The Battlefield Website has the announcement of Battlefield Bad Company 2, revealing a PC release is in the works for the sequel to the console-only installment in the Battlefield series of military shooters. The site offers a screenshot for the game, which is due next winter, and here's word:

Stockholm, Sweden - February 5, 2009 - DICE, and Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced Battlefield: Bad Company 2™, the sequel to last year's blockbuster title.

In this installment, the Bad Company crew again find themselves in the heart of the action, where they must use every weapon and vehicle at their disposal to survive. The action unfolds with unprecedented intensity, introducing a level of fervor to vehicular warfare never before experience in a modern warfare game.

To get ready for the assault this winter, players can prepare for action in Battlefield 1943™, and all-new multiplayer game available this summer via PlayStation®Store, Xbox LIVE™ Marketplace and on the PC.

In Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the 'B' company fight their way through snowy mountaintops, dense jungles and dusty villages. With a heavy arsenal of deadly weapons and a slew of vehicles to aid them, the crew set off on their mission and they are ready to blow up, shoot down, blast through, wipe out and utterly destroy anything that gets in their way. Total destruction is the name of the game, delivered as only the DICE next generation Frostbite™ engine can. Either online or offline, enemies will soon learn there is nowhere to hide. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be available for the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and the PC.

"Bad Company 2 takes everything that players liked in the original and ups the ante - more vehicles, more destruction and more team play," said Karl Magnus Troedsson, Executive Producer Battlefield Franchise, DICE. "Battlefield 1943 is a new take on a blast from the past classic coming to life with brand new technology that we're eager to get into players hands."