Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam strikes Dec. 21, VIP Map Pack 7 Dec. 1

by Alexander Sliwinski on Nov 30th 2010 11:01AM

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam can finally toss away that pesky "Winter 2010" release window to celebrate an official December 21, 2010, launch date. The expansion will also be available a little earlier on PC "exclusively" through the EA Store and Steam on December 18. Not only that, but DICE has rolled out a double dose of good news, noting the free VIP Map Pack 7 will hit on December 1.

VIP Map Pack 7 will include four new(ish) maps, while Vietnam will be a $15 multiplayer expansion with four more maps, along with new weapons and vehicles. Check out the latest trailer after the break.

Tags: battlefield-bad-company-2, battlefield-bad-company-2-vietnam, DICE, ea, Electronic-Arts, microsoft, pc, playstation, ps3, xbox

Reader Comments (53)

I still think that BFBC2 is the best modern day FPS on consoles, but I almost feel this is too little too late. I still might get this as I feel Black Ops is the same old same old, but considering it took them this long to actually get NEW maps and not just variants for different modes make me think its too late to matter. Hopefully its worth it.

@sammo21 Too late for what? Tons of people play this game every night. Me hinks Battlefield isn't competing head to head with black ops.

My favorite fps this gen and I love the dlc a year + from release.

@Jack Kevorkian

Too late for what? Too late for new maps to finally be released. It took 9 months to get something besides modifications of maps that weren't already in the game from launch and should've been included out of the box to begin with, rather than touted as some super-special bonus for people who bought the game. It was and still is a complete joke what EA did with the VIP pass.

@sammo21 I would say I would have go agree on all points sir.

@sammo21 I agree about BC2 being the best modern-day FPS, at least in terms of multiplayer. But I don't think it's too late. I think it's actually pretty good timing. They let everybody get their Reach and Blops fixes, and now as peoples' interest in those are waning, they're giving them a reason to come back to BC2.

@superklye about what EA did with the vip pass...

I am inclined to disagree. Yes, getting maps that have only been re-purposed, and are not technically new maps is frustrating, however, I have played bf consistently since it came out in, what, march(?) and being on map pack 7 without ever having to pay for it is pretty freakin' sweet.

So right now I could go spend ten bucks on a few new maps for halo, or spend nothing on a few new maps for the game I am always happy to revisit.

@superklye No a complete joke would have been charging for maps. As it is, I love it. With maps as big as bfbc2 it takes me a long time to get bored with what we have.

2 gil

@Jack Kevorkian

But that's the thing: they DID charge for those maps. If you didn't buy the game new, that was $15 extra to...get the same maps you already have on the disc and that should've been unlocked from launch date.

@superklye I am sure EA is worried about your game experience buying the game used and shortchanging them.

@superklye

Or you just bought the game new and got it for free.

@This Little Man Says His Name Is

The fact is: they doled out the maps that shipped with the game in small chunk, claiming they were new map packs, when it was the same maps we already paid for. We didn't get anything for free. It just took them 5 months to give us the entire game we paid for to begin with. And people who bought it used had to pay extra for the game they already bought.

How is it that hard to see this? And why are people defending it? It was lazy and shitty of EA to do. There's no getting around that.

Sauce!

Dec 1st?!! Tomorrow!!

Fantastic. 260 Hours and I'm still not bored of the old maps, but new is always welcome

Finally, new maps for BFBC2... and they drop a DAY after the maps for Halo: Reach. Curses.

@SurlyDuff

Agreed. I was hoping to have some time with the Reach map pack; I'm still trying to get to Lt. Colonel rank for the last cheevo, but I'm still about 100k credits away. I've been rocking the daily challenges, but I'm not going to be able to resist playing Oasis and Harvest Day.

Awesome! Been waiting for release dates for a while, can't wait to try out the new maps!

Harvest Day and Oasis... Good memories come to my mind.

Will this be free to those with the "ultimate" version?

@ohheysean The Map Pack is free, The Vietnam Expansion no

@ohheysean
If you bought it new, and you had a vip code with your game, then yes.

