User blog comment:AnonymousTom/Breaking News: Bad Company 3 A "Possibility"./@comment-141.157.70.96-20111009010817/@comment-28584497-20111009015740

Sequels lie in story, and since we know almost nothing of BF3's story as yet...

If it's a continuation of BF2's general 'plot' (term used lightly here), then it's BF3 (ie, global war involving MEC, EU, China, Russia, etc). There's no argument.