Battlefield : bad company 2 PC BETA thread : INFO / Steam release - Games

They just announced a date for the Pc beta [url]http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2010/01/07/bfbc2-pc-beta-update-fr-229-n-dice.aspx##[/url] [quote=gordon van dyke] As promised here is the PC Blog on the Beta & a few other things, yes some people, places, and things may have leaked a little something, but we are here to clarify everything and make it all official since we can now commit to the listed dates! :-) BETA Details: Beta Begins/Ends Jan 28th/Feb 25th Map Name Port Valdez Players 32 Game Mode Rush Environment Snow Theme Vehicle and Infantry Back Story The battle for Port Valdez is fought alongside the waterline towards a great oil industrial landscape in the Alaskan mountains. Using basically everything they've got the Russian forces are launching an airborne assault to knock out the oil industries in the area. In their arsenal there are Main Battle Tanks as well as fast-moving Quad Bikes and mobile armored AA. It's a vehicle focused battle, but with plenty of infantry combat. How to Download: Check back to the Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta Page closer to beta launch date for download instructions. How To Get Access: Reserve Battlefield Bad Company 2 is the most sure fire way and right now we are still finalizing which Retailers & e-Tailers will participate (it's up to them). If you're eager to ensure you get in confirmed distributors to Pre-Order consumers are the EA Store and at GameStop.com. We'll have another Blog to update new retailers & e-Tailers that have teamed up with us as well as alternate channels to obtain a Closed Beta Key. Misc. Details Steam Beta: Yes there was a leaked image of a Package file we propped on Steam. People with illegal accounts can see games in this environment, but this is not a Beta in the term of Public Test Beta, but a real development Beta installer client for the Steam version of the full game. We are however working with Steam to have the Public PC Beta available on Steam, but can't confirm this quite yet so cross your fingers Steam users. :-) Anti Cheat: We're going with PunkBuster supporting the same options BF2 and BF2142 had to run unranked without PunkBuster. Mod Tools: There will not be mod tools for BFBC2. However a majority of the the games logic is controlled by the server and there will be Serverside control options for the dedicated servers. Public Server Files: We will not distribute these publicly. There are many factors for why we have decided this with the biggest factor being security & integrity of our game & Dedicated Servers. [img]http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/IMG_5F00_0617.JPG[/img] Nvidia 3d supported! //GvD [/quote]

Oh, damn. Punkbuster! Now the hackers have to try a little bit harder. :|

I thought they said they would get rid of PB? God I hate PB!

[QUOTE=uber.;19508344]Oh, damn. Punkbuster! Now the hackers have to try a little bit harder. :|[/QUOTE] Don't you mean non-hackers?

Too bad you have to pre-order to get access to the beta. Perhaps I might as well do so then.

o shit o shit o shit cant wait

You don't have to, but you'll get a better chance.

:fappery:

Damn PB. But I can't wait :dance:

So this isn't an open beta then?

Yes it is. You will be able to get a key without pre-ordering, but if you pre-order, you're definitely going to get a key. They said they're still talking it over with which sites etc. they're going to use. I'd watch Fileplanet if you have an account there, they almost always have keys for betas.

We already have a Bad Co. 2 thread, and this info is already posted in it. [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=19507687&postcount=1028[/url]

Yeah but that OP has been banned, so i thought i'd make this one, i didn't even think about just adding it as a post, i'm dumb :(

Aww I have to wait 20 days :frown: