. For the latest news on everything Battlefield, follow us on Twitter. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=39859 More...

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: Listen to this amazing remake of the BF 2142 tune by @3typen! http://bit.ly/kOWoYC Battlefield: Listen to this amazing remake of the BF 2142 tune by @3typen! http://bit.ly/kOWoYC More... Battlefield: Listen to this amazing remake of the BF 2142 tune by @3typen! http://bit.ly/kOWoYC

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: Happy Monday Battlefield fans! Here´s something to start your monday with - http://bit.ly/aVMA9q #BFBC2 Quad Rush! Battlefield: Happy Monday Battlefield fans! Here´s something to start your monday with - http://bit.ly/aVMA9q #BFBC2 Quad Rush! More... Battlefield: Happy Monday Battlefield fans! Here´s something to start your monday with - http://bit.ly/aVMA9q #BFBC2 Quad Rush!

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 UK Forums Announcement Feed Highlights of the Week, May 20 There More... Highlights of the Week, May 20

Just in from EA's Battlefield Blog Highlights of the Week, May 20 There’s plenty to talk about in this past week in the world of Battlefield, filling the days with great information both old and new on the Battlefield series! We go back to Karkand once more, take a look back on the history of one of the most famous maps in Battlefield, and loads of great fan-submitted videos, making for one solid Battlefield Highlights of the Week. We took a deeper look at the Back to Karkand maps coming in Battlefield 3, chatting with Lead Designer Niklas Fegraeus about his influences and a few of the aspects involved in the creative process of game creation. In the discussion, Fegraeus talks about the Wake Island map and some of the reasons why the favorite map earned a special place in his heart. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_5F00_Wake_5F00_Island_5F00_Concept_5F00_550.jpg “Never having played anything like Battlefield before, my squad of Counter-Strikers ran along on the ground on Wake Island while the other team dive-bombed us with Zero fighters,” says Fegraeus about his first experience with Battlefield. “I was like ‘IMBA! What’s the fun in this?’ Pretty soon, though, I realized this was something completely new and different, and that it was in fact an awesome game.” It’s a great interview and well worth a read. Take a look at the entire feature on the Battlefield Blog here. If that’s not enough for you, we also unveiled the key art for the Limited Edition of Battlefield 3. Be sure to pre-order today to ensure your copy on day one! http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BF3_5F00_LE_5F00_PC.jpg The folks at CallMeDom94.net put together a slick retrospective on the evolution of the Wake Island map, following it from its inception in Battlefield 1942, all the way to what to expect when Battlefield 3 launches this fall. It’s very interesting to see the roots of what we know today, and well worth a look. Be sure to read the whole article here! YouTube user VIDEOSBFC put together a montage of one of the more impressive sights to come out of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, strutting his stuff on a modest ATV. Take a look at the video below and be sure to let us know what you think in the comments below! (Please visit the site to view this media) YouTube user shaz1874 follows suit by demonstrating his love and dedication to all things Battlefield by putting together a great montage of key moments from Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Enjoy! (Please visit the site to view this media) Thanks for tuning in and we’ll be back next week with even more Battlefield goodies for you to enjoy! Until then, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, leave us a note in the comments section and we’ll respond as soon as possible. Follow Battlefield on Twitter! Fan Battlefield on Facebook! http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=39830 More...

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: More on Back to Karkand, amazing fan videos, and a retrospect on one of our most famous maps! http://bit.ly/mognwF Battlefield: More on Back to Karkand, amazing fan videos, and a retrospect on one of our most famous maps! http://bit.ly/mognwF More... Battlefield: More on Back to Karkand, amazing fan videos, and a retrospect on one of our most famous maps! http://bit.ly/mognwF

Just in from EA's Battlefield Blog Some great Friday Fragging for you! Here are two videos we found that represent Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in an awesome way! What is also great about these two videos is that Colin is also a great singer . Enjoy everyone! (Please visit the site to view this media) (Please visit the site to view this media) www.twitter.com/battlefield www.twitter.com/zh1nt0 http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=39824 More...

