EA and DICE have announced today that an all new co-op mode is headed to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The four-player co-op mode is called "Onslaught Mode" and is headed soon to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game.
What about a PC release? Well, as of right now that fate has yet to be fully determined. A quick little Q&A on this revealed DICE's reasoning behind the lack of a PC announcement just yet.
We'll have more on Onslaught as details are revealed.
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Onslaught mode can be played with up to four players across four multiplayer maps - Valparaiso, Atacama Desert, Isla Inocentes, and Nelson Bay - redesigned with new lighting, time of day, added vehicles and other effects. Each map has a dedicated gameplay focus, requiring different levels of teamwork in order to complete the objectives against an onslaught of enemy AI. Vehicle warfare comes to the forefront in Atacama Desert while Nelson Bay focuses squarely on infantry assault. Players can compete in squads and check individual progress via the dedicated Onslaught leaderboards.
What about a PC release? Well, as of right now that fate has yet to be fully determined. A quick little Q&A on this revealed DICE's reasoning behind the lack of a PC announcement just yet.
No, we haven't signed away rights to console on this.
The problem we have on PC is that all our servers are dedicated with providers. Changing a server from Conquest 32 players to Onslaught 4 players cuts out 28 player slots from the total ammount available. This could have a dramatic affect on the PC online environment if enough servers changed to Onslaught.
We aren't ruling out Onslaught on PC but at this time we are researching how to bring it to PC without affecting players who don't have Onslaught or their own server to run it on.
The problem we have on PC is that all our servers are dedicated with providers. Changing a server from Conquest 32 players to Onslaught 4 players cuts out 28 player slots from the total ammount available. This could have a dramatic affect on the PC online environment if enough servers changed to Onslaught.
We aren't ruling out Onslaught on PC but at this time we are researching how to bring it to PC without affecting players who don't have Onslaught or their own server to run it on.
We'll have more on Onslaught as details are revealed.
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