Battlefield: Bad Company coming June 23

by Justin McElroy { Apr 15th 2008 at 9:45AM }

Now that the scandal (to use the term loosely) over Battlefield: Bad Company's purchasable weapons has subsided we can get back to seeing it for what it really is: A game. Just a game like any other, a game that puts its pants on one leg at a time (if games wore pants, which they don't). A game with characters and levels and (as of this morning) a release date: June 23.

So, will you saddle up for some mid-summer destruction? Or are you going to take a pass on B Company's big adventure?

Tags: battlefield-bad-comp..., dice, ea, release-date

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Bleu @ Apr 15th 2008 9:52AM

NO EA your not gettin my money please stop these foolish attempts. DAMMIT!

PojoMofo @ Apr 15th 2008 10:03AM

Co-sign!

Battlefield Heroes for me!

andyg8180 @ Apr 15th 2008 9:58AM

definitely not... im sticking with the original SarcasticGamer.com strike and not giving them any money...

We as a community shot them down by killing one income generator... Well, im gonna keep another $60 away from them by not buying it... I hope everyone else will do the same...

Plus cmon, we have COD4, RB6V, Halo3 and many other games... These guys really kept it kosher... I hope everyone will stand against EA and do the following:

1. rent the shit
2. dont buy the shit
3. steal the shit (lets hope not this one lol... im looking at you gamestop employees!)

eugene @ Apr 15th 2008 9:59AM

nope, too many other games, too many better games, too many games that don't follow an economic model that I despise coming out for me to waste time with this piece of EA garbage.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 15th 2008 10:01AM

I was somewhat...letdown by the Beta so we'll see about this one.

ThePremierAssassin @ Apr 15th 2008 11:49AM

I agree Fenix...

Plus I don't know if this has been confirmed by DICE or not but is GOLDRUSH the ONLY Multiplayer Mode that will come with the game?

If so I'm sorry to say this but I will NOT be getting the game then. The game's single player may be awesome or w/e but the Multiplayer is the real reason I'm interested in this game since DICE apparently has a good track record when it comes to that. Also with the new/kinda revolutionary damage system the game provides a lot of entertainment.

However it still has a lot of significant flaws which is why I won't buy it as of now.

Plus the whole weapons fiasco is retarded. So yeah EA you'll give me the weapons for free...but I've got to give you access to my email?

FUCK EA.

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ Apr 15th 2008 10:13AM

There's TF2 for $30.Who the hell needs other MFPS'?

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ Apr 15th 2008 10:16AM

Oh there's also CSS for $10 and ET which is absolutely free.

Fuck Bad Company.

Drew @ Apr 15th 2008 10:14AM

You're right. It is just a game. A game I won't be purchasing.

sparki @ Apr 15th 2008 10:18AM

Nope... I pledged yes to the boycott, and while they've added the stuff in for freeses, this game still doesn't get my wallet vote.

Maybe next time EA, unless of course next time is Madden or NCAA Episode 20XX... then not next time either.

Lixie @ Apr 15th 2008 10:30AM

Why do all of the big games always release towards the end of the month?

Henry E. @ Apr 15th 2008 10:44AM

I'll be too busy playing MGS4 for such sad game, and besides I rather buy soul calibar 4.

yuppy @ Apr 15th 2008 11:09AM

Oops (had the prior email addy wrong)

Theres a real anti-EA/Anti-premium DLC movement going on out there.

http://theofftopic.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=554

Deck @ Apr 15th 2008 11:21AM

Not entirely sure yet. Though I think perhaps. Considering May, June, July (Not counting Soul Calibur 4 on the 29th as july, Thats practically waiting for August) are totally empty for my 360 for new releases, I may just end up picking this up.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Apr 15th 2008 11:22AM

The game is actuallly looking pretty good, and the trailers so far are pretty entertaining. Here's hoping they release a demo of this soon, cause I definitely want to play this. Sure this game isn't doing anything new, but I do like the idea of blowing shit up.

