Due to a high surge in traffic over the weekend, the Bad Company 2 servers encountered outages. The EA team is fixing the problem. Here’s an overview of the current server status:

• Xbox 360 was severely impacted, and the service is being restarted. It should be back online and EA is monitoring closely.
  
• PC had an outage, but the service is offline currently and the service is being restarted. It should be back online and EA is monitoring closely. EA will then start checking the quality of the customer experience to determine possible next steps.
  
• PlayStation 3 appeared to have a brief outage, but has quickly recovered and the services is functioning properly at this time.
  

Legacy Interactive announced today that the second game in its Hollywood Hits series, The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes 2, is now available in stores nationwide for the PC.

Get to the bottom of sixteen new unsolved crimes of murder, theft, kidnapping and more in The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes 2. Travel back in time to Victorian England to experience an interactive seek and find adventure with the most famousdetective, Sherlock Holmes. Explore 40+ beautifully rendered locations such as Marlsbury Castle, Stonehenge, and London’s Music Hall. Play over 50 unique puzzles and minigames that are seamlessly woven into the game play as you scour for clues and find hidden objects.

As every Sherlock fan knows, the characters you meet along the way are sometimes more interesting than the case itself! The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes 2 does not disappoint and features 100+ fascinating characters including Watson, Mycroft, and Inspector Lestrade. How much you learn about the mystery is up to you, because this new sequel lets you customize the amount of dialogue shown in the game with out missing any of the fun gameplay. Dust off your magnifying glass and get ready to track down evidence and narrow down your suspects. Each clue leads you closer to catching the culprit!

A massively multiplayer game based off popular science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica is due to launch this fall, license holder NBC Universal announced today.

A client-free and browser-based affair said to pack 'state of the art graphics,' Battlestar Galactica Online is being powered by Unity--the same technology used by EA's broswer-based Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online.

Development of the game is being handled by independent Norwegian studio Artplant, the previous works of which include Riding Club Championships. Going by its website, Artplant 'aims to become one of the leading massively multiplayer web game developers' and 'developed our own MMO server tailored for Unity 3D web games.'

As far as actual details on the game itself, all we know can be found below:

Players will be able to choose to play as cylons or humans in a constant struggle to control the universe or just survive its perils. A blend of tactical space combat, exploration, and mission-based gameplay will provide a diverse experience. The dramatic missions will define the game's overall storyline, enabling the player to delve into mysteries of the Battlestar universe. Battlestar Galactica Online will create a new standard for web games, with beautiful 3d graphics and innovative game mechanics bringing a new level of game play to browser based MMOG. Assets from the television production will be integrated into the game to deliver an even more authentic experience.

According to today's announcement, ' will launch worldwide exclusively this fall on Syfy.com for a 30 day period' and will be published by content provider Bigpoint.

THQ announced today that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising, the standalone chapter in the PC RTS series, has gone gold and is scheduled for a nationwide release at all major retail and online outlets on March 11th.

Set in the grim, war-ravaged world of Games Workshop’s vast Warhammer 40,000 science fiction universe, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising transports players into the midst of an intergalactic war between ancient enemies. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising introduces the Chaos Space Marines as a new playable army, continues the single player campaign from the original Dawn of War II with 15 new missions, delivers all new wargear and raises the level cap from 20 to 30. Relic Entertainment will also deliver new multiplayer maps and new units for the Orks, Eldar, Tyranids and Space Marines.

2K Games announced today their post-launch downloadable content plan for BioShock 2. Downloadable content will be made available soon beginning with the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, available this March from Xbox Live Marketplace and Games for Windows-Live for 400 Microsoft Points, and from the PlayStation Network for $4.99. Future expansions are slated to arrive over the coming months.

Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, the first of several planned downloadable packages, contains a number of customization features that will allow players to further their character’s development in BioShock 2’s multiplayer modes. The pack includes:

• Rank Increase to level 50 with Rank Rewards
  
• New playable characters Louie McGraff and Oscar Calraca
  
• 20 new trials
  
• A third weapon upgrade for each weapon
  
• Five additional masks