IGN writes: "It's not for us to pit Battlefield: Bad Company 2 against Modern Warfare 2 – thankfully that contentious task has already been taken up by John Riccitiello, EA's outspoken CEO making no bones about the fact that DICE's sequel to 2008's gung-ho shooter has Infinity Ward's showstopper in its sights. And Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is certainly shaping up to be a contender: this takes the destructible sandbox of the first Bad Company and polishes it into something that's got the potential to rise to the top of the class of 2010.
At its heart, Battlefield: Bad Company 2's a first-person shooter that paints its chaos with vehicles, destructible buildings thrown into a sandbox and a campaign that's told with a disarmingly charming gusto in single-player while the multiplayer shows the expertise that DICE has acquired in its many years plying the trade. It's a formula that was introduced in 2008 with the first Bad Company, and it's a formula that's not far removed from the blueprint that's been such a force on the PC since Battlefield 1942 proved such a hit in 2002."
Cultured Vultures: In the spirit of preserving some kind of history of this industry, we’ve decided to list some of the best games that you just simply can’t get hold of digitally at the minute.
I just started playing Spec op. I've had it for years on steam and forgot about it. Such a good game.
Honorable mention to the excellent Driveclub, one of the best racing games of all-time and one of my favourite games ever.
Outrun Online Arcade, Sega Rally Online Arcade, After Burner Climax... all good stuff. I keep my 360 hooked up to play these as well as the TMNT games that were also delisted.
wow...I have all of them except the Nintendo ones either in physical or digital version.
Also..Deadpool the Game is missing on that list.
Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, and a handful other EA games have finally had their online services shut down.
I had no idea that Bad Company 2 was still running, and only now that I know, I want to jump on! 😥
BF1943 is the only online MP game that I was genuinely interested in. Been playing since launch 14 years ago. Hate that I couldn't put in as much time to play as I'd hoped for during the final week.
Dead Space 2...... I wasn't even aware that had multiplayer. Nevermind that it was apparently one of their best multiplayers!
Dead Space 2 multiplayer had been hanging on for years - I'd boot my PS3 up to see some familiar names in lobbies. This will definitely be missed!
EA: "As we close in on 15 years since the release of Battlefield 1943, and Bad Company™ 1 & 2, we are announcing that their journey is coming to an end."
This reminds me... I have ME on my PS3 hdd. Never really played it, but it was free.
On PC I don't think it's much of a problem but I'm sad to see BF43 being shut down. I haven't played it in a while since it's stuck on PS3, but i preferred it way more over BF3. It was the lack of invisible barriers which made it better for me.
Does anyone play the last BF anymore? I searched crossplay servers and it was 20 people the most on all the servers? Can never find a game