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Posted by Kotaku Aug 22 2011 04:00 GMT
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#battlefield3 I've got to play Battlefield 3 twice this week at Gamescom. Once on PS3 and once on PC. One was OK and one was amazing. We'll start with the OK one first. More »

Posted by Kotaku Aug 20 2011 12:30 GMT
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#battlefield EA and DICE's Battlefield 3 is drawing huge crowds at Gamescom this week, with waits of up to three hours to get hands-on time with the first-person shooter's multiplayer mode. If only the iPhone version were out to help the Germans pass that time. More »

Posted by Joystiq Aug 20 2011 01:30 GMT
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Razer has announced a new line of products to accompany the launch of Battlefield 3 later this year. For PC players, there's the BlackWidow Ultimate keyboard, which features backlit keys, macro keys and a USB passthrough, among other things. PC users also get the Imperator mouse, which features programmable buttons and a 6400dpi 4G Dual Sensor System, which is a lot of dpis, if you ask us. Finally, there's a mouse pad that features a "fractal 2.0 surface coating" and also, we're guessing, a conveniently flat shape. The keyboard, mouse and pad will be available for $140, $80 and $40 repsectively.

Meanwhile, on the console side of things, the Xbox gets a Battlefield 3 edition of the Onza Tournament Edition controller, complete with analog sticks with adjustable resistance. The Onza will run $60. Finally, Razer shifts from gaming accessories to personal accessories with a Battlefield 3 iPhone case and messenger bag for $20 and $80, respectively.

The entire Battlefield line is expected to launch alongside the game on October 25. Check out the gallery below for entirely too many images.

Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Aug 19 2011 09:25 GMT
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This story is a little surprising. BF3 Blog have done the legwork on this: first they spotted that Battlefield 3 on the PS3 and 360 is going to have an in-game server browser for multiplayer game-finding. Good for them. However, where this story turns sour is the news that the PC version will not have any in-game server browser, and to find a multiplayer game you have to exit the game, and use the “Battlelog” application to launch games. Senior Gameplay Designer Alan Kertz has been assuring everyone that the process is relatively smooth, but why? And, if it has to be in another app, why isn’t there a server browser in Origin’s overlay? Why is there another system to complicate things? Ah, of course, because Battelog wants to be the free equivalent of Activision’s Elite thingum, with all that social and achievement stuff that you play games for.

Tune in next wee for: mouse controls only on the PS3?!

Cheers R-F for flagging this one up in the forums.


Posted by Joystiq Aug 19 2011 01:00 GMT
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Sorry, there's no chance of you and your boy Augusto playing split-screen co-op in Battlefield 3. Yup, if you wanna play with Augusto (you do, he's a cool dude!) then he's going to have to get his own copy and play with you from the confines of his own apartment. The good news is that you won't have to smell each other's unwashed bodies as you play for 13 hours straight.

Speaking to GamingLives, DICE's Karl Magnus Troedsson confirmed the bad news, stating that there would be no split-screen co-op support whatsoever in the game -- not even for the new co-op campaign. Troedsson also confirmed said Battlefield 3 would ship with six maps for the co-op campaign, as opposed to the rumored ten maps. "Naturally, you will recognize some of the elements," Troedsson said in regards to the co-op campaign, "but they are built specifically for the co-op with all the scripting, events and everything."

For the full audio interview, hit up the source link below. When you're done, call Augusto. He's gonna need somebody to break the news to him all gentle-like.

Posted by Joystiq Aug 18 2011 20:40 GMT
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Though we're still very much in the thick of Cologne's premiere video game convention, Gamescom 2011, an "independent expert jury" has already picked out the cream of the crop from the titles in attendance. The big winner, pulling down the coveted Best of Gamescom award, is Battlefield 3, which won the designation from a panel of press and publishers with a unanimous vote.

The jury also chose a few other big winners from the show's participants, including:
  • Best Hardware or Hardware Accessories -- PlayStation Vita
  • Best Console Game -- FIFA 12
  • Best Mobile Game -- Uncharted: Golden Abyss
  • Best Online Game -- Star Wars: The Old Republic
  • Best PC Game -- Diablo III
  • Best Browser Game -- The Sims Social
  • Best Family Game -- Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster

Posted by Giant Bomb Aug 17 2011 22:57 GMT
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There are still EA games available on Steam, just not all the EA games you may want to buy.

Valve has been silent as Electronic Arts has blasted alleged changes in policy on Steam, prompting a bunch of EA games to come down from the service. EA has even gone so far as to publicly state Battlefield 3 would likely not be released on Steam at launch.

I've asked Valve to comment multiple times--but nothing.

At Gamescom, Valve founder Gabe Newell has been talking to the press about the newly announced Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Develop asked Newell about EA, and while he didn't explain what's happening in much detail, Valve didn't throw EA under the bus.

"I don’t think Valve can pick just one thing and think the issue would go away if we fixed that," he said. "We have to show EA it’s a smart decision to have EA games on Steam, and we’re going to try to show them that."

There are some clear issues separating EA and Valve at the moment, and Valve appears hopeful to make the case to EA that the benefits of working within its system is worth it.

Crysis 2, Dragon Age II and others have been removed the past few months, as EA voiced concerns about its ability to communicate and sell content to consumers. EA had pointed towards its exclusivity deals over downloadable content with other distributors as one issue, but Newell makes it sound like there are larger philosophical debates about digital at play here.

"It’s our duty to demonstrate [value] to them," he said. "We don’t have a natural right to publish their games."


Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Aug 16 2011 19:39 GMT
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Holy shit. It’s the bit at 0:38 with all the vehicles, for me.(more…)


Posted by Joystiq Aug 16 2011 16:43 GMT
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Explosions! Jets! Robots! Jeeps! Jets! Helicopters! Tanks! JETS!
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Posted by Kotaku Aug 16 2011 15:25 GMT
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#battlefield The motion picture beats the still image again. Sure, today's new Battlefield 3 screenshots were impressive. But this trailer, showing a 64-player battle in the game's Caspian Sea level, looks better. More »

Posted by Kotaku Aug 16 2011 15:10 GMT
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#battlefield With screenshots that look this pretty, I would guess we're looking at a PC version. But we'll have trailers that were running on a PS3 up soon. More »

Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Aug 16 2011 15:06 GMT
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The headline says it all, really. The single-player game of BF3, which hasn’t had much attention so far, will be playable with a chum. The demonstration was shown on 360, of course, with the two developers pretending to not know what they were doing. They totally rescued a hostage! They drove a tank together! They revived each other! But there you go – co-op. In Battlefield 3. Got it? Good.


Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Aug 12 2011 14:51 GMT
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The moves! They are becoming clearer. As many of you speculated, it seems that the retail version of Battlefield 3 will indeed require Origin to be installed on your computer in order to play it. Oh Twitter, how did we find out brief snippets of information (or organise anarchic uprisings against the grim hegemony of shoe shops) before you existed?

This admission by EA probably goes some way to explaining why the game won’t appear on Steam, because it would basically entail two Steam-like systems being folded around the game, and they would inevitably fight like giant sperm whales versus kraken in the magnetic depths of your hard-drive. Such a conflict would undoubtedly causing electronic terribleness to occur, and no-one wants that. That’s my understanding of the technical situation, at least. I suspect there are also overriding commercial reasons pulling the levers behind the scenes. This is the game could spread Origin about in the game-o-sphere, just as Counter-Strike and Half-Life 2 propagated Steam.

Anyone have any thoughts on this? I am betting that you do.


Posted by Kotaku Aug 12 2011 05:00 GMT
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#pc Put aside the platform pissing match between EA and Valve over Battlefield 3 for a moment, PC fans, and let's all enjoy a nice custom PC casemod based on DICE's upcoming shooter. More »

Posted by IGN Aug 11 2011 23:18 GMT
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Electronic Arts' online retailer Origin will be required to play Battlefield 3 for PC...

