At E3, EA revealed the first expansion to Bad Company 2, or rather a DLC called “Vietnam”. It consists of 4 new maps (multiplayer only) and possible new weapons and vehicles as well.

EA has revealed that the new “Onslaught” game mode will be available on June 22, and will cost $10. As expected, it’s only for the PS3 and Xbox 360, as a PC version has been ruled out.

DICE has released the trailer for the upcoming VIP Map Pack 3 DLC. There are no “new” maps, just the Laguna Alta map in Squad Rush mode and the Nelson Bay map in Squad Deathmatch mode. The new update is free for those who purchased BC2 as new in retail. For PC gamers, the new DLC will simply be as part of the regular game updates.

According to EA, Bad Company 2 won’t beat arch rival Modern Warfare this time, at least when it comes to sales. Considering that Modern Warfare 2 sold over 12 million copies, and Bad Company 2 has just passed 5 million, it’s a no-brainer that Bad Company 2 won’t beat it.

However, Bad Company 2 did get a lot of the market share for online shooters, and, as EA points out in an interview in MCV, the game also grows the audience.

EA and DICE are rumored to be working on Battlefield 3 at the moment, and Bad Company 2 should be a good testing ground for the new engine, and to increase the fan base for future Battlefield games.

After Bad Company 2 came out, it immediately climbed to the top of the multiplayer charts, but lately, it’s been in a steady decline, at least according to gameplay statistics from Xbox Live. Why? According to GameInformer, it’s simply too easy to attain all the ranks and unlocks, leaving little left to play for after a month or two.

Unlike Battlefield 2, where it took a long, long time to get some of the ranks and awards, Bad Company 2 has eased up a lot since it’s also on consoles, and console gamers aren’t as hard core as their PC counterparts.

GameInformer points out that in some of the competing games, like Modern Warfare 2 and Call Of Duty: World At War, it takes a lot longer to get some of the ranks as opposed to Bad Company 2. Which is also the reason why both games are now more popular than Bad Company 2.

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.

According to a Russian website, which claims to have details on a new patch, Bad Company for PC will be getting an infantry-only mode, alongside several improvements, like a better chat function and the ability to toggle on/off crouch and zoom. Knife-combat is set to be improved as well. Also, there appears to be a new map as well, but this remains unconfirmed (and unlikely, a this point).

We’ll have more details soon, and DICE is expected to make an announcement in a few days time. No news on whether the infantry-only mode will be carried over to consoles as well.

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.