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Posted by Kotaku Oct 26 2011 21:40 GMT
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#battlefield We've got this massive three-screen Nvidia set-up sitting in the offices at Gawker. It's only visiting, so we're making the most of it. Today that means a lot of W-I-D-E-S-C-R-E-E-N Battlefield 3 gaming. More »

Posted by IGN Oct 26 2011 18:25 GMT
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The Blu-ray disc is a medium that can store a hell of a lot of content. So much so, in fact, that game publishers are starting to include PlayStation 3-exclusive content to fill up all of that room. Thus, back in June, Electronic Arts promised that the PS3 version of Battlefield 3 would be bundled with Battlefield 1943. But now that Battlefield 3 is out, it's clear that that's not the case...

Posted by Joystiq Oct 26 2011 02:10 GMT
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While we're working on getting you a review of the console versions of Battlefield 3, we're in the same boat as many of you this evening: the Xbox 360 version is currently unplayable online due to server difficulties. Developer DICE has commented on the situation via Twitter, stating that they're working on the problem and will have the game running as soon as possible. Hopefully the issues are resolved soon - we've got unlocks to, uh, unlock.

Posted by Giant Bomb Oct 26 2011 15:30 GMT
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You have to hand it to Electronic Arts on Battlefield 3's launch: when EA borks something up, they really go for the gusto. As if botched Betas, shadily dealt-out review code, broken Xbox 360 servers on launch day, and hilariously bonkers nonsense like this weren't enough, now we can go ahead and add randomly missing console-exclusive bonuses to the endlessly burning tire fire of rage that EA refuses to stop pouring gasoline on.

You may remember waaaaayyyyyy back in June at a little industry get-together called E3, that EA, by way of Sony's Jack Tretton, announced that all PlayStation 3 copies of Battlefield 3 would come with an extra-special bonus game packed onto the Blu-ray disc in the form of Battlefield 1943. Up until the game's launch yesterday, no one had any reason to believe that Battlefield 1943 wouldn't be appearing as a bonus in the PS3 version. Then yesterday happened, and suddenly it was not there.

Responding to this understandable query by the confused masses, EA's poor, unfortunate community manager in charge of Battlefield 3 was forced to take to Twitter and announce that...no, I can't re-type it. It's too painful.

In lieu of 1943 being available on disk for PS3 customers, EA has made all BF3 expansions available early to PS3 customers.

Right.

So, just to recap, instead of a free game that had been previously promised to be included on the disc, PlayStation 3 owners will be granted the first opportunity to buy more Battlefield 3. Is anyone else feeling a little like Will Ferrell at the end of Zoolander right now?

The issue is less that EA had to go back on including Battlefield 1943 as part of the package--dumb things happen during development, and it's understood that sometimes things don't work out as you expect--but the fact that nobody notified consumers of this fact prior to the game's launch is straight-up horrendous. At any time, any time, during the PR cycle for Battlefield 3, someone at EA could have piped up and said, "Oh, that was just craaaaaaazy uncle Jack at Sony getting loose of his bed straps again and talking crazy talk! We don't have Battlefield 1943 on this disc!" Instead, they let people continue to believe that a console-exclusive bonus existed when, in fact, it did not.

If you can't see something deeply, deeply wrong with that, I think you may be beyond help.


Posted by Joystiq Oct 26 2011 14:30 GMT
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EA and Sony have made a pair of announcements regarding exclusive goodies linked to the PlayStation 3 version of Battlefield 3 -- and we failed to realize that one invalidated the other. The free copy of Battlefield 1943, DICE's de facto console-exclusive shooter, didn't make it into PS3 copies of Battlefield 3 as originally intended.

Responding to questions on Twitter, the official Battlefield account offered the following: "In lieu of 1943 being available on disk for PS3 customers, EA has made all BF3 expansions available early to PS3 customers."

This refers to Sony and EA's ongoing exclusivity deal, which sees Battlefield 3 add-ons become available (for purchase) one week early on PS3. EA's switcheroo lets you buy new maps for Battlefield 3, then, at the expense of the game for which you never could.

