Battlefield 2: Modern Combat

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is the fourth installment in the Battlefield Series and was developed by DICE and published by EA. It is a console spin-off of the critically acclaimed Battlefield 2 for the PC.

81 24 October 2005

Shooter Action

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is a shooter developed by Digital Illusions CE, released 24 October 2005 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is a shooter game developed by Digital Illusions CE and released in 2005. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It runs on RenderWare.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The single player campaign game revolves around a fictional war between NATO and China that takes place in Kazakhstan. The media on both sides air propaganda that accuses the other of war crimes while the player fights for each nation back and forth. When the player eventually chooses a side to lead to victory, it is revealed that a terrorist organization called Burning Flag is responsible for misleading both NATO and China into starting the war. Various war crimes each side believes the other committed during the fighting were in fact arranged by Burning Flag, which also sabotaged the only known attempt at negotiations. The winning side must then stop Burning Flag's leader, Commander 31…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Battlefield series

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is the third of 22 entries we hold in the Battlefield series. The next entry was Battlefield 1942: The Complete Collection in 2005. Its critic score of 81 is 2 points below the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Battlefield 2 at 93.

See all 22 Battlefield games in release order →

How it was received

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 77% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat launched on 24 October 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and Mario Kart DS. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Mario Kart DS.

Cheats and codes

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