Battlefield: Bad Company Conquest Mode DLC coming August 7th
by Alan Tsang 
{ Aug 5th 2008 at 7:00AM }
Back in April, a little PR disaster caused EA to come to their senses and changed their mind about charging players to unlock weapons in Battlefield: Bad Company. Luckily, this trend is continuing with the game's other DLC content as well; later this week, you'll be able to download the first major update to the game, for free.
The update will contain a Conquest Mode which was originally found on Battlefield 1942. The mode allows two teams go against each other in order to reduce one another's tickets. Scoring a kill or capturing control points are two ways to do just that. Anticipate this update to arrive on Thursday, August 7th. Finally, check out the video above of producer Gordon Van Dyke explaining all the updates you should expect.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
JAH75157 @ Aug 5th 2008 7:06AM
did they fix mic support yet? it was annoying to party up with friends then only be able to hear them for the first 20 seconds of the game. I'll think about picking it up when they fix that.
linton @ Aug 5th 2008 8:11AM
completed this game twice now and still havent got all the gold crates and one gun - never mind playing online(which I've not done yet!), so new online content is good when i get round to it
Peter Graham @ Aug 5th 2008 8:47AM
No mention of the size, but for whats getting released presume it will be quite a big patch
sebastian @ Aug 5th 2008 9:36AM
no way this is going to be a small patch its going to take me an hour to download :)
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Seminole @ Aug 5th 2008 10:18AM
Yay! I bought this game the other day, but have yet to even take off the cellophane. I'll get around to trying it sometime this week. COD4 is just too addicting.
wolfehound22 @ Aug 5th 2008 10:37AM
Nice to see that they are supporting this game. Hopefully they continue to support like Burnout is getting supported.
Damian @ Aug 5th 2008 11:39AM
Excellent news , as somebody who owns every single battlefield game , expansion and mappack i really look forward to the release of Conquest mode though i must say gold rush is superb and keeps the battle chaotic and not spread all over the place .
But as much as I look forward to this I would much prefer the chat/MIC's to be fixed as this would make it from a 9.0 game into a 10/10.
I can only imagine how good this game would be if we could actually talk to the others in our squad .
mattsoft @ Aug 5th 2008 1:19PM
Hopefully they'll fix the VOIP and lag issues too. Conquest mode is no good if you can't play online with your buddies.
loves2spooge @ Aug 6th 2008 1:13AM
It'd be nice if they un-nerf'ed the 'nade launcher. Towards the end of the video they show it taking down a chopper....but currently in game, all it's good for is blowing a hole in a wall. I walked right up behind a sniper, launched an m203(?) at his head, near point blank, and he survived.
Also, they really need to implement push-to-talk. I'm getting tired of hearing someone's kids/etc yelling in the background, or just someone breathing hard in to their mic (when the mic/voip works).
The RaZor @ Aug 6th 2008 9:09AM
Push to Talk would be too much of a pain in this game since squad communication is so key.
A simple "mute" option on player voices would be perfect when not playing with your friends.
I have to say though, not playing with a squad of friends makes it much more difficult to command a win.
bizzyb0t @ Aug 7th 2008 1:46AM
Wow, the internets have been pretty quiet about this. Anyone know when this Conquest mode is actually going to be released and how?Is it coming in the form of an update or will this be in the PSN Store as an add-on? Anyone have any idea?