Battlefield: Bad Company

Shooter | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

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• Microsoft Announces More Platinum Collection Titles, New iDOLM@STER [Japan] - 1 day, 21 hours ago / Source: Kotaku
  In Japan, next February sees three more titles to Microsoft's Xbox 360 budget Platinum Collection line. They are: • Battlefield: Bad Company ¥2,940 2/26/09 • Halo 3 ¥2,940 2/26/09 • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 ¥2,940 2/26/09 The following month brings a budget iDOLM@STER and a new iDOLM@STER: • THE iDOLM@STER: Life For You! ¥2,940 3/12/09 • THE iDOLM@STER: Twins ¥5040 3/12/09 Twins, as commenter Muu points out, likely centers on the franchise's Futami sisters. So mark your calenders, March 12 is THE iDOLM@STER Day in Japan. Xbox 360 プラチナコレクションに「Halo 3」など4タイトルが登場 [IT Media]
• Battlefield: Bad Company Trophies - 2 months, 2 weeks ago / Source: Latest News - PSU.com
  Battlefield: Bad CompanyEA and DICE are preparing to launch a patch for their successful shooting franchise that will enable the ability to unlock Trophies. While all of these Trophies are the exact same as their 360 Achievement counterparts, it's nice to see developers tak...
• DICE unveils Bad Company trophies, election results - 4 months ago / Source: Latest News - PSU.com
  Battlefield: Bad CompanyEA DICE has just announced the winners of the Battlefield: Bad Company Conquest map ballot held last week. Rather pleasingly, the two single player levels selected for reinvention as Conquest mode multiplayer maps were none other than those cherry-pi...
• How Did Too Human & Afrika Fare In Japan? [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart] - 4 months ago / Source: Kotaku
  Well, Afrika certainly outperformed the Silicon Knights-developed import; the PlayStation 3 safari game nabbed the number two spot, behind another solid week by Rhythm Tengoku Gold. Too Human debuted at #17, higher than the week's other new Xbox 360 entry, Clannad. In other news, the latest Fire Emblem for the DS rebounded after an off-week, with Square-Enix's Sigma Harmonics showing no signs of recovery. Oh, and some people bought Battlefield: Bad Company. 01. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 76,000 / 612,000 02. Afrika (PS3) - 38,000 / NEW 03. J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship (PS2) - 38,000 / 117,000 04. Fate/Tiger Colosseum Upper (PSP) - 34,000 / NEW 05. Wii Fit (Wii) - 31,000 / 2,578,000 06. Inazuma Eleven (DS) - 29,000 / 71,000 07. Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3) - 26,000 / NEW 08. Dragon Quest V (DS) - 23,000 / 1,148,000 09. Phantasy Star Portable (PSP) - 23,000 / 618,000 10. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 23,000 / 1,734,000 11. Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken (DS) 12. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (DS) 13. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) 14. Meccha! Taiko Drum Master DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken (DS) 15. Shinseiki Evangelion Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku DS with Asuka Hokan Keikaku (DS) 16. Sigma Harmonics (DS) 17. Too Human (X360) 18. Wii Sports (Wii) 19. To Love Ru Trouble: Waku Waku! Rinkangakkou-Hen (DS) 20. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 (PS2) 21. DS Bimoji Training (DS) 22. Mario Kart DS (DS) 23. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3 (PSP) 24. Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) 25. Clannad (X360) 26. Katekyoo Hitman Reborn Nerae!? Ring x Bongole Returns (PS2) 27. Bokura wa Kaseki Holder (DS) 28. Wii Play (Wii) 29. Tokyo Majin Gakuen: Kenfuuchou (DS) 30. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) Media Create Weekly Software Sales [Gpara]
• EA polls gamers on Bad Company maps - 4 months, 1 week ago / Source: Latest News - PSU.com
  Battlefield: Bad CompanyLike a bit of Bad Company? We certainly did when EA DICE's hard-boiled FPS blasted onto our XMBs in June. Thirsty for more? Well, how'd you like to tackle one of those gorgeously destructible single player maps in online Conquest Mode? Electronic...
• New Battlefield Bad Company Dev Diary Talks Audio [Battlefield Bad Company] - 4 months, 4 weeks ago / Source: Kotaku
  Coming from a background in film I can tell you being a Foley artist or a sound designer can be two of the most stressful, but creative jobs in the business. This new developer diary from Battlefield Bad Company shows that even in games, these positions still require a ton of work. It's really fascinating to see what kinds of audio aspects they take into account when creating the game.