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Posted by Kotaku Oct 26 2011 05:00 GMT
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#pc Last week, we showed you an amazing PC gaming setup that involved five HD projectors, an omni-directional treadmill, wireless gun peripheral, ambient lighting and paintball gun. Some people cried "it's a marketing stunt!". Others cried "it's not real!". More »

Posted by Kotaku Oct 26 2011 02:15 GMT
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#battlefield A while ago, EA announced that people buying the PS3 version of Battlefield 3 would get a nice little bonus: a free copy of Battlefield 1943. More »

Posted by Joystiq Oct 26 2011 02:10 GMT
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While we're working on getting you a review of the console versions of Battlefield 3, we're in the same boat as many of you this evening: the Xbox 360 version is currently unplayable online due to server difficulties. Developer DICE has commented on the situation via Twitter, stating that they're working on the problem and will have the game running as soon as possible. Hopefully the issues are resolved soon - we've got unlocks to, uh, unlock.

Posted by Kotaku Oct 26 2011 00:48 GMT
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No it's not just you. The official Twitter account for Battlefield has been telling their many, many followers that they are investigating current problems with the Xbox 360 servers for Battlefield 3. "We are aware the servers are down. We have our team working on this issue now, and will let you know when the problem is..." No ETA on when things will be back to normal. More »

Posted by IGN Oct 26 2011 00:51 GMT
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Battlefield 3 suffers from an identity crisis. It delivers scorching multiplayer, fitting of its decade-long pedigree of famously expansive big-team battles, but stumbles over a generic single-player campaign that feels like a different game. While DICE may not deliver a memorable story here...

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Posted by Kotaku Oct 25 2011 20:00 GMT
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#minecraft Maybe you can't afford a PC capable of maxing out Battlefield 3. Don't worry, there's always Minecraft. I like the weirdly downscaled music in the clip and the hilariously tense moment of the enemy in the sniper scope lens. Also: Derp Avenue, where noobs come to die. More »

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Posted by Joystiq Oct 25 2011 20:46 GMT
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We don't understand British, so a lot of the banter between the two hosts of The Gadget Show is lost on us, but thankfully this video -- which gives us a glimpse at the genesis of the gigantic Battlefield 3 simulator created by the Channel 5 program -- speaks the universal language of awesomely expensive and gigantic video game simulators.

Plus there's at least one instance of that old British past time, Spot the Silly Hat, so you'll definitely want to keep an eye out for that.

[Thanks, Piers]

Posted by Kotaku Oct 25 2011 18:00 GMT
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#battlefield Normally on the day after the review embargo for a major video game release is up sites like Metacritic are flooded with fresh opinions waiting to be woven together into one of Kotaku's Frankenreviews. Not so with Battlefield 3. More »

Posted by PlayStation Blog Oct 25 2011 14:00 GMT
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Hey everyone! The team at DICE is super excited to get Battlefield 3 into the hands of our PS3 fans. And, if initial reactions are anything to go by, you are equally excited….

Don’t forget: you will be able to purchase, download and play the upcoming expansion pack Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand one week early exclusively on PS3. And hey, don’t miss your chance for everlasting fame and glory – or at least being included in the in-game credits for Back to Karkand. All you have to do to be in the running is to enter our Name it and Claim it! Challenge and submit your suggestion for our new control point on the redesigned Gulf of Oman map. But don’t wait – the challenge closes on October 28th!

But today is all about the launch of the base game. Before I leave you, I just wanted to let you know what Trophies are lying in wait for the skilled and dedicated gamers we know you are. And with that, I hope you enjoy the game. Looking forward to hear from you, here or on Battlelog!

Battlefield 3 Trophies

Not on my watch
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Protected Chaffin from the soldiers in the street in Operation Swordbreaker.

Roadkill
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Kicked the car and killed the soldiers in Uprising.

Involuntary Euthanasia
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Killed the 2 soldiers before the building fell on them in Uprising.

You can be my wingman anytime
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Completed Going Hunting in a perfect run.

The Professional
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Completed the street chase in All Russian in under 2 minutes 30 seconds without dying.

Scrap Metal
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Destroyed 6 enemy tanks before reaching the fort in Thunder Run.

