For all who are awaiting the New Game I have to say it is speculative but this is not looking good for the PC Gaming Community nor your Games Service Provider; please read the details bellow. If this does transpire into reality then Warcore along with the vast majority may not be hosting unless the Demand is huge

the cost is high for Licences and also for Gamers the reason being you will be left with but a handful of GSP Providers to purchase a Dedicated or Stand alone Server giving you little no choice for Ping or Territory many of the MPs are all going the same way.
Public Server Files: We will not distribute these publicly. There are many factors for why we have decided this with the biggest factor being security & integrity of our game & Dedicated Servers.
Today's details reaffirm DICE's earlier announcement that while Bad Company 2 does support dedicated servers on PC; they must be rented from its "trusted partners."
The full version of DICE's single- and multiplayer shooter sequel is due at North American retailers come March 2 in PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 form, with all three platforms slated to arrived proper multiplayer demos as well.
"At least the beta is nice and long. I'm Not too happy about the backpedalling on the server situation anymore if this happens it will cripple more of those GSPs that have been struggling with the WC2 Mafia Trearch..."