Team Up With Friends and Compete to Be the Best Squad in One of
2010's Top Selling Action Games
STOCKHOLM, May 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that Battlefield:
Bad Company(TM) 2 is expanding its award-winning multiplayer experience
with the introduction of an all-new mode called 'Onslaught'. This mode
brings co-op gameplay to the Battlefield franchise for the first
time ever on console. Coming soon, Onslaught mode will be available on
Xbox LIVE(TM) Marketplace and on the PlayStation(R)Network, creating more
reasons for players to check out the game that Seth Schiesel of The New
York Times says "is a better game than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2."
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Onslaught mode can be played with up
to four players across four multiplayer maps - Valparaiso, Atacama
Desert, Isla Inocentes, and Nelson Bay - redesigned with new lighting,
time of day, added vehicles and other effects. Each map has a dedicated
gameplay focus, requiring different levels of teamwork in order to
complete the objectives against an onslaught of enemy AI. Vehicle
warfare comes to the forefront in Atacama Desert while Nelson Bay
focuses squarely on infantry assault. Players can compete in squads and
check individual progress via the dedicated Onslaught leaderboards.
"We're thrilled to bring something new and fresh to Battlefield: Bad
Company 2 while still keeping Battlefield's signature
gameplay intact," says Patrick Bach, Senior Producer at DICE. "We want
to consistently support the over 4 million fans playing the game with
new ways to get into multiplayer and also challenge the elite players
with new experiences to improve their performance online. Effective
squad play is the key to success in Battlefield: Bad Company 2
multiplayer and this new mode will provide players with a dedicated
environment to test their team skills and rank against the competition."
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is available in North America and
Europe for the Xbox 360(R) videogame and entertainment system,
PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment system and PC.
For more information on DICE, please visit www.dice.se.
For more information on Battlefield: Bad Company 2 please visit: www.battlefield.com.
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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, Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE 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.
EA Games Label
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