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Rumor: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Beta Begins November 19th

DICE indicated last week that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 could get a beta. Today Gamestop outed the beta and even provided a launch date.

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InFAMOUS15312d ago (Edited 5312d ago )

PS3 BETA??? Interesting.... IF this does turn out to be true its good to see EA coming through on their word of showing love to the PS3

EDIT: This is also good news due to the fact that BF:BC and BF:1943 had a lot of issues on the PS3, alot of them being unaddressed

EvilCackle5312d ago

Yeah, I mean it's possible they'll have a similar deals for the Xbox 360 or PC versions between now and November 19th, though.

InFAMOUS15312d ago

Yes most likely. I cant see them not doing a BETA on PC considering thats where their community started. With regards to the 360, well they have a big install base and MOST mulitplat betas are run on 360 so I can diff see it happening

Fishy Fingers5312d ago

I cant see any mention of beta access on their site http://www.gamestop.com/Cat...

EvilCackle5312d ago

Look at the homepage. There's a big "The Deal" advertisement on the right-hand side.

Fishy Fingers5312d ago

Oh, haha, so there is. My bad, I didn't check the homepage. Cheers, +1.

tdrules5312d ago

hoping for a PC beta so ya know, all the features can be properly tested

cronaldo75312d ago (Edited 5312d ago )

WOW day 1

Dedicated servers on both consoles and PC FTW

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20 Amazing Games That Have Completely Disappeared From Storefronts

Cultured Vultures: In the spirit of preserving some kind of history of this industry, we’ve decided to list some of the best games that you just simply can’t get hold of digitally at the minute.

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TheEnigma31386d ago

I just started playing Spec op. I've had it for years on steam and forgot about it. Such a good game.

EvertonFC86d ago (Edited 86d ago )

Fantastic game,.so underated

Cacabunga86d ago

Yes great game spec ops! Since the time we’ve been asking sony to make one:/

Auto Modelista.. a PS2 capcom racer!! A blast to play and great graphics!
Maximo!
Rival Schools!

LordoftheCritics86d ago

Spec Ops: The Line was super dark.

Incredible story.

SheenuTheLegend86d ago

all the games in the above list are bang on. this is the only reason we need backwards compatibility and physical presense of games for the upcoming future, no matter what.

Yi-Long86d ago

Honorable mention to the excellent Driveclub, one of the best racing games of all-time and one of my favourite games ever.

melons86d ago

yes! incredible rain effects; so good to drive along in rain with your Spotify playlist blaring

Skuletor86d ago

I really wanted a MotorStorm using the same engine, Driveclub is easily one of the best looking games on PS4 and I'm surprised they didn't even give it a PS4 Pro patch.

ravens5286d ago

Yes indeed. May just install it on my PS5. You know, physical copy and all.

monkey60286d ago

I adored Driveclub and the Bike expansion. I also loved Motorstorm. Evolution shutting down was a crime

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darthv7286d ago

Outrun Online Arcade, Sega Rally Online Arcade, After Burner Climax... all good stuff. I keep my 360 hooked up to play these as well as the TMNT games that were also delisted.

Skuletor86d ago

I have quite a few of these. Timed licenses suck.

Terry_B86d ago (Edited 86d ago )

wow...I have all of them except the Nintendo ones either in physical or digital version.

Also..Deadpool the Game is missing on that list.

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EA’s best multiplayer games have now shut down for good

Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, and a handful other EA games have finally had their online services shut down.

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OtterX161d ago

I had no idea that Bad Company 2 was still running, and only now that I know, I want to jump on! 😥

SonyStyled160d ago

I was able to find games in the Vietnam dlc on ps3 the last week. There were articles on here about the server closure when it was announced in April

DaReapa160d ago

BF1943 is the only online MP game that I was genuinely interested in. Been playing since launch 14 years ago. Hate that I couldn't put in as much time to play as I'd hoped for during the final week.

Inverno160d ago

I got really into 43 when I bought Bf3, and preferred it. Everything that I disliked or found annoying about Bf3, wasn't an issue in 43. Too bad they never bothered releasing it on PS4 or PC.