• Brief Look at Bad Company's Conquest Mode [Battlefield Bad Company] - 5 months ago / Source: Kotaku
  Earlier this morning Fahey filled us in on Bad Company's upcoming conquest mode which you can download later this week. In this video EA Dice Producer Gordon Van Dyke illustrates what you can expect. It marks a return to very a familiar style of gameplay for those who are veterans of the Battlefield series. Best of all it's coming to you free of charge!
• EA releasing free DLC for Battlefield: Bad Company - 5 months ago / Source: Latest News - PSU.com
  Battlefield: Bad CompanyOn August 7, Battlefield: Bad Company players worldwide will get to experience the intense rush as they tackle online play in a whole new way with Conquest mode. The new mode that will be released as a free download for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbo...
• EA Sales Jump Narrows Losses, Bad Company Sells 1.6 Million [News] - 5 months, 1 week ago / Source: Kotaku
  Electronic Arts more than doubled its year-over-year net sales in the fiscal first quarter, the company announced today. Battlefield: Bad Company, which sold 1.6 million copies, played a key role, and UEFA Euro 2008 and the continuing popularity of Rock Band also pitched in, EA said. The company's total sales were $804 million, a $409 million increase over last year's first quarter. The company still reported a $95 million loss, however, a narrowing from $132 million year-over-year. “We are now seeing the early returns of the change agenda we started last year,” said EA CEO John Riccitiello. “Innovation and quality are rising, our games are more accessible and fun, and we have more new titles than at any time in our history. From Spore on the PC to Dead Space on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to MySims on the Wii and Nintendo DS to Scrabble on the iPhone and Facebook, this is the best title portfolio in the company’s history.” Full announcement after the jump. EA Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Results Battlefield Bad Company Sold 1.6 Million Copies; Madden NFL 09 20th Anniversary Launching on August 12; SPORE Debuts on September 7 REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced preliminary financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2008. Fiscal First Quarter Results (comparisons are to the quarter ended June 30, 2007) Net revenue for the first quarter was $804 million, up $409 million as compared with $395 million for the prior year. During the quarter, EA had a net benefit of $231 million year-over-year related to the recognition of deferred net revenue for certain online enabled packaged goods games. Non-GAAP net revenue was $609 million, up 41 percent as compared with $431 million for the prior year. Sales were driven by the launches of Battlefield: Bad Company™ and UEFA EURO 2008™, as well as the continued strength of Rock Band™. Net loss for the quarter was $95 million as compared with net loss of $132 million for the prior year. Diluted loss per share was $0.30 as compared with diluted loss per share of $0.42 for the prior year. Non-GAAP net loss was $135 million as compared with a non-GAAP net loss of $69 million a year ago. Non-GAAP diluted loss per share was $0.42 as compared with a non-GAAP diluted loss per share of $0.22 for the prior year. Trailing-twelve-month operating cash flow was $239 million as compared with $243 million a year ago. The Company ended the year with cash and short-term investments of $1.947 billion. “We are now seeing the early returns of the change agenda we started last year,” said John Riccitiello, Chief Executive Officer. “Innovation and quality are rising, our games are more accessible and fun, and we have more new titles than at any time in our history. From SPORE on the PC to Dead Space on the PLAYSTATION 3 and Xbox 360 to MySims on the Wii and Nintendo DS to Scrabble on the iPhone and Facebook, this is the best title portfolio in the company’s history.” Highlights (comparisons are to the quarter ended June 30, 2007) Battlefield: Bad Company, Mass Effect™ for the PC, SPORE™ Creature Creator and the recently launched NCAA® Football 09 debuted with strong quality ratings from critics. The SPORE Creature Creator is in the hands of 2.5 million users. Over two million creatures have been uploaded into Sporepedia™ in just six weeks. EA is the number one publisher in North America, with 17 percent segment share and number two in Europe with 14 percent segment share calendar year-to-date. EA Mobile™ is the world’s leading publisher of games for phones – with revenue of $44 million – up 33 percent year-over-year. EA Partners signed a co-publishing deal with id Software to bring RAGE™ to consumers around the world. EA acquired Hands-On-Mobile™ Korea, a leading Korean mobile developer and publisher. EA purchased ThreeSF, developers of an online social network for gamers. Critics gave EA titles high marks for quality and innovation at the recent E3 industry summit in Los Angeles. Highlights included SPORE, Mirror’s Edge™, Dead Space™, Dragon Age™: Origins and Left 4 Dead™ from Valve. Business Outlook The following forward-looking statements, as well as those made above, reflect expectations as of July 29, 2008. Results may be materially different and are affected by many factors, including: development delays on EA’s products; competition in the industry; changes in anticipated costs, expected savings and impact on EA’s operations of the Company’s reorganization plan; consumer demand for console hardware and the ability of the console manufacturers to produce an adequate supply of consoles to meet that demand; consumer demand for games for legacy consoles, particularly the