Highlights

  • Remakes of Battlefield: Bad Company games could revive the franchise and help DICE regain its status as a top multiplayer developer.
  • These remakes would bring back the unique gameplay and humor of Battlefield: Bad Company, along with a graphical upgrade.
  • The remakes could also expand on the environmental destruction feature, offering intense firefights and attracting new players to the franchise.

Despite creating the template for the large-scale, multiplayer action found in many contemporary shooters, EA and DICE’s Battlefield games have fallen on hard times in recent years. As other online shooters have introduced their own take on Battlefield’s massive multiplayer matches, EA has occasionally struggled to keep excitement alive for its aging franchise. This is why, in order to reignite interest in the franchise and help DICE regain its place as one of the best multiplayer developers in the business, the time is right for EA to revisit the Battlefield: Bad Company games.

Featuring campaigns with a biting sense of humor, thrilling multiplayer modes, and an emphasis on environmental destruction, remakes of the Battlefield: Bad Company games could be just what EA needs to bring Battlefield back into the forefront. Remaking this pair of fan-favorite titles could breathe new life into the Battlefield franchise and help it remain competitive in the crowded multiplayer shooter market. By embracing what made Battlefield: Bad Company’s gameplay feel so unique and giving the games a graphical overhaul, EA and DICE could bring Battlefield back to the forefront of the FPS genre.

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Battlefield: Bad Company Offered a Fresh Take on the Franchise’s Formula

A spin-off of the mainline Battlefield series, the Battlefield: Bad Company games represented a departure from the online-only, PC experiences the franchise was known for. While not the first game in the series released on consoles, a distinction belonging to 2005’s Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, the original Battlefield: Bad Company was the first to feature gameplay designed from the ground up for consoles. Although the game’s campaign mode was the main draw for many, the multiplayer Gold Rush mode also proved popular with players.

The success of Battlefield: Bad Company paved the way for a sequel, with the 2010 follow-up coming to PCs as well as consoles. Doubling down on the environmental destruction from the first game, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 became a fan-favorite thanks to its solid campaign and a variety of new multiplayer modes. Even as some later entries in the franchise were met with increased indifference by players, the pair of spin-offs remained popular, maintaining a surprisingly robust online playerbase presence until Battlefield: Bad Company’s servers were shut down in 2023.

Battlefield: Bad Company Remakes Could Double Down on Destruction

With no way to play the originals online and Battlefield 2042 still struggling to find its footing despite some impressive improvements in recent years, now is the perfect time for Battlefield: Bad Company remakes. A modern version of the Battlefield: Bad Company games could bring back franchise fans who’d grown weary of the series’ increasingly inconsistent releases and keep the series relevant in the face of new competition. Thanks to improvements to the Frostbite Engine in the years since it debuted in the original Battlefield: Bad Company, DICE could also double down on the destruction.

The success of Embark Studios’ destruction-heavy, free-to-play shooter The Finals shows that gamers still have the desire to wreck the world around them in multiplayer matches, and Battlefield: Bad Company remakes could take this to the next level. Though the originals already featured a robust environmental destruction system, Battlefield: Bad Company remakes could expand on this to allow for maps that could be razed to the ground if players threw enough firepower at them. This amped-up level of destruction would allow for some truly frantic firefights that would be difficult for other online shooters to match.

By staying true to the things that made the originals a success while adding a new layer of visual polish, DICE and EA could finally give Battlefield: Bad Company another chance in the spotlight. Releasing these sorts of AAA remakes of the Battlefield: Bad Company games wouldn’t just be a treat for long-time fans of the franchise, though, they could also help bring new players into the fold.