Battlefield gets some Bad Company @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on August 21, 2006

News: EA and DICE reveal the next game in the series.

EA and Digital Illusions (DICE) today revealed they are working on a new Battlefield game. Dubbed Battlefield: Bad Company, the game is scheduled to ship for the PS3 and Xbox 360 sometime in 2007 and it will use DICE's Frostbite engine.

Unlike previous entries in the series, Bad Company will focus more on the single-player campaign.

"Battlefield: Bad Company drops gamers behind enemy lines with a squad of renegade soldiers who risk it all on a personal quest for gold and revenge. Featuring a deep, cinematic single-player experience loaded with adventure and dark humor, the game delivers the series' trademark sandbox gameplay in a universe where nearly everything is destructible."

But that's not to say that Bad Company will forgo a multiplayer mode. EA has promised a "full suite of the franchise's trademark multiplayer options" will be available when the game ships next year.

"The heart of DICE's multiplayer games is the frenetic, unpredictable nature of the sandbox experience, where anything could happen at any moment, and that's what we're bringing to the core of Battlefield: Bad Company's single-player campaign, said Karl Magnus Troedsson, senior producer at DICE. "In a world that's 90 percent destructible, the gameplay possibilities are infinite -- the battlefield is always changing, forcing players, teammates, and enemies to react accordingly. Gamers will have total freedom to adapt to and tackle challenges in creative Battlefield-style ways."

We'll have more on Battlefield: Bad Company soon.