Battlefield: BC to Receive Conquest Mode as DLC

April 25, 2008 12:22 PM

Though EA DICE's upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3, X360) will not include the franchises' traditional Conquest multiplayer mode when it arrives on June 23, the mode will be available as a free download following the game's release.

Speaking with HEXUS.gaming, senior producer Karl-Magnus Troedsson noted that fan demand for Conquest had caused the company to reconsider its inclusion in Bad Company. No firm date was provided for the download, though the site estimates its arrival "shortly" after the title's June launch.

Public outcry played a similar role in EA DICE's decision to drop pay-to-play weaponry from the game. Players will instead be able to acquire those weapons by buying the Gold Edition of the game, earning the highest level in multiplayer, or participating in various promotions.

To learn more about the destructible environments and multiplayer modes of Bad Company, check out our humiliating hands-on impressions.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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Sgt_Boomstick

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April 25, 2008 12:25 PM

FUCK YES.

Pay-to-play weapons now free. Free conquest, starting to sound better an better.
- dedgecko
  
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  April 25, 2008 12:30 PM
  
  Free conquest?
  
  Are you kidding me? Just another case of EA being retarded.
  - xsoulbrothax
    
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    April 25, 2008 12:32 PM
    
    They were trying to do something a bit different with BC from the get-go after catching a lot of flak for rehashing, but enough people are saying they want more of the same that they're tossing it back in AFAIK.
  - pyide
    
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    April 25, 2008 12:48 PM
    
    blah, one reason i wanted to try this game was because they had a new game mode and were moving away from the stale conquest featured in EVERY OTHER FREAKING BATTLEFIELD. especially since this one won't allow 64 people or whatever. focused areas of attack & defense sounded awesome.
    
    choice is good, but it's going to suck if everyone sticks to what they know rather than try something new in online games. and i can't imagine adding on conquest after the fact working well on most of these maps that were built for gold rush.
  - Sgt_Boomstick
    
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    April 25, 2008 12:54 PM
    
    Uh, they've been trying to get away form conquest since 2142 with titan mode...that's why they have been pushing that gold rush mode. However, they are still nice enough to offer up conquest mode which was probably not in the original game design but they realized that people want that mode the most regardless. Its great that they are offering options....and free too.
  - dedgecko
    
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    April 25, 2008 2:30 PM
    
    No, I'm not arguing against the addition of conquest, just the notion that anyone would've been thinking of paying for it. It's been a staple of every bf title. To remove it, and then even think for a second that they'd like to charge extra for it, is EA being retarded.
    - xsoulbrothax
      
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      April 25, 2008 2:48 PM
      
      I doubt there was ever a question of it being free or not once they decided to toss it back in, given the nature of why they're putting it in.
      
      On the other hand, if they didn't specifically say it was free, people would have assumed otherwise and a single anonymous forum post would have created a shitstorm that would take weeks to undo.