Bad Company 2 'Vietnam' Expansion Announced

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will head to 'Nam in a multiplayer "digital expansion" due to be released this winter, EA announced today during its E3 press conference. Set during the Vietnam War, the expansion to DICE's shooter will arm players wit

Alice O'Connor

June 14, 2010 3:26 PM

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will head to 'Nam in a multiplayer "digital expansion" due to be released this winter, EA announced today during its E3 press conference.

Set during the Vietnam War, the expansion to DICE's shooter will arm players with "authentic vehicles and weapons" as they battle on "four new maps playable in classic Battlefield modes including Conquest and Rush." EA promises "enhanced persistence, new weapons, vehicles, unlocks, awards, achievements and trophies."

Pricing has yet to be announced for Vietnam, which sounds a lot like fancy DLC.

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Gish Forever

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June 14, 2010 3:28 PM

Only four maps? There better be a lot of other new stuff as well, otherwise they are pulling MW2-type shenanigans.
- mrwolf710
  
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  June 14, 2010 3:34 PM
  
  Really? It's a whole different time frame - a whole different "war". 4 maps that take place ~40 years earlier than the current maps. Plus all the "enhanced persistence, new weapons, vehicles, unlocks, awards, achievements and trophies" means they aren't pulling a MW2.
  - dantastic
    
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    June 14, 2010 3:35 PM
    
    they'll find anything to whine about
    - Gish Forever
      
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      June 14, 2010 3:52 PM
      
      I'm not whining, it's just that until I hear some concrete details it's hard to know what to think. I don't put stock into marketing, sorry. If the four maps (and extra stuff) are good and it's at the right price point it will probably be worth it though.
      - JamesArhy
        
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        June 14, 2010 6:36 PM
        
        I think the concrete detail that it's set in Vietnam should be enough to distinguish this from "MW2-type shenanigans". Combine BC2's awesomeness with the Vietnam timeframe and I'm sold!
  - ev0ljon
    
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    June 14, 2010 3:47 PM
    
    You haven't been following the DICE shenanigans lately have you?
- carbontree
  
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  June 14, 2010 3:53 PM
  
  4 maps is pretty weak.