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Shockblast Media: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 VIP Pack 7 Video Walk Through And Review

From ShockblastMedia.com: "VIP Map Pack 7 represents the two of the first true new maps as part of the VIP program on Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and after just 24 hours, really seems to have brought interest back into the game. Through the course of the VIP program, DICE has been releasing ports of existing maps in different formats, which has definitely been a cause for excitement when the maps finally hit, but still at the end of the day, the excitement tended to be short lived since they were essentially the same old maps. Then there were the maps that never got their ports that everyone waited for, like Valparaiso and Isla Inocentes on Conquest or especially Panama Canal and Laguna Alta on Rush."

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Game-ur4926d ago

One of the guys I play with hated the Harvest Day layout, said their was a missing base from Bad Company 1.

mrv3214926d ago

The base was moved slightly more upstream due to balance issues in testing I believe.

I love the scale of the maps, they are HUGE... both Oasis and Harvest day make Rush a whole new experience.

captain-obvious4926d ago

after going through hell to download those with my slow internet
i played those maps few times then i stopped
its not like they are bsa i love them
they are HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE with a lot of cover even in open spaces(( high grass ))

which makes them perfect for snipers
but i think its too late
i mean when the game ends and we spawn in a new map
every one just go out and there is no one to play with
the only thing why PPL play these game now is because of those 4 new maps
and thats it

but i love them
im going back to play those later on

-Alpha4926d ago

I haven't played the two new ones but the classic maps aren't sniper dominated at all.

Oasis especially was loved for wide openness AND intense CQC. The Rush progression combines both these well.

Love the new maps, just trying to get my stupid Demolition Man trophy so that I can get my Platinum

mrv3214926d ago

I played 3 or 4 games on those maps and saw 1 sniper... the people who left BC2 where the assault guys, the general FPS sort, leaving the hardcore battlefield people behind to moan about the snipers.

funkycoldmedina4926d ago

Did anyone have problems playing Oasis map? I was never able to get into that map for Conquest mode yesterday. I received connection error messages and when it looked like I was finally in at the Join Squad Yes or No screen it was loading for over 5 minutes. I just gave up on that map, but was able to play the other map.

Shackdaddy8364926d ago (Edited 4926d ago )

How is heavy metal? I'm really interested to see how it is since its so huge(thats what she said).

bananasNmonkeys4926d ago

I had worries when I heard about it, but if you like 'old school' battlefield maps you will love it.

And i'm a sucker for a long draw distance:)

jdktech20104926d ago

It's pretty cool but I hate the fact that 95% of the players are bushwookies and just kill from afar.....I hate bushwookies (normal wookies are ok though)

Yomiro4926d ago

I have never lost interest for this game...I love this game.

im-12-years-old4926d ago

I was playing these new maps fine yesterday on my ps3 but today none of my VIP maps are showing up wtf????

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws11d ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman11d ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath211d ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

Chocoburger10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai16d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga16d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole13d ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville14d ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens5216d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_16d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville14d ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM16d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka15d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_16d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long19d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz0919d ago (Edited 19d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.