Vietnam will still need to be paid for however.

About time they released some new maps!

I wish they’d redo ‘Backstab’ and ‘Bridge too Far’ from BFMC2.
These do look great though – does anyone know what time GMT they will be available?

@Yalsant

Backstab! what a good map!!!!!

@Yalsant

AGREED!!

My favorite multiplayer game ever

For a darn good reason too!

I sold my game a couple months ago because I was tired of the same old maps. Now I am wondering if I should pick it up again around Vietnam's release.

Hey Joystiq your comment system has been really shitty lately and you need to fix that because I can deal with your lateness on the news compared to other sites, but I come here for the comments and right now that isn't even working properly.

this game never get's old.. and with new maps even less..

Don't know if i want to play that vietnam map pack. i though it was a single player add-on. will be playing the new maps tomorrow.

YaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaY...

Finally a release date! Can't wait for Vietnam but I'll be traveling and won't be able to get to it until the 29th or so. VIP map pack 7 will really tie me over though...can't wait to play Oasis again!

Free for PC :D im in love all over again.

Standalone dlc anyone? Its not like you havent done it before, remember bf1943? Yes? Good then bloody well do that! Plenty of people like me have gotten rid of this game but would like to play the vietnam expansion but dont want to buy it again then get the dlc so come on cop on get your ass in gear and make some freakin STANDALNONE DLC

@BrianZeluz It's not their fault that you got rid of the game. They're supporting their customers that have kept the game and are still playing. There's no reason that Vietnam should be a standalone game. It's much better served as an add-on for their current game.

@Mcmax3000 funnily enough I think it is their fault, I unocked everything and had nothing new to keep me coming back. It's been out for 9 months and now they decide to make multiplayer dlc thats ACTUALLY new? Thats ridiculous of course people will have gotten rid of it by then. Doesnt it make sense economically to release this as both an add-on and standalone? Do they not want more money?

@BrianZeluz

Serves you right for dumping the disc, ony to have to buy it again..

But this is the new model imo, paid DLC tied to game discs. Vietnam has nothing to do with the Bad Co story or era. EA wants you to buy the game again.

@LoosePampelmousse Well EA isnt getting anymore of my money considering the mess they made of moh. Oh well no loss I'll just go play rdr undead nightmare and black ops instead

I man I loved this game to death, but it has taken way too long to get new maps. Basically since Halo Reach came out I have not touched this game and now with black ops out its hard to go back.

I am looking forward to battlefield 3, but they better work on a more steady pace of releasing new maps and also fixing the problems a lot more quickly (don't know if anyone remembers the two months of rubberband lag back in the late spring in BFBC2). They finally fixed it, but that whole experience was the worst I have seen from a development company. But even with that I still rushed out to buy Medal of Honor since DICE did the mutliplayer - man that really sucked. So needless to say I am not jumping up and down about dropping $15 on the map pack (especially after onslaught was such a waste of money).

And this is why this is the GOTY for me, never played any other battlefield game so these are new to me.

Time to dust off my copy and make final push for 50

It may be the awesome video. The 9 month wait. The constant begging and pleaing for new maps on the forums which has turned my brain to mush and made me forget the horrible, infact down right rude absense of any additional content for this beautiful game.

But im going to say it..... It was worth the wait.

Just wondering if anyone knows, do you select it as if it were a seperate game or will it just ask like a map pack?

@iceytoa1 It will be accessible from the entrance screen, so where they have the Singleplayer and Multiplayer options there will also be a Vietnam option.

vietnam for $15? don't they know they could get away with putting even less content in that DLC and release it right now, still for $15, instead of making people wait? the activision way.

Well I guess I can forget about studying for exams in the immediate future.
Thanks DICE, I love you!

i will try it out later this weekend once i done with all my classes

And we finally get the map pack 7!!

Too bad it's not early, but Dec. 21 still lands in time for winter break vacation...woo-hoo!

considering that I haven't played any of the MP at all, this is extra good news.

woooo! can't wait for this :D going to be awesome, though we did have to wait for ages to come but better late than never :P

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