BattleField 3 announced!

mmarsh

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For you gamers, EA/DICE just announced the Battlefield 3 is set for release Fall 2011 (barring delays, which you can count on).

More Details will be released at the end of February, but this is what I can confirm:

1. Like BF2, will focus on Present day warfare. The warring factions are not yet disclosed, though previous UNCONFIRMED rumors say it will be US/China.

2. Will use Frostbite 2 engine, an improved version of Frostbite that is currently powering Battlefield Bad Company 2.

3. Both Jet Aircraft and firing from prone positions will return. They were both removed in BFBC2. (I just hope DICE fixes the overpowering nature of Jets and the dolphin-diving cheating that plagued BF2).

4. The PC version will support 64 Players, Console versions will support 24. (Hint this is the excuse to tell the wife you want to buy a new PC. Playing 32 vs 32 is a much better experiance).
 
Idk, sounds like another 40000 microsoft points worth of my time in dlc like BFBC2.

When I should be studying...
 
Looking forward to this one.. :D

The teaser trailer is supposed to come out tomorrow, but it's been leaked here:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7gG1P9d6_k"]YouTube - Official Teaser Trailer Battlefield 3[/ame]
 
USA vs China?

From what I heard a few months ago...But that is the once info I wont swear to. We should know a lot more at the end of this month.




Redleg

Are you planning to host/rent a BF3 server, like last time? We could organize a milforum clan team!
 
Redleg

Are you planning to host/rent a BF3 server, like last time? We could organize a milforum clan team!

That's certainly possible.
But have to try the game first before deciding on anything. :smil:
 
Mr. Redleg I would invest in a Nasa supercomupter and a vial of pixy dust just to run the game at max settings for such an event.

It would be the online matching making session of the century,

Though, I get dibs on the attack helicopter....
 
By the time it comes out I'll have completed basic and hopefully have a gaming laptop that can run it. But yeah, a server would be awesome. And I call dibs on a tank!
 
New gameplay video, looks PRETTY good.. :cool:
make sure to run it in 720p and fullscreen.. :smil:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1jsNIl36Mw"]YouTube - BATTLEFIELD 3: FAULT LINE SERIES EPISODE I: BAD PART OF TOWN[/ame]
 
Please bring the prone back, I could have used that in the brush levels of BFBC2 Vietnam.

I choose prone over any new feature.
 
Another new gameplay video from the Battlefield 3 singler player campaign.
The Frostbite 2 engine looks pretty sweet.. :smil:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myx2NJcw4Co"]YouTube - Battlefield 3 - Gameplay series - Fault Line - Part 2 HD[/ame]
 
Battlefield 3 must undo the evil Homefront did...

Kudos to Redleg for sharing, and to DICE for the great work!
 
New trailer, looks pretty good now.. :D
I've also read that they plan to release a 12min gameplay video on April 17.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbW98JYSjos"]YouTube - Battlefield 3 - Fault Line Episode 3: Get That Wire Cut (HD 720p)[/ame]
 
Be nice if they threw semi auto in there as well.....and made it fun, it seems you only get one of the other in video games....
 
I was reading that they are trying to support up to 80 (40v40) players. One of the designers said they actually had 256 players in a game but decided it wasn't any fun. (too bad).

My only complaint so far is that DICE seems really focused on the SP part of the game in order to beat Call of Duty next game (Modern Warfare 3). Personally wouldn't care if there was no single player at all, its not the strength of the series, I wish they would focus everything on just the MP. If you want SP go play Crysis 2.

Game is targeted for a November Release, but I suspect there ill be a demo released in the late summer around Q3.
 
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