PlayStation®2; the financial impact of potential future acquisitions by EA, including the potential acquisition of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.; the popular appeal of EA’s products; changes in foreign exchange rates; the health of the economy in the U.S. and abroad; EA’s effective tax rate; and other factors detailed in this release and in EA’s annual and quarterly SEC filings. Fiscal Year Expectations – Ending March 31, 2009 GAAP net revenue is expected to be between $4.9 and $5.15 billion as compared with $3.665 billion in the prior year – up 34 to 41 percent. Non-GAAP net revenue is expected to be between $5.0 and $5.3 billion as compared with $4.020 billion in the prior year – up 24 to 32 percent. GAAP diluted earnings per share are expected to be between $0.21 and $0.48 as compared with a diluted loss per share of $1.45 in the prior year. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share are expected to be between $1.30 and $1.70 as compared with $1.06 in the prior year. Expected non-GAAP net income excludes the following pre-tax items from expected GAAP net income: $100 to $150 million for the impact of the change in deferred net revenue (packaged goods and digital content), $230 million of estimated stock-based compensation, $70 million of amortization of intangible assets, $40 million of restructuring charges, $6 million of losses on strategic investments, $2 million in acquired-in process technology, Non-GAAP tax expense is expected to be $85 to $95 million higher than GAAP tax expense. In fiscal 2009, the Company began using a fixed, long-term projected tax rate of 28 percent internally to evaluate its operating performance, to forecast, plan and analyze future periods, and to assess the performance of its management team. Accordingly, the Company has applied the same 28 percent tax rate to its fiscal 2009 non-GAAP financial results.
• Nexon Launches Combat Arms [Free To Play] - 6 months ago / Source: Kotaku
  Remember the uproar that was stirred when folks thought that EA's Battlefield: Bad Company would have weapons only available for purchase? For the few of you who actually liked the idea, Nexon presents Combat Arms, their first multiplayer online FPS. Along with a hearty selection of free weapons, Nexon allows players to purchase new weapons adn equipment from their online store, tricking out their character to their hearts' and wallets' content. You can head over to the official website to download the game for free and check out the tons of new content Nexon has added in honor of today's official launch, including new weapons, a new map, and the addition of a new game mode, Capture the Flag. Wait, they've only just added Capture the Flag? This should be entertaining. Combat Arms [Official Website]
• Music in the Key of E3 [Day Note] - 6 months ago / Source: Kotaku
  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Whatcha Listening To? Like, Right Now? Now? Nothing, not a damn thing, but the sound of keyboard pounding. I actually don't usually listen to music while I'm working, mostly because my office is in a loft and I'd need to wear headphones so as to not get divorced. I did just update my iPhone in preparations for E3, got rid of a lot of the mellow stuff, like Cannonball and Miles, to make room for some more AC/DC, Butthole Surfers and ABBA. Yes, I have freakishly eclectic taste in music. I do go on musician binges, but that usually results in me dropping the band for a really long time. I prefer shuffling all of my songs. I put a break down of the artists on my iPhone on the break, check it out, maybe you'll find something worth grabbing before you visit for E3. Be warned, even though it's just artist names, it's a really, really long list. REALLY! What you missed: Bonus Round Talks E3 Nintendo with Croal, Totilo and Crecente The Magical Disappearing Battlefield: Bad Company Stats Game Club Meets Tonight Hands-On The Force Unleashed Impressions First Easy Xbox 360 Question E3: Dud or a Blast? Marvel MMO: Gorgeous, Fantastic, Still Very Dead The Five Finalists For Kotaku's New Comment Czar "More" Dragon Age Revealed This Wednesday ABBA AC/DC Alicia Bridges Amil Stewart Amy Winehouse Barry White Beach Boys Beyonce Knowles Big Blue Missile Bobby Darin Bob Dylan Bon Jovi The Brand New Heavies Buena Vista Social Club Butthole Surfers Carrie Undewood The Chemical Brothers Christinia Aguilera Coldplay Copycat Corinne Bailey Rae Daughtry David Bowie Dexter Gordon Donna Summer Duran Duran The Eagles Earworm Edwyn Collins Eels Elvis Costello Enya Feist The Flaming Lips Foo Fighters Foreigner The Gibson Brothers Gipsy Kings Gloria Gaynor Grateful Dead Green Dead Herbie Hancock Iron Butterfly Isaac Hayes Jan & Dean Janet Jackson Janis Joplin Journey Juice Newton Justin Timberlake KC & The Sunshine Band k.d. Lang Kool & the Gang Led Zeppelin Lenny Kravitz Lipps Madonna Maroon 5 Marvin Gaye Moby My Chemical Romance Nelly Furtado Nickelback Norah Jones Ozzy Osbourne Party Ben Paul McCartney Paul Simon Pink Martini Plane White T's Pink The Police Prince The Prodigy Quincy Jones REM Robin Williams Santana Seu Jorge Sex Pistols The Shins Simon & Garfunkel Stan Getz Stevie Wonder Sting The Surfaris Teena Maria U2 Vampire Weekend Village People Vince Gil The White Stripes The Who Yvonne Elliman The 5th Dimension 8 1/2 Souvenirs
• Battlefield: Bad Company Review - 6 months, 1 week ago / Source: Latest News - PSU.com
  Battlefield: Bad CompanyWelcome to the 222nd Army battalion, otherwise known as B-Company. This "elite" group of America's finest is what other soldiers like to call Bad Company. It's a G.I task force that is compiled of misfit soldiers and rebels that the government is bas...
