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Originally Posted by =)BiT(=Wysiwyg1977

In an interview with John Hargelid, NetGameRadio managed to find out that there will be a big announcement coming out for BF2. There are supposed to be new maps. Official details should be revealed this coming Monday.

A recording of the interview can be found here


The interview starts around the 39 min mark.

Points of Interest (gathered from host and fan questions):
- DICE, not EA has control over decision to turn off Master Servers, and they have no intention to shut them down as BF2 is still so popular.
- No 'official patch' mentioned, in the literally sense, just that there is something 'in the works' to be revealed on BF2's 3yr anniversary on Monday 22 June.
- Acknowledges the success of the stats system in setting a new status quo for game longevity.
- No intention in tweaking effective distance in regards to TOW missiles being able to take out assets at start of round (ie: TOW from Hotel to MEC base on Sharqi)
- Spectator modes/BF TV...would they happen for Competitive market for BF2 or future BF titles. "In heavy discussion...they want it...but it's not feasible for now.
- Frostbite Engine for PC - 'definitely possible'

would be cool to see something new happen with BF2, from the developers.

YouTube - Patch 1.5 BF2

heres a short bit of it someone posted on youtube.

netGameRadio • News • nGR sets the world media attention alight!!!

Originally Posted by "netgameradio

In a world exclusive event, on Friday the 20th of June, a massive bombshell was dropped on netGameRadio's 'The Inside Battlefield Show'. In an exclusive world first soaring interview, it was confirmed that on Monday, the 23rd of June, to coincide with Battlefield 2's third birthday, gamers will see an announcement regarding a new patch coupled with exciting original maps.

The interview was directly with John Hargelid, a Live Producer from DICE, Sweden, who confirmed that support for Battlefield 2 is not over, and that an announcement regarding a possible new patch and maps will be announced on Monday. The question that was directly answered included references to a patch, maps, and gaming modes.

Whilst 'The Inside Battlefield Show' has been, to date, a local production for the value of our listener base in Australia and New Zealand, netGameRadio received world wide gaming press attention with the release of this information. Planet Battlefield, Total Gaming Network, GameTrailers, BF2s, Gamespot, i3d, and local ISP Internode, are all talking about our recent interview with DICE, and eagerly awaiting the announcement on Monday.

Some of these mediums have also hosted the file locally and in their own audio streaming server, with key references pointing to the interview. A BF2s member has also created a YouTube link for people wanting to hear the most important snippet of the night.

This download has now reached, in excess, of over 720 downloads on nGR's local server, not to count all the views and downloads from the fore-mentioned external sources. It's quite possible that the interview could have now reached to the tens of thousands of Battlefield 2 fans. This would make, this particular Battlefield 2 specific media interview file, Australia and New Zealand's most sought after and requested media file in the shout-casting industry.

It was apparent that netGameRadio's download servers were being hit extremely hard, during the spread of this news, when we had to fall back to our emergency file host provider in order to cater for the mass downloads.

Both RDNx (netGameRadio Managing Director) and johnny_sisko (Business and Marketing Manager), have been completely blown away by the acknowledgment of our dedication to Battlefield gaming, not only from DICE by giving us this world first exclusive, but by the communities extremely positive response to our ventures.

This media attention puts nGR on the world map, as we continue to push forward to be at the fore-front of information and entertainment for the online gamer.