Posted by Kotaku Aug 11 2011 11:45 GMT
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#battlefield3 Here are some new screens for EA's upcoming shooter Battlefield 3. No word on which platform these are from, but if it's not the PC, I'll eat all that sand. More »

Posted by Kotaku Aug 09 2011 22:40 GMT
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#battlefield Electronic Arts has two potentially very exciting additions to its iPhone and iPad line-up in the form of DICE's Battlefield 3 and (perhaps more importantly) Bullfrog's classic sim Theme Park. More »

Posted by Joystiq Aug 09 2011 21:30 GMT
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According to Pocket Gamer, EA's taking a scattershot approach to succeeding on the iOS platform with two of its recently revealed upcoming releases. The first is Battlefield 3, which EA wasn't keen to share any details about -- though the safe bet is that the game will resemble the iOS version of the series' last installment, Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The second is Theme Park, a new version of the 1994 amusement park management sim which is absolutely nothing like Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

No release details beyond "later this year" were given to Pocket Gamer, though both titles will be playable on the show floor of Gamescom next week. We can't wait to fluidly switch between the two, heating up our blood with a round of evildoer-shooting followed by a cool-off period in the Bouncy Castle.

Posted by Giant Bomb Aug 08 2011 18:51 GMT
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EA has been a vocal critic of Steam's content policies. Valve has not publicly responded.

As it stands, Battlefield 3 will not be available on Steam when the game releases on October 25.

There have been plenty of indications this would be the case, but Battlefield 3 community coordinator Seeson Mahathavorn took to the official Battlefield 3 message boards to explain the current situation.

"We are intent on providing Battlefield 3 players with the best possible experience no matter where they purchase or play their game," said Mahathavorn, "and are happy to partner with any download service that does not restrict our ability to connect directly with our consumers. We hope to work out an agreement where Steam can carry Battlefield 3."

Hope.

Electronic Arts' relationship with Steam has been strained, as of late, due to an apparent change in Steam's policies regarding downloadable content. An exclusivity agreement over such content for Crysis 2 had Crytek's shooter pulled from Steam. When Dragon Age II: Legacy released last week, Dragon Age II came down from Steam, too. It's likely the same policies were going to be in place for Battlefield 3, too, which is why EA can confidently say Battlefield 3 will not appear on Steam without changes.

"EA offers games to all major download services," said Mahathavorn. "Unfortunately, Steam has adopted a set of restrictive terms of service which limit how developers interact with customers to deliver patches and other downloadable content. No other download service has adopted these practices.

The complete list of other digital retailers where Battlefield 3 will eventually be available is lengthy, and it's not as though EA is positioning Battlefield 3 as an Origin-only exclusive. The complete list, which includes everything from Amazon to Best Buy, is available at the official Battlefield 3 website.

"We are intent on providing Battlefield 3 players with the best possible experience no matter where they purchase or play the game," said Mahathavorn, "and are happy to partner with any download service that does not restrict our ability to connect directly with consumers."

For the moment, that doesn't include Steam.

Since EA started having issues with Steam, Valve has been--and continues to be--silent.


Posted by IGN Aug 08 2011 10:40 GMT
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EA has confirmed that Battlefield 3 will not be sold through Steam, Valve's digital distribution service...

Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Aug 07 2011 16:53 GMT
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A post on the EA forums has thrown a bit more detail into the blaze of speculation surrounding Battlefield 3′s failure to appear on Steam. While we’re still not precise sure what it is in Steam’s terms of service that preclude it’s inclusion it is, as many speculated, down to how Steam restricts DLC and patch distribution on their service. The author of the post explains: “EA offers games to all major download services. Unfortunately, Steam has adopted a set of restrictive terms of service which limit how developers interact with customers to deliver patches and other downloadable content. No other download service has adopted these practices.”

More on EA’s own policies appear here. I don’t think expect this will be the end of this particular power struggle.


Posted by IGN Aug 04 2011 17:41 GMT
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The heat of the battle intensifies today as DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS) announces two editions of Battlefield 3 and the unique pre-order items available at participating retailers in North America. Soldiers and squads looking to claim battlefield superi...