• Happy Third! [Day Note] - 6 months, 1 week ago / Source: Kotaku
  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Computer Getting Hot, Me Melting Have you ever wondered how holiday's creep? Like the Fourth of July isn't until tomorrow, of course, but people tend to try and leave a bit early from work the day before. Some people don't go in at all. Stores close early. I keep expecting that one day all of the holidays are going to meld together and no one will ever have to work again... until we run out of, like, everything. Do you ever celebrate the Fourth in Japan? Like freak out the neighbors by setting off firecrackers on a seemingly random day, calling up all of the stories in the region asking for watermelon. Trying to find a place to roast marshmallows? Me? I've never been a big fan of the Fourth. Fireworks just don't do it for me and I the only good watermelon is a dead watermelon in my book. We are going up to the cabin for a long weekend to get away from the heat. While my house is a bt more than a mile above sea level, my parent's cabin is more than 9,000 feet above sea level! Crazy. Even though I'm adjusted to high altitude living I still tend to get headaches for the first day or so. Must be the lack of oxygen. What you missed: Call of Duty: World at War Figures Show Off U.S., Brit Might GH: On Tour Activision's Largest DS Launch Ever Come Party With Kotaku Dark Sector Devs Helping With Bioshock PS3 Sony: 2.40 Firmware Problems Not Widespread Once a Labor of Love, Sales of Football Rosters Now Inflame Passions Battlefield: Bad Company Review: Going For The Gold Can You Really Win A Wii As A Carnival Prize?
• E3 and Its Kotaku Party [Day Note] - 6 months, 1 week ago / Source: Kotaku
  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up, Kiddos? Wow it's been a crazy day. I've spent much of it trying to finalize our E3 plans, which includes that reader party we've been talking about. The appointments are mostly booked for the show. I just have a few companies left to finalize with. Even though there are less attendees this time around, the fact that there really is only two days to see stuff (Tuesday is packed with press conferences) makes fitting all 40 or so companies a real task. As for the party. I just got off the phone with the bar and we've got everything locked down. The party is going to be at the Golden Gopher in Los Angeles on the Sunday night before E3. I even managed to squeeze Gawker Media up for a little open bar monies. This one will be like the ones we've held in New York and Tokyo. A low-key affair that gives us a chance to hang with all of the people who make our jobs possible. I'll be posting the official announcement tomorrow sometime. Can't wait! What you missed: Resistance 2's Leviathan Unveiled Blizzard WWI WoW Pet Revealed Square Enix Confirms Chrono Trigger DS Infogrames-Controlled Atari Gets 49 Percent Of Publishing Revenues From DBZ Frankenreview: Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360) American McGee Gives Gamers Free Grimm Alpha Protocol Aims Ambitiously For RPG, FPS Fans Sony Pulls PS3 2.40 Firmware After Reported Problems One "Mortal Kombat Killer" Avoids Prison Term
• Frankenreview: Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360) [Roundup] - 6 months, 1 week ago / Source: Kotaku
  EA DICE's Battlefield series has been providing PC gamers (and eventually console owners) with solid, entertaining online multiplayer battles for a good six years now. Now that they've proven they can deliver the multiplayer goods they've taken on the single player experience with Battlefield: Bad Company, seeking to provide an offline story mode that is every bit as compelling to the solo-player as the massive multiplayer battles are to the more competitive gamer. Has EA DICE managed to provide a combination of solo and multiplayer experiences worthy of your gaming dollar, or has the mixed focus resulted in mix review scores? The critics arm themselves after the jump. Eurogamer ...that famed Battlefield freedom has finally been translated into a coherent single player campaign, where your choice of route can have a distinct bearing on your chances of success. Governed by a linear succession of objectives, the route you take to get there can often be genuinely up to you. Be it stealthily on foot, sniping everything from afar or storming the gates in a tank, you simply use whatever hardware's at your disposal and set about taking down everyone in your way, in whichever way you can. With gunships and motorboats occasionally upping the ante further still, the moments when Bad Company is firing on all