Army of Darkness
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Shot out the 4 lights in 4 bullets in Night Shift.

Twofor
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Took down 2 enemies in 1 bullet in Night Shift.

What the hell *are* you?
Bronze
Took a Russian Dog Tag in the forest ambush on Rock And A Hard Place.

Float like a butterfly…
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Took down the jet in one attempt in Rock And A Hard Place.

Practice makes perfect
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Headshot each of the targets in the gun range in Kaffarov.

Between a rock and a hard place
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Beat Soloman, flawlessly, in The Great Destroyer.

Ooh-rah!
Silver
Completed the campaign story.

Semper Fidelis
Gold
Completed the campaign story on Hard.

Push On
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Reached the garage without going into man-down state in Hit and Run.

In the nick of time
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Disarmed the bomb in under 20 seconds in The Eleventh Hour.

Car Lover
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Completed the mission without losing a humvee in Operation Exodus.

Untouchable
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Completed the mission without using the fire extinguisher in Fire From The Sky.

Bullseye
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Saved the hostages without alerting any enemies in Drop ‘em Like Liquid.

Ninjas
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Reached the VIP without setting off the alarm in Exfiltration.

Lock ‘n’ Load
Silver
Unlocked all unique co-op weapons.

Two-rah!
Silver
Completed all co-op missions.

Army of Two
Gold
Completed all co-op missions on Hard.

Vehicle Warfare
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Recieved all 3 vehicle warfare ribbons.

Support Efficiency
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Recieved all 4 support efficiency ribbons.

Infantry Efficiency
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Recieved all 4 weapon efficiency ribbons.

Decorated
Gold
Received one of each ribbon we have in the game.

M.I.A
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Took your first enemy dogtag.

It’s better than nothing!
Silver
3rd MVP in a ranked match.

1st Loser
Silver
2nd MVP in a ranked match.

Most Valuable Player
Silver
MVP in a ranked match.

Colonel
Gold
Rank 45 achieved!

FlashForward
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Hidden Trophy

Shock Troop
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Hidden Trophy

Rad Loot
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Hidden Trophy

SacreBOOM!
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Hidden Trophy

Wanted: Dead or Alive
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Hidden Trophy

No Escape
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Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Oct 25 2011 11:24 GMT
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Initial question: why do these US military guys have a nice green pot-plant on their war-planning table?

Initial thought: I like the Johnny Cash soundtrack bit. Good choice.

Pot-plant update: there are pot-plants on every flat surface in this part of the game. I guess the marines had them there because they’re buried in the things.

MORE BLOGGINGS BELOW, AS THEY HAPPEN.

1. I am on a train!

2. Many dudes have died. Sorry, dudes. You WERE wearing balaclavas.

3. Quicktime event! I had to duck and then jump. Exciting stuff.

4. Whoa, that dude is NOT wearing a balaclava. He looks like he might be In The Plot.

5. CUTSCENE: Stuff, blah blah Blow Up New York something something.

6. In Iraq. Pot plants abound.

7. We have to rescue the marines! Running, running. SNIPER! FIREFIGHT!

8. Ah, good old scripted shooters. I can stand at the back here and shoot these dudes ALL DAY. But if I shoot the guy on the balcony it’s time to go back inside for a chat.

9. Stuff from the videos. More stuff from the videos.

10. The audio is great. I do have a 400w subwoofer though, so audio is always great. Hm.

11. What’s happening now? My chums found more dudes to shoot. Wow, I have already shot a lot of men. More to come, I guess. I wonder when the cacodemons show up.

12. Alt-tab out and notice noise that graphics card is making. That is the loudest it has been, ever, I think.

13. This next bit – where I am shooting a lot of men – is awesome.

14. And crashed. Time to post an RPS article, I think.

15. Ok, BACK. What the hell, I have to launch the game via my web browser the second time I run it? What is this WITCHCRAFT?!

16. Okay, now I keep dying. And again. Man!

17. Seriously, give me a break game. You are just being a dick.

18. Checkpoints, of course, mean I can’t quicksave-attrition my way through. Have to keep dashing back from the hole where I battered a man to death.

