Ben Cousins, executive producer at EA's DICE studio, revealed that DICE actually has five different Battlefield games in varying stages of development, including Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) and Battlefield Heroes. Learn more after the jump!

Things are certainly looking up for EA's Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3). It's about to hit retail stores in a few hours, and so far, it looks like the reception of the people are good. This is if you look at the number of downloads the demo has gotten since its release. Read up after the jump.

Get those savings ready cos you're about to be bombarded with truckloads of games for this week. It's summer vacation, anyway, so we're sure you won't have to worry about taking a break for schoolwork. Topping the much-awaited list this week is The Phantom Fortress installment of the Naruto Ninja series. There's also Alone in the Dark to give you the hibby-jibbies as well as a plethora of other simulation games and more. Fun's spread the multiplatform way so get going and click on that full article for the full 411.

Those of you who missed the closed beta test phase of Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) can still get the chance to try out the highly destructible environments in the game and much more. Electronic Arts recently announced the arrival of its demo this June 5, which will include both single player and multiplayer elements. You can read more details regarding the demo in our full article after the jump.

 If you're one of the many shooting game fanatics who are waiting for EA and DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3, Xbox 360), we've got great news for you: an extra mode will be added to amp up the excitement in the game's multiplayer front. It won't come with the disc, but you can get it for free as soon as the game launches. Details in the full article.

You're in good company with the gang of Battlefield: Bad Company. Electronic Arts has announced the official release date for the game, and the details on the game's Gold Edition. Details in the full article.

If you've been following the commotion about Electronic Arts' Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3, Xbox 360) having weapons you can only unlock through microtransactions, then we've got and update direct from EA itself. It's confirmed that all the weapons in the game, including the Gold Edition guns, can be unlocked for free. The how, the why and the exact reason for this news update at the full article.

A word of warning for those of you who had their Xbox 360 modded just to play the leaked multiplayer beta of Electronic Arts' Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) - you may have been inadvertently punked by the download sites advertising the ruse about the game only running on modded consoles. More about this in our full article after the jump.

The microtransaction scheme for the weapons in the  Xbox 360 version of Electronic Arts' Battlefield: Bad Company (also available on the Playstation 3) raised a couple of questions from gamers everywhere. Thankfully, Electronic Arts has released a statement explaining the pay-to-play weapons. Check out the full article for more information.

For those of us eager to get some fine multiplayer FPS action, here's a bit of a downer for Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360, PS3). It seems that EA might be going the way of the microtransaction-hungry, as some beta players have spied in the game's option screen a list of weapons only unlockable through purchase in the Xbox Live Marketplace. Check it out in the full article.