It became a commercial success, selling more than twelve million units since its initial release. The game was met with positive reception from critics, garnering a mean of 88 from aggregator Metacritic for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, and 87 for the PC version. Multiplayer maps, which allow for five different game modes, contain a wide selection of vehicles, aircraft and emplacements. The game's Frostbite 1.5 engine allows for destructible environments.
Additionally, the game includes a single-player campaign, where the player re-assumes the role of Preston Marlowe, the protagonist of the original game. The game is primarily a squad-level first-person shooter based in a contemporary modern warfare setting. A Kindle Fire version was released in June 2012. The iOS port was released on the App Store on December 16, 2010. It is a direct sequel to Battlefield: Bad Company and is part of the Battlefield game series.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by the Swedish firm DICE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS and Kindle Fire systems.