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Hey all,

We wanted to update you, and slow the flood of tweets, on questions surrounding the BFBC2 PC Beta being cancelled.  I'll get right to it and say "the BFBC2 PC Beta is not cancelled".  Now this all started due to changes made to an earlier blog that removed the PC Beta from the details and the reason for this was the plan changed. With the huge success of the PS3 Beta we decided to drastically increase the PC Beta's capacity to insure as many people as possible could participate.  Unfortunately this meant we had to delay the Beta to very early next year giving us more planning time to make it happen and implement more optimizations.  
 
Here is a recap of the current PC features, and we can now confirm DX11 support with more details to come later!

PC Enhanced Features

• Up to 32 Players on PC (24 on consoles) - Play with up to 32 players online in the biggest multiplayer Maps in Battlefield. Each with a different tactical and gameplay focus set across a variety of environments.
• Full DirectX 9, 10 & 11 Support - Immerse yourself in the Battlefield world as Frostbite engine brings tanks, helicopters and explosions to vivid life on your PC. The game will fully support Windows XP, Vista, and 7 with new tech that further improves things like lighting and shadows.
• Enhanced Gameplay - The PC version also includes wide peripheral support like Joysticks for flying, NVIDIA 3D Vision, Logitech LCD Keyboards and VoIP Support plus a variety of specific features tailored for PC play.
• Friend Support - Find your friends online with the new buddy list to see if and who is online so you can quickly join their game.
• Dedicated Ranked Server - Everyone gets non-stop action with no connection penalties based on some other player's internet. Ranked Server Provider program will give players opportunity to rent their own server(s) located in professional grade datacenters, ability to modify settings like map rotation, create reserved slots for friends or clan members, kick & Ban players, and custom name your ranked server.
• Clan Support & Private Servers - Independent Clan Tag, and ability to rent servers for hosting and controlling private password protected competitive servers with expanded control over the settings from public ranked servers.
• PC Squad Play System - Updated from previous Battlefield PC titles now gives control of your squad before heading into combat.

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OHH so excited to see this will be a good PC battlefield game vs a crappy PC port of a console FPS. I would have liked slightly more than 32 players, but 32 is definitely doable. Thank you DICE for not copying Activision and for EA for staying out of their way.

Can't wait for BF3 and a ground up PC Battlefield. :)

Is it just me or to run a dedicated server you have to RENT a server ???

And you guys consider PC online gaming to be better ?

You can set your PS3 as a ranked server host in Warhawk..........

But can  you then add mods, various player counts (higher than norm), private slots for clans, clan pre-fixes, special rules like no friendly fire, etc, etc

oh, almost forgot... and that PS3 is running on your house, your elec, and is only up while you leave it up. Renting a server for $35 is up 24/7 and not dependent on your living conditions and network.

Not only that, you can do the same thing with your own computer. It's obviuosly not going to be as good as the places you can rent from unless you have the hardware and internet connection for it.

While I think not limiting Warhawk to peer to peer is great, that's just one console game versus PC gaming.

That's the thing I was wondering, nowhere do they mention that so I was wondering if that will indeed be the case or not...

For the Battlefield series, I believe they have you rent through their business partners, but that isn't the case for every game.

Oh I know that.

It's just I wonder if all those PC guys that were so excited when EA said they would support dedicated servers are really aware of this :P