Battlefield: Bad Company 2
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EA DICE Additional work:
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| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Writer(s) | David Goldfarb |
| Composer(s) | Mikael Karlsson Joel Eriksson |
| Series | Battlefield |
| Engine | Frostbite 1.5 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 iOS Kindle Fire |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (X360) 89.03% (PS3) 88.83% (PC) 88.34% (iOS) 73.33% |
| Metacritic | (X360) 88/100 (PS3) 88/100 (PC) 87/100 (iOS) 64/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A- |
| Edge | 8/10 |
| Eurogamer | 9/10 |
| Game Informer | 9.5/10 |
| GameSpot | 9.0/10 |
| GameSpy |   |
| GameTrailers | 9.1/10 |
| GameZone | 9/10 |
| IGN | 8.9/10 (iOS) 5/10 |
| OPM (US) | 4.5/5 |
| OPM (UK) | 8/10 |
| OXM (US) | 8.5/10 |
| OXM (UK) | 8/10 |
| PC Gamer (UK) | 81/100 |
| PC Zone | 84/100 |
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by the Swedish firm EA DICE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS and Kindle Fire systems. It is a direct sequel to Battlefield: Bad Company and is part of the Battlefield game series. It was released worldwide in March 2010. The iOS port was released on the App Store on December 16, 2010. A Kindle Fire version was released in June 2012.
The game is primarily a squad-level first-person shooter based in a contemporary modern warfare setting. Additionally, the game includes a single-player campaign, where the player re-assumes the role of Preston Marlowe, the protagonist of the original game. The game's Frostbite 1.5 engine allows for destructible environments.Multiplayer maps, which allow for five different game modes, contain a wide selection of vehicles, aircraft and emplacements.
The game was met with positive reception from critics, garnering a mean of 88 from aggregator Metacritic for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, and 87 for the PC version. It has become a commercial success, having sold more than twelve million units since its initial release. Seven VIP map packs as well as a downloadable game mode have been released thus far, plus an expansion pack centered on the Vietnam War, which was released on December 21, 2010.
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