It's a bold move from DICE to push its proven Battlefield formula out onto the hotly contested grounds of the single-player shooter on the current generation of consoles, and with Bad Company the Swedish developer is looking to stake its place on incredibly hostile territory.

EA and EA Dice are back with more destruction than ever, this time in Battlefield: Bad Company. BC's destructible buildings and terrain with beautiful graphics make this battlefield game a worthy addition to the series.

Very Good Multiplayer; Destruction; Sound; Humor

A.I; Plot

I guess, ultimately, EA and DICE decided to emphasize the fun factor as opposed to the aspect of tactics, enemy intelligence and realistic combat. Which is fine in our book. You can have a jolly good time with BF: Bad Company just by demolishing half the environment.

The destruction is fun; cool weapons; engaging multiplayer; looks and sounds great

We expected a bit more from the single-player; combat gets repetitive as do the missions; glitchy AI; relatively short single-player campaign

The Metal Gear series has had a bit of a shaky run on the PSP, starting with the bizarre Metal Gear Acid games and continuing with Portable Ops , a game that provides a MGS-lite experience that is held back by a very tedious soldier-capturing system.

Battlefield has always been a multiplayer focused series, though obviously with the freshest entry, Battlefield: Bad Company, effort has been spent on both the single and multiplayer components. But at least in regards to the campaign mode, it seems DICE's old habits die hard.

It's all about the money… Forget the typical plot of recent FPS games, focusing on some grim scenario filled with clichés, bravado and glory. Bad Company puts the player among a rag-tag collection of individuals that are far, far away from your typical hero in fact this game is more a mixture of...

Great sound effects; solid graphics; structural damage model; humour

AI needs help; a few engine glitches; engage distance either too far or too close; bigger campaign would have been appreciated

The Battlefield series has long stood as one of the champions of multiplayer FPS madness, and now it's time for another instalment to step up to the plate and take a swing at online gaming fun.

Fully destructible environments are great fun; Multiplayer mode is addictive and enjoyable; Bad Company does things differently; and is better off for it

Short single player campaign; Grainy textures ruin the appearance of the game somewhat

In Battlefield: Bad Company, no one is safe. Not a sniper hiding inside a tower. Not a soldier driving a massive tank. And definitely not you, as you bob and weave across a fiery sandbox of destruction.

Blowing stuff up has rarely been this fun; Great collection of gadgets and vehicles; Massive 24-player maps; Finally a fleshed-out single-player game; Excellent balance in player classes; vehicle strength; and map layouts

Some enemies in campaign never graduated basic training; Conquest mode not available at launch; Graphics and textures appear grainy

Jon Miller lays waste to the destructible environments in Battlefield: Bad Company in this video review. With the release of the free "Community Choice Pack" an extra four maps are now available for use in Conquest mode.

Blowing stuff up has rarely been this fun; Great collection of gadgets and vehicles; Massive 24-player maps; Finally a fleshed-out single-player game; Excellent balance in player classes; vehicle strength; and map layouts

Some enemies in campaign never graduated basic training; Conquest mode not available at launch; Graphics and textures appear grainy

EA/DICE's Battlefield series is one of multiplayer gaming's top shelf franchises. When Battlefield: Bad Company was introduced to the gaming public, much attention was paid to the fact that the game would contain a fleshed-out single-player campaign along with the usual multiplayer action.