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: Friday fragging with @DCRUColin! #BFBC2 http://bit.ly/lXAJHu Battlefield: Friday fragging with @DCRUColin! #BFBC2 http://bit.ly/lXAJHu More... Battlefield: Friday fragging with @DCRUColin! #BFBC2 http://bit.ly/lXAJHu

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: This Friday, #OffDutyGamers will be running a #BFBC2 PC/Xbox 360 event, with special guest @zh1nt0 from DICE! Details: http://bit.ly/jFkiwC Battlefield: This Friday, #OffDutyGamers will be running a #BFBC2 PC/Xbox 360 event, with special guest @zh1nt0 from DICE! Details: http://bit.ly/jFkiwC More... Battlefield: This Friday, #OffDutyGamers will be running a #BFBC2 PC/Xbox 360 event, with special guest @zh1nt0 from DICE! Details: http://bit.ly/jFkiwC

Just in from EA's Battlefield Blog Going Back to Karkand #2: “Wake Island has a special place in my heart” http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/200x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_5F00_Intro_5F00_Final.jpg It's yours at no extra charge if you preorder. Release date to be confirmed. Part II in a behind the scenes series on Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand Battlefield 3 is our biggest production ever. We also have our biggest pre-order bonus ever: The complete Back to Karkand expansion pack at no extra charge, available after the base game is released. Read on for more info on this bonus content -- and learn why Lead Designer Niklas Fegraeus shouted “IMBA!” the very first time he played Battlefield. Hi Niklas Fegraeus! You’re Lead Designer on Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand, where the classic Wake Island map will be remade. How far do you and Wake Island go back? -- Wake Island was my very first Battlefield experience, like it was for so many others. In 2002, I was actually involved in a professional Counter-Strike clan. We had just trounced our opposing team, when they proposed a rematch – in the recently released Battlefield 1942 demo on Wake Island! So what did you think of your very first Battlefield experience? -- Never having played anything like Battlefield before, my squad of Counter-Strikers ran along on the ground on Wake Island while the other team dive-bombed us with Zero fighters. I was like “IMBA! What’s the fun in this?” Pretty soon, though, I realized this was something completely new and different, and that it was in fact an awesome game. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_5F00_Wake_5F00_Island_5F00_Concept_5F00_550.jpg Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand is still in heavy development. Above is an early piece of Wake Island concept art meant for inspiration only. You can still recognize the typical shape of this quintessential Battlefield map. Fast forward 9 years to the present. What does it feel like being in charge of the reimagining of perhaps the most defining Battlefield map ever? -- It’s a weird mix of pressure in staying true to the heritage of Wake Island, while at the same time having new and exciting possibilities thanks to the Frostbite 2 engine. -- I feel that we have a shot at making our own unique interpretation of Wake Island. The map has seen so many iterations through so many games that we don’t feel constrained by some hard-coded template of what it must be. One thing on our fans’ minds is why we are working with additional content for Battlefield 3 already? -- Well, with Battlefield: Bad Company 2, we did a lot of experimenting with DLC, and I think that we learnt a lot along the way. The goal is that any content for Battlefield 3 will be of the same quality as Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam. That means we have to start work early alongside the base game. Finally, why do you think Wake Island is a great Battlefield map? -- I love the fact that Wake Island is so straight-forward, that you have such a good view of all the action, and that it has plenty of space for vehicle combat. It just screams Battlefield. "A timeless classic with something for every type of player. A map of true, all-out war!" -- Twitter user @jcdean78 on why he loves Wake Island Lars Gustavsson was Producer on Battlefield 1942 back in 2002 and worked on the original Wake Island. He probably knows more intimate details about the map than anybody working at DICE today. Hi Lars! What guided the design for Wake Island back in the original game? -- The basic premise was that we looked at how real-life Wake Island [from the Pacific Theatre in WWII] looks today. We knew we couldn’t do it to scale, but that kind of one-to-one fidelity wasn’t really of interest to us. Funny thing is, it was in fact downscaled so much due to a decimal error in programming. The map was originally meant to be bigger, but the involuntary downsizing created a very cool and concentrated gaming experience. -- That concentration also comes from the fact that when fighting on land, because of the island’s U-shape, you cannot escape. If there’s a tank in your way, you will have to confront it head-on sooner or later. That’s something we have tried to recreate throughout the Battlefield series: To have some kind of clear frontline. How do you mean, clear frontline? -- Well, on some maps, the frontline can be rather “slippery”, or almost like a merry-go-round. Which happens to work really well on maps like El Alamein. I mean I love that map, but the reason the merry-go-round gameplay works there is because you have an overview of the entire battlefield so you realize when you’ve been overrun. But on Wake Island it was super important to get the sense across of where the frontline is at all times. What is the gameplay generally like on the uniquely shaped Wake Island? -- It’s very dynamic. Its U-shape means that the water gameplay between the map’s two legs – whether it’s going by boat or swimming across – creates new alternatives for when you’re locked in a hopeless struggle against superior armor. There’s always an alternate solution on Wake Island, and for me personally, that’s what makes Battlefield Battlefield. There was a special style and tone to that map as well. -- Yes. It was very much a case of “fun over realism”. We took reality and shaped it into something that suited our design ideas. There’s this neat kind of ‘Kelly’s Heroes’ thing going on in the clash between the paradisiac beauty of the map set against the frantic battles. How do you feel now that Wake Island is set for a reimagining? -- I feel excited! What still grabs me about Wake Island is the fact that it really is all-out war. Aircraft are taking off from the carriers, anti-aircraft guns are firing, boats are coming in, tanks are rolling by… And sometimes you just have to stand there and look out across the glittering water because it’s so beautiful. There will always be a special place in my heart for Wake Island. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BF3_5F00_LE_5F00_PC.jpg Preorder and you get the Limited Edition. Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand is brought to you by the team that developed Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam. It will include 4 classic Battlefield 2 maps reimagined in the new Frostbite 2 engine. It also features iconic Battlefield 2 vehicles, Battlefield 2 weapons to bring back to the base game, new unlocks and persistence, and more. This expansion pack will be available post launch of Battlefield 3. To receive Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand at no extra charge, all you need to do is preorder Battlefield 3: Limited Edition. Come back next week for more in-depth details on Back to Karkand. For more information on Battlefield 3, visit the Official Site. For the latest news on everything Battlefield, follow us on Twitter. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=39769 More...

