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Battlefield: Bad Company

Shooter

Time to beat: about 4.9 hours

Overview

Battlefield: Bad Company is a 2008 first-person shooter game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the sixth installment in the Battlefield series. It was released in North America on 23 June 2008, followed by a European release on 26 June.

While previous installments were mostly released for PCs, Bad Company was the first game to be developed for consoles and feature a full single-player campaign. Its story follows protagonist Private Preston Marlowe and his exploits to steal gold from mercenaries along with his squad in the midst of a war between the United States and Russia.

The game emphasizes squad-based combat, while retaining the vehicular and large-scale multiplayer warfare of the previous entries. It also marks DICE's debut of its studio-developed Frostbite engine, which allows for highly-destructible environments, such as the ability to blow holes through walls. The engine has since been updated and used in later titles.