Digger[NJLP] wrote:
Now that funny! And its a game I think I could enjoy playing.
Yea,
this looks like fun considering its free but BF3 is what I really am looking forward to playing!!!
Battlefield Bad Company Xbox 360 Beta
Although this is not Battlefield 3, Bad Company has the technology in common with BF3. The Frostbite engine can already show what it has under it's hood, and that in a DX9 environment.
Here the official announcement:
Attention All Battlefield Soldiers!
We are recruiting for an exclusive Battlefield: Bad Company� beta.
The beta will be available on Xbox 360� and downloaded through Xbox Live� Marketplace.
The beta will give you a first look at two multiplayer maps, Ascension and Oasis.
We have a limited amount of beta codes available so enlist now, by sending an email to battlefieldbeta@ea.com
Xbox Live� Gold Account required to play the beta.
So if you got an Xbox 360 and can't wait to play the next Battlefield, this might be a good snack for the wait till then.
...I might consider getting a 360 for this and for GTA4 but if there is gonna be a GTA release for the PC then fuhgeddaboudit PC for ftw!
Battlefield 3 details
* Release in late 2008
* Powered by Frostbite DX
* Set in year modern day (just like BF2, ed.)
* Will ship with 8 maps, each supporting up to 40-players per team
* Two playable factions, NATO and MEC (Middle Eastern Coalition)
* Same ticket-based gameplay style as before
* Maps are mostly urban, based in Middle East
* Squads and Commanders are present, introduced are Battalions which consist of three to four squads.
* Five playable classes; Sniper, Assault, Engineer, Medic and Support
* Will feature 48 different vehicles (24 for each faction)
* Will feature 34 different weapons (17 for each faction) and another 22 unlocks (for both factions), in total 56 different weapons.
* Other unlocks include different types of ammunition, body armor, helmets, camouflage and accessories.
* Possible public beta in Summer 2008
* Online stats tracking, awards and real world ranks
* Soldier feature, looks like MMO-styled characters and avatars
* Ranked servers will be available for resellers weeks before the game ships (for testing, apparently, ed.)
* In-game replay and recording feature
* VoIP, friends list, in-game IM-client and extensive clan support
* Built-in auto software updater (no more patches!, ed.)
* Widows Vista and OS X (no XP?!, ed.)
* Announcement and teaser trailer in January 2008.
* A map is mentioned by name, called Baghdad Burning, and appears to be a massive urban map, similar to BF2's very popular Strike at Karkand. The game is powered by Frostbite DX, currently the Frostbite engine is used in Battlefield: Bad Company on PS3 and Xbox 360. The DX could refer to DirectX (10?), a PC version of the Frostbite engine.