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Medal of Honor‘s beta was scheduled to end today (July 18th) after a few weeks of being a closed beta and then a final weekend open to all Steam owners of Bad Company 2. However, EA has extended the game’s multiplayer beta with no end date specified this time around.

“The Medal of Honor beta for the PlayStation 3 and PC is being extended!  If you have a beta key rave card that says the code will expire on July 18th, don’t worry – it will not.  The beta key redemption portal will remain open at www.medalofhonor.com/beta and keys will remain active for the duration of the beta.  We are continuing to work with Microsoft on the Xbox 360 beta and are dedicated to delivering it as soon as possible.” — Medal of Honor Blog

via [Shack News]

The next installment in the Need for Speed series will be hitting shelves this July and EA is planning on launching the next beta for Need for Speed World on Monday. The beta period will last for three days and will be introducing a lot of new features like private matches in multiplayer. There will also be more unlocked goodies that include a new region with new races, as well as upgradeable performance packages and more cars. The beta period will end Wednesday and the full game is set for release on July 20th.

via [Big Download]

Just a quick reminder: Friday of Steam’s “EA Week” brings us awesome savings in the form of  75% off Mirror’s Edge, 50% off Dead Space and 33% off Spore, along with some discounts on Spore‘s DLC/expansions.

Remember, these discounts only last for today because Steam will be offering all-new EA sales tomorrow, and every day until Monday the 21st.

This year at E3, EA hosted a pre-event press keynote that brought us plenty of new information. While the gameplay we saw from the event was all performed on a PS3, we’ll talk about the games that are coming to the PC. EA announced details of a new Need for Speed game, more info on Dead Space 2, news of Bad Company 2‘s upcoming expansion, and Medal of Honor‘s upcoming beta. Hit the break for all the tasty details.

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It seems we’re about a day late to this one, but Steam has announced “EA Week,” which is a week dedicated to daily awesome deals on select EA games. Today (Monday) features Crysis and Crysis: Warhead, each at 50% off for today only. The rest of the week’s deals are kept secret until the day of the sale, so keep an eye on Steam’s landing page and grab yourself a hot deal or two this week!

A few days ago, UK retailer Play.com updated their Medal of Honor PS3 store listing with some information pertaining to the game’s pre-release beta, including its July 5th start date. Today, EA stated that the information is incorrect and there is currently no Medal of Honor beta planned.

via [Glimpse Dog]

UK video game retailer Play.com have added some interesting information to their store listing of Medal of Honor. While the PC and Xbox 360 listings are normal, their listing for the PS3 version of the game offers the following information in its description:

“Pre-ordering Medal Of Honor from Play.com will give fans the opportunity to join the Medal Of Honor multiplayer BETA when it goes live on July 5th 2010. The BETA will take place between July 5th and July 17th – access codes will be emailed on July 5th. All pre-orders through Play.com will entitle customers to an access code. BETA access details are subject to change at any time.”

This information is still unconfirmed, so hopefully when EA announces the beta, PC gamers will be included in the fun. However, it certainly wouldn’t be the first time that consoles get a beta and PC gamers are left in the cold, so don’t get your hopes up.

via [Play Front]

DICE announced that the next installment of DLC for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will come in the form of a third VIP Map Pack adding Squad Deathmatch to Nelson Bay and Squad Rush to Laguna Alta. It seems DICE is still putting in the minimum amount of effort necessary to give gamers what they call “Map Packs.” Then again, gamers can’t really complain about the free price tag that this DLC has been bringing with it.

While there’s no concrete release date for the DLC’s PC appearance, DICE did say that the maps will release “after the release of the next [title] update.”

via [Shack News]

The beta for EA’s upcoming MMO racing game Need for Speed World has been running for several weeks and EA has finally announced release plans for the final game. The free-to-play MMO will release to the public on July 20th.

Now, as we said, this game will be completely free to play, but EA is offering some incentives to gamers willing to pay a one-time $20 premium fee. See, if you play the game for free, there’s a level cap that you can’t pass until you pay $20 for full access to the game. If you’re planning to pay this $20 to get the full and unlocked version of the game, then you should consider pre-ordering because you’ll be given early access to pre-tuned vehicles and many other goodies depending on your pre-order location:

• EA’s Online Store – Toyota Corolla AE86
• GameStop – Volkswagon Scirocco
• Direct2Drive – Nissan Silvia S15
• Best Buy – Mazda 3
• Impulse – Mazda 3

via [Big Download]

Although there was some concern that the second installment of Dead Space would make it to PC gamers, light has been shed on the situation with EA’s fourth-quarter financial results that listed Dead Space 2 under the PC category. It’s far from an official announcement, but safe to assume that it’s coming. There are no details on when it will hit PC, but the console version is currently set for an early 2011 launch.

via [IGN]