How to play

One setup for every game. Find your column and follow it down.

PS3

On the console: set one DNS.

Primary DNS

165.227.128.12

Secondary 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8

1
Open the connection settings
SettingsthenNetwork SettingsthenInternet Connection Settings
Say Yes to going offline, then choose Custom.
2
Choose how you connect
Wired: Auto-Detect. Wireless: Scan, pick your network, enter its password. Then:
IP Address Setting
Automatic
DHCP Host Name
Do Not Set
3
Enter our DNS
DNS Setting
Manual
Primary DNS
165.227.128.12
Secondary DNS
1.1.1.1
4
Leave the rest
MTU
Automatic
Proxy Server
Do Not Use
UPnP
Enable
Press X to save, then Test Connection.
5
Play
Start your game and sign in with your PSN account. No EA account needed.

Already using the Battlefield Reborn: PS3 DNS (151.241.100.80, 37.16.74.123)? You can keep it: it sends Bad Company 2 and Bad Company to our servers too.

RPCS3

On your PC: paste one line.

IP/Hosts switches

bfbc2-ps3.fesl.ea.com=165.227.128.12&&easo.ea.com=165.227.128.12&&bfbc2-ps3.gos.ea.com=165.227.128.12&&bfbc-ps3.fesl.ea.com=31.58.58.27&&spring14.gosredirector.ea.com=82.38.148.105&&accounts.ea.com=82.38.148.105

1
Open the network settings
ConfigurationthenNetwork
2
Fill in the Network tab
Settings
Network Status
Connected
PSN Status
RPCN
IP/Hosts switches
bfbc2-ps3.fesl.ea.com=165.227.128.12&&easo.ea.com=165.227.128.12&&bfbc2-ps3.gos.ea.com=165.227.128.12&&bfbc-ps3.fesl.ea.com=31.58.58.27&&spring14.gosredirector.ea.com=82.38.148.105&&accounts.ea.com=82.38.148.105
Paste the line as it is and leave DNS alone. No RPCN account yet? Make one under Configuration, RPCN. A game with a custom config needs the same in its own Network tab.
3
Play
Boot your game and pick Multiplayer. You sign in with your RPCN account; no EA account needed.

Then pick your game

The setup above covers the four PS3 games. Killzone: Liberation, on PSP, has its own guide. Keep your games on their latest update.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Use the latest update, 1.05.

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Bad Company 2: Vietnam

Vietnam’s maps are already in update 1.05; the add-on is the licence that unlocks them. It’s paid, so use your own copy: we don’t share add-on files or licences.

EU disc BLES00773, or Limited Edition BLES00779: EP0006-BLES00773_00-BFBC2VIETNAM0000
US disc BLUS30458, or Limited Edition BLUS30517: UP0006-BLUS30458_00-BFBC2VIETNAM0000

How to install it

Bought on PSN PS3
PlayStation NetworkthenAccount ManagementthenTransaction ManagementthenDownload List
Sign in with the account that bought Vietnam and download Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam.
HEN or CFW PS3
Package ManagerthenInstall Package FilesthenStandard
Install your own .pkg from the root of a USB stick. Then copy your .rap to an exdata folder, at the root of the stick (/dev_usb000/exdata/) or on the console (/dev_hdd0/exdata/), and activate it with your licence tool, such as reActPSN or webMAN MOD.
Install your add-on RPCS3
FilethenInstall Packages/Raps/Edats
Pick your .pkg and .rap together. An RPCS3 copy with its own dev_hdd0 needs its own install.

Then switch to Vietnam in the multiplayer menu. Not there? The add-on has to match your disc’s region, and the game has to be on 1.05.

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Battlefield: Bad Company

We test with the European disc (BLES00261) on update 1.20. Another disc? Try it, and tell us on Discord how it went.

PS3: offered update 1.20? Take it. Not offered? Press Triangle on the game and pick Check for Update.

RPCS3: install the 1.20 update first, with File, Install Packages/Raps/Edats.

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Battlefield Hardline

We test with the European disc (BLES02039) and the American one (BLUS31440) on the latest update, 1.08. You don't need Premium: the servers run the base game's maps.

PS3: offered update 1.08? Take it. Not offered? Press Triangle on the game and pick Check for Update.

RPCS3: install the 1.08 update first, with File, Install Packages/Raps/Edats.

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