Bad Company 2 has sold 2.3 million units

Has become the best-selling March release on record in North America and Europe.

DICE has announced that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has sold over 2.3 million units worldwide, following its launch earlier this month.

"We are so thrilled with the success of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 sales and fan response. In the first 48 hours we had such a tremendous rush to multiplayer gameplay that our servers experienced overwhelming demand. This is a testament to the massive response players have had worldwide for the extraordinary action experienced in the Battlefield sandbox," said Karl Magnus Troedsson, Executive Producer, Battlefield Franchise. "DICE and EA have brought more servers online. We now have enough capacity to handle all BFBC2 connections seamlessly and we continue to monitor online play daily."

Some stats which highlight the popularity of the game include reaching a peak of 230,000 concurrent users and a total of 2.9 million hours spent playing online in the last 24 hours alone.

Two all-new multiplayer maps for the game are to be released on March 30 at no extra charge.