Posted by Joystiq Aug 02 2011 01:00 GMT
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It wouldn't be a new entry in a popular series without retailer specific pre-order bonuses. As previously revealed, all pre-orders will receive the limited edition of Battlefield 3 and, thus, the "Back to Karkand" map pack DLC, though each retailer will also have some different additional bonuses.

GameStop is offering the (timed exclusive) "Physical Warfare" DLC and PowerUp Rewards members will also snag a copy of the Prima strategy guide. Best Buy pre-orders will receive the "SPECACT Kit," a package of eight multiplayer skins. Finally, Amazon pre-orders include a pack of exclusive multiplayer dog tags.

Sadly not included with any of the pre-orders: Free time.

Posted by IGN Aug 01 2011 19:30 GMT
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced the publication of a novel based on Battlefield 3, one of the most anticipated games of 2011. Battlefield 3: The Russian novel is written by the highly decorated ex-SAS operator and best-selling author of Bra...

Posted by Kotaku Aug 01 2011 14:40 GMT
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#battlefield3 In a world flooded with video game novelizations, only one man has the background to develop the back-story of RU Special Forces operator Dima, on of Battlefield 3's playable characters. That man is not Sean Bean, but he was played by Sean Bean, which is pretty much the same thing. More »

Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Aug 01 2011 08:44 GMT
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Greetings, humans. We have a new competition for you, and it’s a little different from the norm. In fact, it’s far better than the norm. (Well, unless you’re afraid of flying. Then it might be worse, I guess).

The prize, for two lucky readers from the UK, is three days and two nights in Stockholm, Sweden, during which you’ll get hands-on time with early code for Battlefield 3, meet and interview developers EA DICE, stay in a five-star hotel and also visit a local range to fire some real guns as well as BF3′s virtual ones. You can still shout ‘dakkadakkadakkadakka’ as you do so if you wish, but honestly, it won’t be necessary. Real bullets, see.(more…)


Posted by IGN Jul 26 2011 18:23 GMT
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Speaking to Gamezone (via CVG), DICE head Patrick Bach said the console versions of Battlefield 3 will restrict the number of players allowed in multiplayer, down from 64 on PC to just 24...

Posted by Giant Bomb Jul 26 2011 18:10 GMT
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You'll have to be patient to play Battlefield 3 anytime soon--unless you're lucky.

The terms "alpha" or "beta" mean less to most players than "get to play it early," which will be the case in September for anyone interested in Battlefield 3 who purchased Medal of Honor: Limited Edition.

DICE has published some clarification on the Battlefield 3 blog to help provide some answers.

The studio is currently rolling into the alpha phase, which is a private and invite-only period meant to test very specific aspects of the online experience. Having purchased Medal of Honor won't help you get into this one, but that doesn't mean you don't have a shot. DICE recommends signing up for the Battlefield 3 newsletter and ensuring your Veteran status is current.

Then, cross your fingers.

What you should really be looking forward to is September's beta. A newsletter recently went out reminding players of the beta, but if you didn't receive that newsletter, there's still time to opt in via your online Electronic Arts profile. There doesn't appear to be a cut-off period, so long as you've got a copy of Medal of Honor in your possession with a Battlefield 3 sticker.

Naturally, that offer doesn't extend to used copies of the game.


Posted by Joystiq Jul 26 2011 01:00 GMT
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If you want an in-depth look at the tools of Battlefield 3's trade -- which is to say, cap-busting -- these videos from YourGamingTeam should suit your needs. It's pulled from an early alpha version of the title, but still gives a decent demonstration of the game's customizable kits.

Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Jul 24 2011 23:08 GMT
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Test out a theory for us. Do you have a Bad Company 2 rank higher than 30? Then head on over to the Battlefield 3 Alphatrial page, and see if you’re eligible to download the alpha for the forthcoming game. Some deduction work by RPS spy Phill suggests that those who have the big three-o or higher seem to be amongst the lucky few who get to play the game already. Those below do not.

Or are these the fevered imaginings of a dangerous loon? Let us know. We might be onto something.