The Battlefield Blog has word on a new patch that's now being deployed for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, a whopping 2.6 GB patch that paves the way for the upcoming VIP Map Pack #7. The patch should now be available via Steam as well as the in-game auto-update function, and they say we can expect manual patches as well. There's also a warning to "make sure you run PBsetup.exe after updating to the latest version of the game." The PC patch notes, which follow, are pretty short for such a large update.

• Acog and Red dot scope now equippable on MK-14 and G3.
• Fixed an issue where the Bullet Tracers wouldn't display
• Fixed an issue where Play Now wouldn't work
• Added Ticket Count for Conquest end of round.
• Added the server info to the objectives screen.