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John Riccitiello’s ” Project Ten Dollar ” endeavor — in which EA looks to combat used-game sales by offering free DLC goodies with new purchases — has another game marching under its banner: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 . Just like Mass Effect 2, the game will ship with a code that enables access to free DLC. The first batch of add-on content for DICE’s shooter will be a set of new multiplayer maps, MTV Multiplayer reports

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 includes ‘VIP code’ for free day-one DLC

click to see the whole battlefield Big-time RTS Supreme Commander 2 is rolling ever closer to release next month, and to whet your appetite for (unit) production , we’ve got some new screens and descriptions of three of the units you’ll be Supreme Commanding around the battlefield. First up is the Bomb Bouncer, a shielded unit that gains power as it’s fired upon and can then throw all of that stored-up damage right back in the faces of any units around it. The Pulinsmash is a unit that creates a vortex to “pull and smash” surrounding units into it, damaging and disrupting them like popcorn in a popper. Finally, the Kraken, as you can see on the right in the picture above, is a sea creature -shaped Cybran experimental submarine that can take down other subs, aircraft and even battlebots on land. Sure, these machines are awesome to go to war with, and we get the whole “commanding the troops” thing, but don’t forget that every one of these rank-and-file units has a family.

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Supreme Commander 2 screens and units ready for duty

It’s time for the masses to try out Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ’s multiplayer, as EA has seen fit to deploy a demo on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The 1.4GB download will see fierce fighting on the Port Valdez map in “Rush Mode.” Access to the demo ends February 25, 2010, a week before launch . For those interested in learning more about the single-player campaign, check out our hands-on of the solo experience with Preston, Sweetwater and the rest of B company.

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 MP demo coming to 360 … NOW

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During tonight’s season premiere of Gametrailers TV, EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was at center stage with first footage and details of the game’s single-player experience. The episode revealed the original B Company would return, with players reprising their role as Private Preston Marlowe.

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Bad Company 2 loses smooth tunes, keeps hardcore explosions

One of the many volleys in DICE’s Battlefield Bad Company 2 marketing campaign meant to sway Modern Warfare 2 loyalists towards its upcoming shooter was the promise of dedicated servers for PC players. That said, when the Swedish game development house recently announced a rental service for those interested in using said dedicated servers, some folks were less than thrilled. According to producer Gordon Van Dyke in an interview with Eurogamer , the reasoning doesn’t have to do with profits so much as protecting “the game’s integrity on PC.” Van Dyke also indicates that DICE’s “authorized hosts” have already been chosen worldwide, though he notes that the studio “will see where the game goes and support it post-launch.” At very least, PC gamers will get a chance to find out if the rental fee is worth it when the game goes into PC beta on January 28. Gallery: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 DICE explains Battlefield Bad Company 2 dedicated server rentals originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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The PS3 community got a chance to get its hands on the multiplayer beta for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in November — today, we learned that the PC community will get its chance to try out the shooter in a few short weeks. According to a recent post on the Battlefield blog, the beta for the PC version of the game will kick off January 28, and will be available until February 25. To get on board, just reserve the game at participating retailers and ..

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC beta dated, detailed

Fiction : Wow, so, we were totally on the back of this ATV, bullets going everywhere and then jumped this ramp. Oh yeah, and then when we landed I went right up to this tank’s butt and blew it up with an RPG, it was awesome! Then we ran into this factory, and we were like “woah,” cause there were all these bullets whizzing by. Then we captured the zone, ran down some stairs and were staring down the barrel of another tank, but we were lucky ’cause our chopper blew it up from the sky. I totally didn’t get hit by any bullets, it was like playing with nOObs! Reality : F*ck, man! I bet you it’s some 12-year-old who keeps sniping us every time we get on these vehicles.

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Bad Company 2 multiplayer trailer portrays ideal gaming experience

NVidia chose to show off the processing power of the new version of its mobile Tegra processor the same way many companies demonstrate their big-boy processors: with Unreal Engine 3. On stage at its CES presentation , NVidia demonstrated an FPS running on the processor — the same processor the company demonstrated in several portable tablet-type devices. Though Epic’s Tim Sweeney classified it as the “same engine” that runs on PC, Engadget described it as “A lot like the iPhone demo we saw recently

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We were unbelievers at the beginning of this new Bayonetta ad (after the break), in which Mega64’s Rocco Botte insisted that he could emulate — nay — top any of the titular action star’s moves. But he’s definitely shooting bullets with his feet and he promises repeatedly that his hair is a demon, so now whose face has got egg on it? That’s right: Ours

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Anything Bayonetta can do, Mega64 does better