Experience This Year's Best Online Multiplayer Game before it Hits
Stores on March 2
STOCKHOLM, Jan 28, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that
first-person shooter fans will get early access to the best-in-class
online war experience in Battlefield: Bad Company(TM) 2. Players can
now download a free* console demo worldwide on Xbox LIVE(TM) Marketplace. A
PC beta is also now available to players that pre-order** the game at
participating retailers in North America, Europe and Asia, and through
select community channels. On February 4th, the demo will be
accessible on the PlayStation(R)Network in Europe and on February 11th
in North America. Defined by its increasingly intense vehicular warfare,
destruction, variety of weapons and huge sandbox environments, Battlefield
Bad Company 2 promises to be one of the finest online FPS games of
2010.
"After the success of the PS3 beta, we're excited to provide gamers --
especially our long-supporting, rabidly passionate PC fans -- with
another opportunity to get into the game before release," says Patrick
Bach, Senior Producer on Battlefield: Bad Company 2. "Our fans
have been a huge part of the franchise's success and we can't wait for
everyone to experience the amazing gameplay and unforgettable Battlefield
moments in Battlefield:Bad Company 2."
The Battlefield: Bad Company 2 console demo and PC beta will
feature Port Valdez, a new vehicle focused map where up to 24 players
(32 on PC) will compete against each other as either the US or Russian
armies in the game's Rush multiplayer mode. Players will have access to
five land and three air vehicles where the Russian side can use
everything in their arsenal including Main Battle Tanks as well as the
fast-moving Quad Bikes and Mobile Armored AA. The fight will also be
packed with plenty of infantry combat fought alongside the waterline
towards a great oil industrial landscape in the Alaskan mountains.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be in stores on March 2, 2010 in
North America and March 4, 2010 in Europe for the Xbox 360(R) videogame
and entertainment system, PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment system
and the PC. The Limited Edition can be pre-ordered now on all platforms
at no extra cost, with participating retailers worldwide (while supplies
last).
For more information on DICE, please visit www.dice.se.
For more information on the Battlefield franchise please visit: www.battlefield.com.
Or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/OfficialBFBC2.
* Internet connection and Xbox LIVE Gold membership required. Demo will
end on February 25, 2010.
** Available at participating retailers in North America, Europe and
Asia. Offer and codes expires February 25, 2010.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless
devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EATM, EA SPORTSTM, EA MobileTM
and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of
$4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies.
EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can
be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile and POGO are trademarks of Electronic Arts
Inc.. Battlefield Bad Company is a trademark of EA Digital Illusions CE
AB. "PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. Xbox and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the Microsoft
group of companies and are used under license from Microsoft. All other
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SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.
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