"A lot of buzz has been floating around the internet lately about dedicated servers and we wanted to make sure our all our players have the best understanding of how Battlefield will be played on the PC. Since Battlefield 1942 DICE has used dedicated servers for all platforms. This formula has worked well, and still works well, for us and for the gaming community. We have stayed true to this practice and will continue this tradition into the upcoming title Battlefield Bad Company 2. " _________________
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject:
EA's new slogan should be "We may be evil, but at least we didn't f*** up the multiplayer!" _________________
There is no such thing as too much power. There is, however, such a thing as not enough traction.
Joined: Mar 12, 2008 Posts: 681 Location: St. Louis
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:00 pm Post subject:
As far as I'm concerned, BC2 is going to be our new clan game. Now that I have another fat check in the bank, I'm going to pre-order it. I'll probably pre-order today after my check clears and I purchase my new vid card. Hope to see others on the battlefield! _________________
There is no such thing as too much power. There is, however, such a thing as not enough traction.
Released Thanks Giving day.Im getting pretty excited for this one.
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DICE producer, Gordon Van Dyke made a post on the Battlefield blog talking about the PC version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Unfortunately the beta has been delayed from December to early next year to give DICE more time to increase the PC beta capacity.
Hey all,
We wanted to update you, and slow the flood of tweets, on questions surrounding the BFBC2 PC Beta being cancelled. I'll get right to it and say "the BFBC2 PC Beta is not cancelled". Now this all started due to changes made to an earlier blog that removed the PC Beta from the details and the reason for this was the plan changed. With the huge success of the PS3 Beta we decided to drastically increase the PC Beta's capacity to insure as many people as possible could participate. Unfortunately this meant we had to delay the Beta to very early next year giving us more planning time to make it happen and implement more optimizations.
Here is a recap of the current PC features, and we can now confirm DX11 support with more details to come later!
PC Enhanced Features
* Up to 32 Players on PC (24 on consoles) - Play with up to 32 players online in the biggest multiplayer Maps in Battlefield. Each with a different tactical and gameplay focus set across a variety of environments.
* Full DirectX 9, 10 & 11 Support - Immerse yourself in the Battlefield world as Frostbite engine brings tanks, planes, and explosions to vivid life on your PC. The game will fully support Windows XP, Vista, and 7 with new tech that further improves things like lighting and shadows.
* Enhanced Gameplay - The PC version also includes wide peripheral support like Joysticks for flying, NVDIA 3D Vision, Logitech LCD Keyboards and VoIP Support plus a variety of specific features tailored for PC play.
* Friend Support - Find your friends online with the new buddy list to see if and who is online so you can quickly join their game.
* Dedicated Ranked Server - Everyone gets non-stop action with no connection penalties based on some other player's internet. Ranked Server Provider program will give players opportunity to rent their own server(s) located in professional grade datacenters, ability to modify settings like map rotation, create reserved slots for friends or clan members, kick & Ban players, and custom name your ranked server.
* Clan Support & Private Servers - Independent Clan Tag, and ability to rent servers for hosting and controlling private password protected competitive servers with expanded control over the settings from public ranked servers.
* PC Squad Play System - Updated from previous Battlefield PC titles now gives control of your squad before heading into combat.
I like the fact that they emphasize dedicated servers and clan support. _________________
They got my full attention. It seems they put alot more thought to this game than most other FPS games developers so I expect alot of this game. I expect this game to slap the shit out of MW2 and any thing else that gets in its way. _________________
A lot of the people that would have been playing MW2 are going to be playing this too.
So I would expect a lot more full servers and epic battles. _________________
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