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: When quads fly #BFBC2 http://bit.ly/m7ixPe Battlefield: When quads fly #BFBC2 http://bit.ly/m7ixPe More... Battlefield: When quads fly #BFBC2 http://bit.ly/m7ixPe

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: The Euro Domination Battlemap is back for #BFBC2! http://bit.ly/jQNzMt Battlefield: The Euro Domination Battlemap is back for #BFBC2! http://bit.ly/jQNzMt More... Battlefield: The Euro Domination Battlemap is back for #BFBC2! http://bit.ly/jQNzMt

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: And for all of our Spanish fans, here is Battlefield Spain! http://www.badcompany2.es/ Battlefield: And for all of our Spanish fans, here is Battlefield Spain! http://www.badcompany2.es/ More... Battlefield: And for all of our Spanish fans, here is Battlefield Spain! http://www.badcompany2.es/

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: RT @zh1nt0: @drifter92 Well everyone knows #BF players are a classy bunch Battlefield: RT @zh1nt0: @drifter92 Well everyone knows #BF players are a classy bunch More... Battlefield: RT @zh1nt0: @drifter92 Well everyone knows #BF players are a classy bunch

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: Some really Breathtaking moments in this #BFBC2 Campaign montage http://bit.ly/lXazso Battlefield: Some really Breathtaking moments in this #BFBC2 Campaign montage http://bit.ly/lXazso More... Battlefield: Some really Breathtaking moments in this #BFBC2 Campaign montage http://bit.ly/lXazso

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: Some very cool pictures from the Logitech Adrenaline Series over at @BFGames www.bf-games.de #battlefield Battlefield: Some very cool pictures from the Logitech Adrenaline Series over at @BFGames www.bf-games.de #battlefield More... Battlefield: Some very cool pictures from the Logitech Adrenaline Series over at @BFGames www.bf-games.de #battlefield

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 Twitter Feed Battlefield: And of course, coming in hot is the new look for the Italian #BF3 Fansite http://www.battlefield3.it/ @Battlefield3ITA Battlefield: And of course, coming in hot is the new look for the Italian #BF3 Fansite http://www.battlefield3.it/ @Battlefield3ITA More... Battlefield: And of course, coming in hot is the new look for the Italian #BF3 Fansite http://www.battlefield3.it/ @Battlefield3ITA

Just in from Battlefield Bad Company 2 UK Forums Announcement Feed Highlights of the Week, May 13 Another week is now on the books here on team Battlefield, and what a week it was! There have been giveaways, details on what More... Highlights of the Week, May 13