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We're very excited to share with our community the opportunity to join the Battlefield Bad Company 2 Closed beta for PC!  We've been given 5,000 beta keys by EA and DICE for their upcoming first person shooter, and the best news for the PC community is that it will have dedicated servers!  The key giveaway is currently open to Curse Premium members who are residents of the United States, but stay tuned for additional availability.

If you've been frustrated with the matchmaking systems in other recent games, then this is the game that returns the community feeling for PC players.  Not only that, this game takes team play to a whole new level thanks to new squad-only game modes and multiplayer mechanics like the Destruction 2.0 system.  With character progression as you complete objectives and score kills, along with achievements and a wide variety of multiplayer maps, this game is sure to be a fun addition to the first person shooter genre.

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Beta Details

Below are the details for the beta that this key giveaway grants access to!

• Beta Duration: Begins January 28th, 2010 and ends February 25th, 2010
• Map: Port Valdez
• Supported Players: 32
• Game Mode: Rush
• Environment: Snow
• Theme: Vehicle and Infantry

Port Valdez Backstory

The battle for Port Valdez is fought alongside the waterline towards a great oil industrial landscape in the Alaskan mountains. Using basically everything they’ve got the Russian forces are launching an airborne assault to knock out the oil industries in the area. In their arsenal there are Main Battle Tanks as well as fast-moving Quad Bikes and mobile armored AA. It’s a vehicle focused battle, but with plenty of infantry combat.

Multiplayer Gameplay Trailer

Key Features

• 8 Huge Multiplayer Maps.  Each with a different tactical and gameplay focus and set across a variety of environments.
• Ultimate Online Vehicle Warfare!  15 land, sea and air vehicles, each with a tactical advantage during play.  Race into action with the ATV or rain death from above in the UH-60 transport helicopter with its 2 side-mounted rail guns.
• All-new Squad Gameplay.  Team up with 3 other players and fight together to unlock special awards and achievements in 2 squad-specific game modes.
• Destruction 2.0.  Take down entire buildings, create firepoints in cover to blow it up entirely!  In Battlefield Bad Company™ 2 there will be no place to hide!
• 'Play It Your Way' experiment and refine your ideal combat style with 4 character classes (medic, assault, recon and engineer), 15000+ kit variations, 46 weapons (200 different customization opportunities), 15 gadgets and 13 character specializations.
• Awards and Achievements, combat efficiency and performance is rewarded with special awards such as pins, stars and insignias which contribute to unlocking 50 ranks.

About Battlefield Bad Company 2

Battlefield Bad Company™ 2 brings the spectacular Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of next-gen consoles and PC - featuring best-in-class vehicular combat set across a wide range of huge sandbox maps each with a different tactical focus.

New vehicles like the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and the UH-60 transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics in the warzone, extensive fine-tuning ensures that this will be the most realistic vehicle combat experience to date.

Tactical destruction is taken to new heights with the updated DICE ‘Frostbite’ engine. Players can now take down entire buildings or create their own vantage points by blasting holes through cover, thereby delivering a unique dynamic experience in every match.

Players can also compete in 4-player teams in 2 exclusive squad-only game modes, fighting together to unlock exclusive team awards and achievements. Spawn on your squad to get straight into the action, and use gadgets such as the tracer dart in-conjunction with the RPG to devastating effect.

Excellence in the battlefield is rewarded with an extensive range of pins, insignias and stars to unlock along with 50 dedicated ranks to achieve.

Variety also extends into the range of customizable kits weapons and vehicles available. With 4 distinct character classes, and weapons, gadgets and specializations players have over 15000 kit variations to discover and master players will be able to fine-tune their preferred fighting style to give them the edge in combat.

All of these features combine to deliver spectacular and unpredictable action moments found nowhere else in a modern warfare experience.

The game also sees the return of the B Company squad in a more mature and intense single player experience where the stakes are higher than ever.