PS3 BFBC:2 Patch Tomorrow

Just a friendly head’s-up to all you Battlefield: Bad Company 2 aficionados out there – the servers are going dark tomorrow but for good reason. A new update will be pushed out remedying some known issues with the game. Our favourite fix? Something to do with Garands. Feel free to let those of us who have yet to play the game what the hell this means in the comments below.

As revealed by Bazajaytee on the official blog:

The update includes the following changes:

• Kit images added in spawn menu
• Fixed the “required rank” field on the unlock items specified on the W&G page
• Added M14, NS 2000 and G3 in-game unlock pop-up when the requirements for unlocking them are reached
• Added a server side check of the veteran status of the players
• Award bugfix for “Win all 4 game modes” (it had marksman headshot as a dependency)
• Garand did not track anything, Thompson tracked Garand.
• Increased the penalty points for TeamKill and TeamDamage
• Increased the reward points for Objective Actions (Flag Cap/Assist, Arm/Disarm/Destroy/Damage/TeamDestroy/TeamDamage)
• Fixed veteran rank number not showing up in ingame scoreboard
• The southpaw setting now works for the anti-air gun and the Stationary AT
• Collectible weapon messages fixed

The update hits at 09:00 UK, 10:00 Europe, 02:00 Pacific. Not Pacific as in Japan. No, no – no patch for Japan. We have no idea why.

Source: Battlefield 2 blog