19. Crash.

20. The audio is amazingly good. Absolutely great.

21. Just got the bit where the earthquake drops a building on me. I’m okay!

22. “Press [LMB] to stab.”

23. Looks like the earthquake *crag*ed the pot-plant population. No sign of them.

24. Oh, wow, amazingly well done being-dazzled-by-searchlight bit.

25. In a fairly intense fightfight now. On my own in the dark with an AK. Quite a bit trickier than scripty-shoots so far! Liking this bit.

26. “There, shoot the dog!” Dog? Oh, they mean me.

27. The guys in the interrogation room cutscenes seem EXTRAORDINARILY unimpressed by the story being told here. They are like “meh” and I have just killed about 1000 dudes, survived having a tower block in my face, and then fought my way to escape on an Osprey, while under heavy fire. It’s the most incredible war story ever told and these guys aren’t interested!

28. I am on an aircraft carrier!

29. I am going to fly a jet fighter!

30. What I mean, of course, is that I am going to get a ride in a jet fighter.

31. The plane is an unconvincing on-rails shooty bit. Not great.

32. No plants of any kind.

33. Flying bit finally over. Somewhere else now. In a ditch. I can’t move. People are talking about “the wheels of fate”.

34. It’s war!

35. Crikey, this bit is intense. A night battle for a city. Lights and gunfire and explosions. Running down a riverbed, under a motorway, under fire constantly. This single-player might be a bit shaky but it’s something when it pulls out the stops. (And doesn’t trap you in an aircraft.)

36. Brain hurts. Going to make a cup of tea and stand outside in the rain for a bit. More soon!

37. BACK! Long firefight through the city, complete with getting ambushed by a tank and then killing a bunch of its tank chums. This bit is a pretty good firefight, but I am getting a little annoyed with the rigidity of the scripting. Your chums do not see you and are immovable objects that push you around if you get in their way. (And in the game!)

38. Yikes, just stabbed someone that was being held by an NPC chum. I don’t know exactly why that increased the gruesomeness, but it did.

39. This man is dead :(

40. Yay, this man is asleep on some money! Not really, he’s dead too.

41. He is also asleep on the carpet down the hall. He gets around, that guy.

42. Ooh! Plot twist. I won’t give that away, but it’s exciting!

43. And now I am a Russian guy. My friends look nice:

44. Haha, superb over-the-top violence as Russian chums run over a guy, whose head goes through the windscreen, where it is then fired into with a pistol by the passenger. Nasty.

45. Dude!

46. Dude!

47. This bit where I am a Russian is the best bit so far. Amazingly intense fight through a car-park, and now doing something in a gas-mask. It’s pacey.

48. Hmm, seems like you only get the quicktime melee fight bit when the game wants it to happen. Get too close to a baddy by accident and they auto-stab you. Instant death, nothing you can do.

49. Noooo!

50. The Russians have fought their way through a stylish corporate office block (very Mirror’s Edge) and out into the Paris streets. Loads of particles, loads of destruction, loads of visual cleverness. It really does look and feel incredible. Yes, the baddies are all pop-up drones, and it’s a linear as a laserbeam, but it’s impressive in places, and this is one of them. I’m genuinely amazed by the variety of environments, too.

51. The *crag*ing scripting! I never know if I am about to open a door, if they NPCs are going to do it. Have to wait to see what they will do, over and over again.

52. This Paris streets bit is brilliant. Best shooting gallery in years. Incredibly dramatic ending. Good work, DICE.

53. Woohoo! The tank bit at last.

54. Blimey, tank bit is much, much longer than I expected. I have shot many tanks. Now in some kind of city, rescuing the person I was earlier. Hmm!

55. And I’ve been murdered. That’s one of me down, anyway. Still two left!

56. Time for dinner. Looks like the game is wrapping up, though, so I’ll finish off this evening.


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Posted by Giant Bomb Oct 25 2011 07:01 GMT
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Jeff and Ryan decide that the only way to see if this game is any good is to put some boots on the ground.

