DICE has released a brand new Bad Company 2 wallpaper, base don the new Onslaught mode (which PC users unfortunately won’t have). Click the image for the full sized wallpaper (1920 x 1200).

In the above video you can witness the countermeasures (flares) that have been added in the R8 patch — we’ll have more details on the patch soon. Check out another video with some extended Apache action here.

DICE has revealed the global stats for consoles — Xbox 360 and PS3 — taken from the official stats page, and they compare the Xbox 360 vs PlayStation 3 stats, and as you can see, it seems that there are a bit more Xbox 360 players, but that PS3 players seem to be better at getting tog dags, at least compared to the amount of time they played.

PlayStation 3

• Total Bodycount: 1,398,249,600
• Total Time Played in hours: 33,821,001
• Total Dog Tags: 48,877,238
• Total Resupplies: 103,791,348
• Total Repairs: 59,556,406
• Total Revives: 71,397,406
• Total Spots: 20,473,549

Xbox 360

• Total Bodycount: 1,937,940,576
• Total Time Played in hours: 45,894,223
• Total Dog Tags: 58,811,177
• Total Resupplies: 146,294,744
• Total Repairs: 101,453,514
• Total Revives: 107,925,128
• Total Spots: 25,470,598

DICE has released a batch of screenshots of the new onslaught mode. It doesn’t reveal much — we’d rather have a good tutorial video Anyways, the screens are in 1080p quality, so you can even use them as a wallpaper.

DICE has announced a new DLC for Bad Company 2, which includes a new mode called “Onslaught”. However, the announcement is only for the console versions of Bad Company 2, and the new mode and DLC will not find its way to the PC. The reason? As DICE’s Barry Tingle says:

“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 amount available. This could have a dramatic affect on the PC online environment if enough servers changed to Onslaught.”

Tingle added that they’re looking into bringing the new mode to PC without affecting how many player slots are available. They do face a legitimate problem: if enough servers converted from 32 players to 4 player onslaught modes, there simply wouldn’t be enough lots for everyone to play.

EA has just announced that Bad Company 2 has sold a record breaking 5 million copies after being on the market for just two months. This surpasses all-time sales of the first game, which are rumored to be around 4 million. As we reported earlier, it took the game just three weeks to reach 2.3 million units sold.

Furthermore, EA revealed that the downloadable-only title Battlefield 1943 has sold 1.5 million copies on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

EA’s expects additional earnings wiht a lineup of DLC for Bad Company 2, which will be the most extensive DLC for a Battlefield game to date.

A Russian spray paint artist — and a talented one at that — took some artwork of Bad Company 2 and spray painted it on a BMW X5 SUV, and the results are quite impressive, although we wish the art covered the entire car.

DICE has announced that the console update for Bad Company 2 is in the certification process at Microsoft and Sony, and is scheduled for a May 11 release. The update includes most of the changes PC gamers have received over the past month in several patches. The full list of changes:

• Increased the base range of all Automatic and Semiautomatic weapons for more consistent close range combat.
• Slightly increased the damage of Semiautomatic rifles over long range for more consistent damage output.
• Increased the zoomed burst accuracy of LMGs and decreased LMG accuracy when moving to reduce LMG run and gun.
• Decreased the base damage of the M60 and XM8 LMGs to bring them in line with the other LMG damage values.
• Decreased the damage of the PKM over long range to balance it with other LMGs.
• Increased the base damage of the Type88 LMG to balance it with other LMGs.
• Slightly reduced the base damage of the M16 and G3 to balance the increased range.
• Slightly increased the damage of the AEK971, F2000, AN94, and AUG over long range to balance them with other Assault Rifles.
• Reduced the lethal blast range of the 40mm grenade and M2CG to highlight their role as a secondary weapon against infantry.
• Slightly Reduced the max range of the 40mm shotgun to balance it with other shotguns.
• Slightly increased the base damage of shotgun rounds and reduced their range to clarify ideal shotgun combat distance.
• Reduced the base damage of the PP2000 to balance the increased range.
• Increased the damage of the 9A91 over long range to balance its lower magazine size.
• Increased the damage and range of the M9, M93 pistols to make them more desirable as a secondary weapon.
• Increased the range of the MP443 pistol to make it more desirable as a secondary weapon.
• Increased the damage of the MP412 over long range to balance its low rate of fire.
• Slightly reduced the rate of fire of the M1911 pistol to balance it with other pistols.
• Increased the repair and overheat speeds of the Power Tool. Now overheats sooner but repairs the same amount before overheating.
• Increased the maximum number of Motion Sensors that can be carried from 2 to 3 and increased the speed which new sensors are acquired from ammo boxes.
• Significantly increased the speed of the Tracer Dart projectile to make it more effective against airborne targets.
• Increased the reload time of the Mortar Strike and reduced the damage it does to heavily armored vehicles.
• Decreased the range of Bolt Action Sniper and Pump Shotgun Slug rounds when using Magnum Ammo for better Kit Balance, especially in Hardcore.
• Slightly increased the Health of soldiers in Hardcore for better Kit Balance.
• Increased the benefit from the Medkit Heal+ specialization to make it more desirable as a Specialization.
• Decreased the benefit from Vehicle Reload Speed to balance it against other Vehicle Specializations.
• Slightly decreased the benefit from accuracy specializations to balance the changes to range and accuracy tweaks.
• Fixed a bug where the BMD3 would take extra damage to the front armor.
• Reduced the explosive damage from Attack Helicopter cannons.
• Increased the damage of AA guns against all targets. The AA gun should be much more effective against infantry on Port Valdez.

EA is running another discount on their EA store, where you can get one game with 10%, if you get two games, you get 20% off each game, and if you get three games, you get 30% off each game.

Bad Company 2 is one of the games in the promotion, so if you’re looking to get some digital copies of games, now is a good time to act — we recommend the Bad Company 2 + Mass Effect 2 + Dragon Age combo for some awesome gaming.

Check it out the full deal at the EA Store.

EA and DICE have released the official fan kit, with a set of Bad Company 2 graphics and media which can be used to make fan sites etc. There are wallpapers as well, from desktop to iPhones. You can download the kit at battlefieldbadcompany2.com/downloads