The Tracer Gun in Bad Company 2 is one of the most underused and undervalued tools/weapons in the whole game. Here’s a quick guide showing you the basics of the tracer dart – -and remember, you still get points (+30) for hitting an enemy vehicle with your tracer, plus additional assist points if your teammate uses it to destroy the enemy.

EA has released quite a funny “Grenade Spam” Public Service announcement, where a well know baseball pitcher talks about nade spamming and how it’s not as effective in Bad Company 2 as in other games.

The short, 30-sec ad you see above will be appearing on a TV channel near you very soon (if it already hasn’t). DICE plans to release several different ads, and we’ll post them here as soon as we got ‘em. Bad Company 2 is slated for release in just one week.

EA has announced that day-one DLC will be available for Bad Company 2, which will include two new maps, a Rush map called Nelson Bay and a Conquest map called Laguna Alta. If you buy the game used, you’ll have to spend $5 on the two maps. A second map pack is planned for March, which will likewise be free to those who bought the game.

DICE has put together a quick walk through trailer of Bad Company 2 for the PC, where everything we already knew is explained, however, this time, we get a first look at a brand new multiplayer map as well.

A simply genius video showing all the Modern Warfare 2 junkies how to play a real FPS. Enough said.

DICE Germany has been so kind to give us a new video, this time, something for the ones in mood for Valentine’s Day. In fact, it’s just a compilation of the usual footage we’ve seen, with a few hearts thrown in.

DICE has released a demo walkthrough of Bad Company 2 (the demo is out on the PS3 and Xbox 360), which centers around the same map PC players have been testing the beta on: Port Valdez. It does a good explanation of the tactics, objectives and skills needed to play the game, and is a good watch if you’re not familiar with the game.

A brand new trailer which pretty much combines clips from the other trailers and videos released so far.

In case you’re not part of the BC2 PC Beta, here 8 good minutes of gameplay footage for you. You’ll see a lot of what there is to see, although you won’t experience the crashes and hick-ups