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Bad Company’s Conquest mode arrives today

Mike — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:42:01 +0000

Do you still remember what made Battlefield games special? Any self-respecting FPS fan is likely to have experienced his or her share of Conquest, the multiplayer mode that placed developer Digital Illusions CE on the who’s who of first-person shooting. As you may have heard, Battlefield: Bad Company didn’t come with the gametype when it shipped last June.

Well, Conquest is heading to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 today. According to IGN, Conquest would appear on the Xbox Live Marketplace after an automatic update is released. As for the PS3, one would need to download the patch. The gametype would be unlocked once this is done.

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Bad Company’s Conquest mode arrives today

Bad Company isn’t so bad after all

Mike — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:18:54 +0000

I’ve played the demo for Battlefield: Bad Company, and it pretty much captures what GameTrailers’ video review is saying: it’s fun to blow stuff up. There’s also a single player campaign now to keep players busy, which would be particularly useful since the Conquest mode in multiplayer hasn’t shipped yet.

It’s a good thing Conquest is going to be given away for free. Unfortunately, those previous plans for microtransactions has made me leery of Bad Company as a whole. Despite this positive GameTrailers review, Bad Company is still rental material to me.

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Bad Company isn’t so bad after all

Battlefield pokes fun at Metal Gear

Mike — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:57:26 +0000

There’s a new video clip for Battlefield: Bad Company circulating in the internets. It looks like the Digital Illusions-created FPS is once again getting some sort of attention (cough *micropayments* cough), but not because of its merits.

Tell me, is the video clip funny, or is it as a pathetic attempt to get some attention because all eyes are currently on Metal Gear Solid 4? My money’s on the latter.

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Battlefield pokes fun at Metal Gear

New Battlefield video shows house demolition via big guns

Mike — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:34:50 +0000

If there’s one thing that’s disappointing in Call of Duty 4 (aside from its short single-player mode’s length), it’s the lack of destructible environments. You won’t have that problem in Battlefield: Bad Company because from the looks of things, you can shoot holes on ANY structure.

There doesn’t seem to be any permanent cover in Bad Company. However, I still don’t know if the upcoming FPS would have a physics engine that’s realistic enough to show an entire structure being demolished to the ground.

Sure, you can blow holes on walls, but would an entire building fall if you destroy its foundations?

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New Battlefield video shows house demolition via big guns

New Battlefield trailer takes antihero approach

Mike — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:32:39 +0000

There’s a new Battlefield game coming, but it’s not the kind you expect. No, you’re not part of a team of patriotic troops that sacrifice life and limb for the motherland. You’re part of Bad Company, where people love blowing stuff up. Let Pvt. Haggard tell you what it’s like:

Haggard looks very human, with his gestures and all. From what we can judge from the trailer, Bad Company (the group) seems to be a collection of misfits/antiheroes that’s fighting somewhere in Europe—at least that’s what Haggard said. Many of the things the private said seem to be confidential with the cuts and all.

Would the game have that seemingly-humorous tone when we do get to play it? It’s hard to say. What we can confirm is that since it’s a Battlefield game, there’s multiplayer. Surprisingly, there’s a single-player campaign thrown in the mix, so I’m very curious to see how it all adds up.

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New Battlefield trailer takes antihero approach