Latest Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Patch Goes Live

08 Jun 2010 at 13:07:35 by James Chalmers

DICE has announced the latest patch for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

The 1.04 update fixes more bugs within the game along with setting up the servers for the Map Pack 3, which launches this week.

PlayStation 3 owners should already be required to update the title while the official Twitter page has confirmed "the multiplayer update for Xbox 360 will release tomorrow (June 9th) with map pack 3".

Last week saw the release of 1.03 and the list of changes can be found here, meanwhile check out the full list of changes coming with the 1.04 patch below:

- Vehicles can now be damaged by friendly fire when playing Hardcore.
- The MG36 now properly has its red dot sight in Hardcore.
- Damaged vehicles no longer blink on the minimap for soldiers without a powertool.
- SPECACT kits can be used on all SDM and SR levels.
- 40mm Shotgun is now properly rewarded platinum at 500 kills not 1000.
- G3 and Mk14 can now use the AR Marksman specialization.
- Fixed a graphical issue when equipping the GOL with a 4x or Red Dot sight.
- Scoring is now awarded after a player's death.
- Increased Tickets in Conquest mode and significantly increased Ticket Bleed when holding a majority or more of flags.
- The Conquest Horn now only plays for a short time when running low on Tickets.
- Updated the weapon stats in the Menu to reflect previous weapon balance changes (no additional weapon balance changes were made).
- Increased the power of the UH-60 miniguns at long range.
- Armored Vehicles are now more effective at running over soldiers.
- Fixed an issue on Isla Inocentes where destroying a fence would also destroy the building containing an MCom.
- Fixed various hangs and exploits.

We are very fond of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 here in the IncGamers office, check out what we thought of the title at launch in our review.

Comment