1nsomniac160d ago (Edited 160d ago )

Dead Space 2...... I wasn't even aware that had multiplayer. Nevermind that it was apparently one of their best multiplayers!

anast160d ago

Once people stop buying micros, these companies close the doors.

Xenial159d ago

Dead Space 2 multiplayer had been hanging on for years - I'd boot my PS3 up to see some familiar names in lobbies. This will definitely be missed!

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Battlefield Legacy - Sunsetting Announcement

EA: "As we close in on 15 years since the release of Battlefield 1943, and Bad Company™ 1 & 2, we are announcing that their journey is coming to an end."

darthv72424d ago

This reminds me... I have ME on my PS3 hdd. Never really played it, but it was free.

XiNatsuDragnel424d ago

Digital future ppl is good they say nope imo

Eidolon424d ago

And it still says nothing about being able to downloaded even when it's off the storefront, that's a huge ouchie for some who somehow still have it in their backlog...

Shane Kim424d ago

Dont make it an issue when it's not. If you haven't played it in 15 years, chances are you'll never play it.

isarai424d ago

That all digital future sure looks great!

/s

zidane1341424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

Online game servers shut off eventually all the time. Doesn’t matter if you have the disc or not. Even if you have the disc, it’ll be just paperweight unless the game lets you connect directly to a friend or LAN play.

isarai424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.

zidane1341424d ago

@israrai, you can still buy the disc for less then 10$. Hardly a loss.

TheEnigma313424d ago

You shouldn't have to buy the disc, that's the issue.

OhReginald424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

Some brilliant minds created servers to keep these old online games alive. A lot of ps2 and ps3 games that had there servers shut down a long time ago have been restored by fans to keep it going. Warhawk, killzone 2, socom 2/ confrontation, resident evil outbreak series, etc.

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DankSinatra423d ago

The disc still exist. I don’t understand the issue. You guys are upset about that “all digital future” yet these games are not “digital only”. Hell digital only is a minority in the gaming world and so far we haven’t moved into it, the only digital only games are games as a service or online only games, which end up failing in the end.

This is no different than a store that stops selling old games, just go and buy a copy somewhere else. So which is it, you hate all digital or you like it? Make up your mind.

isarai423d ago

Talk about missing the point entirely. I'm not going to sit here and explain it to you, figure it out.

DankSinatra423d ago

Talk about whining about something and not wanting to explain from an off handed sarcastic original comment.

I got the point just fine. You’re literally complaining about something that has an easy alternative to it.

ManMarmalade423d ago

I don't think you got the point

DankSinatra423d ago (Edited 423d ago )

@ManMarmalade

No I got it, it has to do with the push towards a future of all digital and reprocussions of losing games. Something I already stayed that hasn’t happened nor is it large enough right now to cause any issues as the games that are all digital are online only to begin with or make up the minority of games

So I’ll say it again, the disc still exists for these games that are over a decade old and can still be played easily. You guys are contradicting the whole “we don’t want a digital only future” crying when the dude I originally responded to stated:

“Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.“

So again, which is it? Do you hate all digital or do you want it?

Inverno424d ago

On PC I don't think it's much of a problem but I'm sad to see BF43 being shut down. I haven't played it in a while since it's stuck on PS3, but i preferred it way more over BF3. It was the lack of invisible barriers which made it better for me.

badz149424d ago

BFBC2 was still the best overall package offered by the franchise so far IMO

porkChop424d ago

Absolutely. BC2 was such a great game. It's a shame we never got BC3.

P_Bomb423d ago

I had a great run on Bad Company 2. Pound for pound, as solid a BF package as there’s been.

InUrFoxHole424d ago

Does anyone play the last BF anymore? I searched crossplay servers and it was 20 people the most on all the servers? Can never find a game

SonyStyled424d ago

The last BC you mean? I was still able to find 10v10 on ps3 2 years ago on NA servers during the evenings. I have all the free and paid dlc installed, but there want any matches in the Vietnam dlc.

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