May 12th, 2010 
 
DICE has announced that 5 million copies of Bad Company 2 have been sold world-wide, great news for EA and DICE, but let's get to the real news. 
 

Onslaught Mode

We want to consistently support the fans playing the game with new ways to get into multiplayer and also challenge the elite players with new experiences to improve their performance online. Effective squad play is the key to success in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer and this new mode will provide players with a dedicated environment to test their team skills and rank against the competition.  

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.  

May 12th, 2010 
 
DICE has announced that 5 million copies of Bad Company 2 have been sold world-wide, great news for EA and DICE, but let's get to the real news. 
 

Onslaught Mode

We want to consistently support the fans playing the game with new ways to get into multiplayer and also challenge the elite players with new experiences to improve their performance online. Effective squad play is the key to success in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer and this new mode will provide players with a dedicated environment to test their team skills and rank against the competition.  

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.  

This is why listen servers would have been nice.

Well I guess one of us could write a suggestion to DICE to enable the ability to host a game locally from you own PC rather than dedicated but strictly for this and this new mode only? :D This looks fun and its a shame cause Im playing this on a PC. :D

Any words on how much it will cost? Looks great though

4 players local hosting wouldn't be terrible.
 
I'd take that if it's what they had to do.

I think it's a great idea and it sounds like terrific fun, but I'm not liking the prospects of the PC getting it. Frankly, I don't think it's going to be so addicting as to cause most of the community to switch over. The longevity of this gamemode seems short.

There was one scene in the trailer that showed a helicopter firing missiles at a tank. If one the levels allows for players to fly helicopters and rack up kills on AI people, I could see myself enjoying it quite a bit.

Meh, I have to say not really interested in this mode.
It seems to be trying to mimic spec ops from MW2 to some degree, and while that was cool and I enjoyed the hell out of it with my brother at the time, it's not really what I want from BFBC2. Not going to be playing it even if it comes to PC.

At first I thought this was just another 'survival' mode but reading more it sounds like it could be interesting at the very least.

I just want new maps. 

"I just want new maps.  "

I would be stoked for this, but I have the PC version so unless they bring it there this doesn't affect me. 

Awesome!

Sweet.

"Any words on how much it will cost? Looks great though "

" Sweet. "

This could get me back into bc2

" @Seppli said:

" Sweet. "

I hope it comes out on PS3 the same time it comes out on 360. It looks like it would be like horde mode.  "

" @The_Laughing_Man said:

" @Seppli said:

" Sweet. "

I hope it comes out on PS3 the same time it comes out on 360. It looks like it would be like horde mode.  "

I guess it's more like Rush mode against a tons of AI soldiers. Wonder if it's gonna be any good. "

I wonder what the pricetag will be. I'll be buying regardless, since I'm a sucker for Battlefield... I hope it won't be more than 800 MSP. 
 
Also - choppers are sooo 2009. It's 2010 now. The decade of big ass boats has begun! Eat rockets from my yacht - punks!

" I wonder what the pricetag will be. I'll be buying regardless, since I'm a sucker for Battlefield... I hope it won't be more than 800 MSP.  Also - choppers are sooo 2009. It's 2010 now. The decade of big ass boats has begun! Eat rockets from my yacht - punks! "

"I wonder what the pricetag will be. I'll be buying regardless, since I'm a sucker for Battlefield... I hope it won't be more than 800 MSP.  Also - choppers are sooo 2009. It's 2010 now. The decade of big ass boats has begun! Eat rockets from my yacht - punks! "

" @weegieanawrench: there is always a chance, but I am guessing it will be paid. Maps are free, game-modes are paid. 
 
@The_Laughing_Man: the Dr. Pepper stuff has been released on PS3 in Europe. North America should be next, I'll let you guys know when that happens. "

Update 2: The DLC will not be free.  http://bit.ly/9jaxDX

" Update 2: The DLC will not be free.  http://bit.ly/9jaxDX "

Boo, doesn't sound that great. Looks like it's not coming to PC anyway... So no loss, I guess.
 
I'd pay for Titan Mode, however. Even if it doesn't make sense with the setting.

Ehh... I'm not particularly psyched about this. Squad vs AI kinda misses everything I like about Battlefield. You lose the literal battlefield, since theres only a handful of players on your team, and because of the AI you lose the stealth aspect I like about the pvp squad modes. I can see someone having fun with this, but it won't be me.

I'm generally all for coop, but given how bad the AI is in BC2 (and every other Battlefield game ever made), this mode doesn't really intrigue me all that much (though it may not matter, seeing as I play on PC).  I mean, if you think about it...  this is basically like starting a coop bot match in BF2/2142, but with no bots on your side, and if the AI is as ridiculously deadeyed as it is in BC2's single player, it'll just be that much worse.  Unless this game mode ends up being way better than I'm thinking it will be in terms of AI, I anticipate a lot of console players will feel ripped off after buying it, personally.

I am not going to be quick to judge, this mode has potential, surely you can't deny that killing waves of enemies with your friends in a blackhawk or apache doesn't sound fun?

If this is something like Spec ops then it would be cool.
If it's closer to Horde then not so cool.
To me at least.
Ah whatever, it's not coming to PC anyway plus costs extra.

" Ehh... I'm not particularly psyched about this. Squad vs AI kinda misses everything I like about Battlefield. You lose the literal battlefield, since theres only a handful of players on your team, and because of the AI you lose the stealth aspect I like about the pvp squad modes. I can see someone having fun with this, but it won't be me. "