Posted by Kotaku Oct 25 2011 04:00 GMT
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#totalrecall The first Battlefield game, Battlefield 1942, was released in 2002. Nearly ten years ago! Yet while it was the first game to bear the branding that lives on to this day with Battlefield 3, depending on how you look at it, it's not really the first game in the series. More »
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Codename Eagle was awesome. Hope DICE does a remake or something

Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Oct 24 2011 15:36 GMT
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As you’ll have noticed, RPS is yet to have brought you a review of Battlefield 3. This is because, unfortunately, EA seemed to forget to give us a copy in advance of release. So instead, below is a picture of a puppy on a unicorn.

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Posted by Joystiq Oct 24 2011 08:01 GMT
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Let's sit down for a few minutes and talk about Battlefield 3.

Let's step outside of the hype, the constant back and forth between fans of the series and fans of, you know, that series. Let's leave the baggage attached by EA's masochistic desire to sidle right up against that game, and we can ignore that beta too. I know it's hard. But let's do it anyway.

Instead, let's talk about what we've been told is DICE's most ambitious, biggest game ever. And let's talk about how Battlefield 3 is simultaneously disappointing in that respect, and brilliant in others, and why that might be OK anyway -- maybe even great.

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Posted by Kotaku Oct 24 2011 09:00 GMT
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#battlefield Not if you are Freddie Wong, it ain't. The Internet nerd hero is back with another video. This time, it's Battlefield 4. Due out in 2017. Or not. More »

Posted by Joystiq Oct 24 2011 08:01 GMT
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Let's sit down for a few minutes and talk about Battlefield 3.

Let's step outside of the hype, the constant back and forth between fans of the series and fans of, you know, that series. Let's leave the baggage attached by EA's masochistic desire to sidle right up against that game, and we can ignore that beta too. I know it's hard. But let's do it anyway.

Instead, let's talk about what we've been told is DICE's most ambitious, biggest game ever. And let's talk about how Battlefield 3 is simultaneously disappointing in that respect, and brilliant in others, and why that might be OK anyway - maybe even great.

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Posted by Kotaku Oct 24 2011 05:00 GMT
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#battlefield To recap, Battlefield 3 on Xbox 360 and PS3 has an optional HD texture install. The game's developers DICE have said that without this, the game looks "standard def". But why take their word for it when you can see the difference yourself? More »

Posted by Kotaku Oct 24 2011 04:00 GMT
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#pc Some people think this year's big PC releases, particularly the "next gen" Battlefield 3, will spur around $1 billion in sales of PC hardware. More »

Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Oct 23 2011 13:46 GMT
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A few people have been asking about rebuilding PCs for Battlefield 3, so I’ve posted an incredibly basic guide below.(more…)


Posted by Joystiq Oct 21 2011 23:15 GMT
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We're just a few short days away from the launch of EA and DICE's biggest game of the year -- however, with reports of platform variations, limited server availability and day-one patches, we've seen no small amount of uncertainty about how we'll be handling our review of Battlefield 3. It's going to be unprecedented territory for us (the existence of this very post should be evidence enough of that), so we thought we'd be as up-front and transparent as humanly possible before said reviews go live.

Yes, reviews. We have received from EA the PC version of the game and, after hearing reports about the differences between the PC and console SKUs -- as well as news of a day-one patch for console versions of the title -- we've decided to review the two individually.

Posted by IGN Oct 21 2011 19:04 GMT
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Guns, blowing s*&% up with tanks and jets, base jumping...

Posted by IGN Oct 21 2011 18:55 GMT
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As the calendar days tick closer to October 25th, you must be wondering to yourself where our Battlefield 3 review is...

Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Oct 21 2011 14:04 GMT
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DRAMATIC MUSIC SHOUTING MAN SHOOTING MAN FOREIGN MAN SWEARING MAN DRAMATIC MUSIC FALLING MAN FLYING MAN CAR CHASE GUNS GUNS GUNS WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR.

(Also, ‘who’s the real terrorist here?’-style political intrigue, which is presumably the long-hinted-at moral greyness of BF3′s plot).(more…)


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Posted by Kotaku Oct 21 2011 02:55 GMT
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#battlefield Battlefield 3 is, in many places, now sitting in shipping boxes, meaning people with access to those boxes can take copies out, put them in consoles, pick up a camera and play the game. Like this guy. More »