cylinders are thrillingly epic. GameTrailers Bad Company has a slightly different feel than other shooters, and not just because of the much higher things-blown-up to things-not-blown-up ratio. Weapons feel powerful—especially considering how destructible most of the world is—but accuracy isn’t as unnaturally precise as it is in some other shooters and this can make weapons feel less lethal. On the other hand, fans of shotguns will be very happy at the effectiveness of their weapon. GameSpot Be sure to crank the volume up to 11—Bad Company has some of the finest sound design out there. A sniper shot echoes perfectly through the mountains, while indoor firefights are so loud you may want earplugs. Visually the game does not fare as well. While it's by no means ugly, there is a strange graininess on each texture. Even looking into the clear blue sky in the first scene of the game, you'll be amazed at how fuzzy it looks. Of course, the destructible environments and exciting explosions make up for any graphical shortcomings. TeamXbox Battlefield: Bad Company knows what it wants to do and does it. The gameplay is simple and easy to wrap your mind around, but opens up to a lot of different strategies. The explosions are visceral and fun, and the game looks great too. Yeah, I bitched about the color palette, but there are moments when you realize they’re going for that smoky, hazy look that a battle-ravaged landscape would have and it’s O.K. It may not be a magnum opus like GTA IV, but Battlefield: Bad Company is a great piece of mindless fun to waste away some hours with this summer. Not nearly as bad a company as I was expecting.
• Battlefield: Bad Company goes gold - 7 months ago / Source: Latest News - PSU.com
  Battlefield: Bad CompanyElectronic Arts has confirmed that the highly anticipated FPS Battlefield: Bad Company has gone gold and is on schedule to hit North America and Europe later this month. Developed by DICE Sweden, Battlefield: Bad Company features an immersive sing...
• Bad Company And Civ Revolution Demos Hit Xbox Live [Demo] - 7 months ago / Source: Kotaku
  The promised demo of Battlefield : Bad Company is now live on Xbox Live, alongside a demo of Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, giving gamers a lovely choice between creating and destroying. The Bad Company demo comes in both single and multiplayer flavors, with the single player giving you a taste of story-driven sandbox gameplay, while the multiplayer portion lets the more competitive among us battle it out in the objective based Gold Rush mode of the game. The Civilization Revolution demo also contains both multiplayer and single player gameplay, and while I am no expert I am going to go out on a limb and say there is some civilization building going on. Both demos weigh in on the hefty side, with Battlefield at 1.5 GB and Civ at a slightly more modest 1.25 GB. Enjoy! Demo: Battlefield: Bad Company [Xbox Live's Major Nelson] Demo Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution [Same Guy]
• Battlefield: Bad Company Trailer - 7 months, 1 week ago / Source: IGN Complete
  Will you take a bullet for a friend?
• Battlefield: Bad Company gets demo treatment - 7 months, 3 weeks ago / Source: Latest News - PSU.com
  Battlefield: Bad CompanyLooking to spend some quality time with Bad Company? You're in luck - the folks over at DICE have revealed that a demo of their highly-destructible First Person Shooter, Battlefield: Bad Company, will be arriving on PSN June 5. The cohesive demo is s...
• Battlefield: Bad Company Multiplayer Trailer - 7 months, 4 weeks ago / Source: IGN Complete
  Learn how to survive the multiplayer Battlefield.
• Battlefield: Bad Company Progress Report - 7 months, 4 weeks ago / Source: IGN Complete
  We get a taste for gold with B Company.
• Battlefield: Bad Company Screens - 7 months, 4 weeks ago / Source: IGN Complete
  Blasting a path through terrorists and mercenaries everywhere.
• Welcome To Bad Company Promo Trailer - 8 months ago / Source: IGN Complete
  Meet the soldiers of DICE's newest rebellious infantry.
• Gold Fever Hits an All Time High with the Upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company Demo - 8 months ago / Source: IGN Complete
  The single player and multiplayer demo hits Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store on June 5.
• Battlefield: Bad Company Videos - 8 months ago / Source: IGN Complete
  New gameplay clips of single player.
• Battlefield: Bad Company Single-player Impressions - 8 months ago / Source: IGN Complete
  We march through the opening level. Exclusive direct-feed included.