And on the boycott:
I have to side with Joystiq on this one. I find this boycott to be incredibly useless and retarded. I'd understand some of you guys points if these guns affected the quality of the game or gave a huge advantage to people who bought the guns, then I'd understand and I'd be all for this boycott. But after watching comparison vids, that's not the case. People who don't buy the special edition cd can still enjoy the game even with the inclusion of the locked guns. So you have two choices, you can just not buy the game, or if you're interested in it you can just buy the game and refuse to pay for the extra content. It's as simple as that. Call me what you want, but I'm just looking at this without jumping on the bandwagon. The game actually does look fun, and I'm not going to let some shitty guns stop me from enjoying myself.

glitchy @ Apr 15th 2008 11:39AM

I got my beta key, played for about a half hour and the controls felt all wonky, took about 8 clips, 3 grenades and a falling MLB spy satellite to kill someone, and don't even get me started on the vehicle hogs. Besides when I want to stab I would prefer a single button not put gun in holster, pick up knife, place knife pointing away from your body, then press the fire button and end up missing. Wasn't planning on buying it before, still won't buy it. I know it is a beta but still it feels broken.

riggs @ Apr 15th 2008 12:05PM

i dont know what game YOU played, but it wasnt the battlefield beta. cause none of that happened when i played and ive been playing since it started.

driven2sin @ Apr 15th 2008 4:20PM

seems like hating just to hate - it boils down to a bunch of fanboys here - the beta is really good and a hell of an actual 'game' experience.

Read the reviews, most everyone comments on how tight the balance of sides can get and the constant action even though you can slip away and lone wolf it if you want...

stop with the stupid DLC boycott - those items aren't even any good - it was a dumb idea - just let it die - no one is buying those items, people will get some free from different pre-orders.. i preorded from gamestop so i get the sniper code but the freely unlockable one is better so who cares?

grow up people

WhereAmI @ Apr 15th 2008 11:41AM

Still not interested.

LZBravo @ Apr 15th 2008 11:41AM

I am not buying this game because it is just not fun. Frontlines: Fuel of War on Xbox live is really the next step for people who enjoyed BF:MC. If you were disappointed with the BF:BC beta check out Frontlines. There is a update coming out for it next week which will take Frontlines from a very good squad based game to a great game. If you are remotely interested in BF types games you owe it to your self to check out Frontlines.
...Frontlines...

JangoGod @ Apr 15th 2008 1:23PM

I can't wait for this game! The beta rocks and I can't understand that people are going to let a few crappy guns get in the way.

Even if they just made all the DLC guns normal unlocks, I wouldn't even touch them. They make the starter guns look awesome.

Mike @ Apr 15th 2008 2:22PM

Lame. Trailer. What is it about a soldier sitting down in the middle of a battle zone calmly spouting generic war time dissidence thats supposed to entice me to buy this game? "The Army sure ain't what it used to be..." Aw, poor Clarence. If only the Army could be as fun and supportive as it was when you were in Vietnam. Gag.

Ihavepants @ Apr 15th 2008 4:52PM

Did you watch the original trailer... WATCH THE ORIGINAL TRAILER FOOL.

Mike @ Apr 15th 2008 5:05PM

I'm all set. Also, remind me how the original trailer has anything to do with my comments about the trailer in this post. I'm too much of a fool to see the connection myself, I need your help Ihavepants.

ronuds @ Apr 15th 2008 3:43PM

Ha! These comments are great...I thought this game would garner much more positive attention than it has.

I also had the displeasure of being in the beta and what once was a game I thought I had to have became a game I know I'll never look at again. Absolutely horriblle in comparison to what's out there today.

Maybe Frontlines is the next BF, because BF:BC only allows 24 measly players on maps the size of Mexico. Not only that, but of the 12 players on each team, 8 of them are in vehicles! What a complete joke.

Bravo, EA...bravo for continually proving what a piece of trash you are as a company. The Wal-Mart of video games strikes again.

Mike @ Apr 15th 2008 3:52PM

They'd have to pay me to play it. No thanks.

Flakundenga @ Apr 15th 2008 4:48PM

I don't think i'm gonna buy this game just cuz EA is not giving the weapons entirely free! Besides this game will have to @ least get a 9/10 for me to give EA my $$$ - if anything i'll buy it when in becomes a Platinum Hit or i find it really freakin cheap. EA u suck!!!!!

MarkHawk @ Apr 15th 2008 6:09PM

Im curios on how the single player might be. I wont pass it up because I'm a huge BF fan but I wont buy it week one. I'll see how reviews fair out.

bondoghini @ Apr 15th 2008 10:01PM

I refuse to buy any game from EA, especially this one. It was one of the worst games I have played and just the thought of EA thinking about charging for weapons still disgusts me.

Steve @ Apr 16th 2008 1:09AM

Sorry. Too little damage control too late. EA took us for dummies, got raped for it, now they need to learn that there is no reward for being sorry. They're only sorry because they got called out and the extra money that would have been reaped from the idiots that did buy the DLC was just not worth the bad PR ruining their launch and overshadowing the game. EA is thinking of it's bottom line here nothing else so FUCK THEM.