Electronic Arts studio DICE, the developers behind Battlefield: Bad Company 2, has not been shy about calling out fellow first-person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, published by rival Activision.

The latest shots fired arrive in the form of a DICE blog post announcing their second package of maps for Bad Company 2's multiplayer. The post is titled: "How to avoid 'mapathy' without paying," a dig at Infinity Ward's viral campaign touting their downloadable content "Stimulus Package."

"We're dedicated to taking care of this product for a long time -- helping you avoid 'mapathy' without getting nickel-and-dimed," says Karl Magnus Troedsson, the executive producer for Bad Company 2, in the blog post.

The second piece of Bad Company 2 DLC features two maps, one each for the multiplayer's Rush and Conquest modes. The maps are available to players who downloaded VIP codes found in new PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 copies of the game. According to Troedsson's Twitter feed, PC players won't need one. The map pack will launch March 30, the same day the Modern Warfare 2 DLC arrives.

This is not the first time DICE has lashed out against its competition. Following a blog post from Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling explaining why the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 would drop dedicated servers for its IWNet infrastructure, DICE issued an update stating Bad Company 2 would retain the servers in a post titled "Dedicated to our PC players."

The single-player campaign of Bad Company 2 also adds a couple quips about the popular Activision shooter, including comments on snowmobiles being "for sissies," which references a snowmobile chase scene in Modern Warfare 2's solo adventure.

Readers, which game do you prefer, Modern Warfare 2 or Battlefield?

By Brett Molina