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Commo Rose was a much requested feature for Battlefield 3, but the version that managed to ship with the game … Read on → http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p4dH_oSEcAM58CEBjjmkhLD8Qo4/0/di http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p4dH_oSEcAM58CEBjjmkhLD8Qo4/1/di http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/2AcMCrVBsCwView the full article

“You go ahead, I’m gonna sit this one out.” If you’d like to contribute, send your screenshots to screenshot[at]bf3blog.com. By … Read on → http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LQ-hb_iVtaq5xkl2mIRtLpZT97w/0/di http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LQ-hb_iVtaq5xkl2mIRtLpZT97w/1/di http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/qpUP5Gcc1uUView the full article

Joystiq recently had the chance to check out Battlefield 3 Aftershock, which is the iOS version of Battlefield 3. According to the preview, the game... View the full article

With the release of Back To Karkand for PlayStation 3 players today, DICE also released a brand new trailer. This … Read on → http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nio5egKc3U7xnJmtcd29TGsuDyE/0/di http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nio5egKc3U7xnJmtcd29TGsuDyE/1/di http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/JGIMZMint14View the full article

Starting today, PlayStation 3 players can revisit the legendary maps in the Back to Karkand expansion pack! What better way to celebrate than with a new PlayStation 3 based gameplay trailer? This is it! Back to Karkand is now out on PlayStation 3 in Europe, with North America and Asia to follow shortly. We hope you enjoy our new gameplay trailer entirely based on PlayStation 3 footage. If you have followed the "Going Back to Karkand" blog series, you know by now that it contains four legendary Battlefield 2 maps reimagined in the Frostbite 2 engine. And you know about the vehicles, and that we have ten classic weapons brought in from Battlefield 2. These are a variety of shotguns, sniper rifles, and machine guns that were particularly popular in Battlefield 2. What you probably didn't know is that Back to Karkand works seamlessly in conjunction with the base game. This means that you can bring these ten new weapons back to the base game. They essentially get added to your existing arsenal rather than being an either/or choice. Also, servers will have the ability to run map rotations with any mix of base game plus Back to Karkand maps. Further, the new layer of persistence with Assignments does not replace what is in the base game – it works in parallel with it. Since you will be able to join mixed map rotations, we will alert you if you don’t own Back to Karkand and try to join a server where one or more maps require Back to Karkand. You will be notified in-game via a pop-up window once Back to Karkand is live, and you can buy it in the in-game store and the PlayStation Store. PlayStation 3 players will be able to start playing today, while PC and Xbox 360 formats will follow on December 13th. To start playing on the Back to Karkand maps, make sure you For a guide on how to buy, download and get started in Back to Karkand, head to this simple step by step guide. PLEASE NOTE: At the moment, we are experiencing issues with the server browser. Please use the Quick Match filter settings to pick the Back to Karkand map and mode you want to play. Going through the server browser right now will match you up with base game maps only. We are hard at work isolating and fixing this issue and will have an ETA on this later. Stay tuned for more information. In the meantime, using Quick Match will let you select and play on any map, from the base game or Back to Karkand. Back to Karkand PlayStation 3 release timings Europe, Australia & New Zealand: Out now! North America: December 6th, between 2PM and 6PM PST Japan/Asia: December 7th, around 3PM JST Did you miss the earlier stories in this blog series? #6: Gulf of Oman gameplay, combat vehicles revealed #5: Gameplay from Strike at Karkand, Assignments explained #4: The design idea behind the themed expansion pack #3: Introducing Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula #2: “Wake Island has a special place in my heart” #1: Your chance to relive the greatest Battlefield maps ever Source: View the full article

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand is out today on PlayStation 3! Here’s how to buy and download it. 1: A POPUP APPEARS http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_2D00_1.jpg When you start the game, you will get a popup showing one of two messages. It will announce that Back to Karkand is out. If you are a Limited Edition owner, it will say thanks and note that you can now download this expansion pack at no extra charge via the in-game store. If you are a standard edition owner, the popup will announce that Back to Karkand is available for purchase at the in-game store. Hit X to remove the popup window. 2: HEAD TO THE IN-GAME STORE http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_2D00_2.jpg Go to the main menu. Select “STORE” and hit X to enter it. 3: FIND BACK TO KARKAND IN THE IN-GAME STORE http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_2D00_3.jpg When in the in-game store, you will find Back to Karkand as one of the items. If you are a Limited Edition owner, the price will be set to 0. If not, it’s yours at $14.99 (or the equivalent in your currency). Select it and make any necessary payment to start the download. 4: FIND YOUR NEW MAPS http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_2D00_4.jpg There are four new maps in Back to Karkand: Strike at Karkand, Wake Island, Sharqi Peninsula, and Gulf of Oman. After you have downloaded the expansion pack, these maps will all appear exactly the same way as the nine base game maps. PLEASE NOTE: At the moment, we are experiencing issues with the server browser. Please use the Quick Match filter settings to pick the Back to Karkand map and mode you want to play. Going through the server browser right now will match you up with base game maps only. We are hard at work isolating and fixing this issue and will have an ETA on this later. Stay tuned for more information. In the meantime, using Quick Match will let you select and play on any map, from the base game or Back to Karkand. 5: GO BACK TO KARKAND! http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_2D00_5.jpg You are now ready to go back to Karkand! Have fun and let us know what you think in the Battlelog forums. Q: WHY DO I GET RETURNED TO THE MAIN SCREEN? A: If you do not have Back to Karkand and join a server running a Back to Karkand map in its rotation, you will eventually be returned to the main menu and a message will appear telling you that you did not have the appropriate content installed. You will never risk joining a Back to Karkand server via the Quick Match functionality if you don't have this expansion pack. Source: View the full article

Battlefield 3 Back to Karkand is out today for Playstation 3 players and in celebration of that DICE have released a Wake Island gameplay... View the full article

The first Battlefield 3 expansion, Back To Karkand, has been released on the PlayStation 3, and some members of the … Read on → http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bidl8OyYjdk_-EdNEAVS0Hfoid8/0/di http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bidl8OyYjdk_-EdNEAVS0Hfoid8/1/di http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/iHNG_vippF4View the full article

This is it! Back to Karkand is now out on PlayStation 3! We hope you enjoy our new gameplay trailer entirely based on Battlefield 3 PlayStation 3 footage. View the full article

A thread on the EA UK forums has map map overviews for the Back to Karkand maps. The images came from a mini strategy guide given to GameStop PowerUp... View the full article

The massive Battlefield R3 client update is starting to roll out now and appears to be 3.9 GB and not 2 GB as we had previously heard. Restart Origin... View the full article

Tomorrow on December 6, Battlefield 3 will be down between 9 AM CET / 12 AM PST until 1 PM … Read on → http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gLqTSAYDToAIErc9dbaCnmbpiG0/0/di http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gLqTSAYDToAIErc9dbaCnmbpiG0/1/di http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/F875e9SwKXkView the full article

Starting today, PlayStation 3 players can revisit the legendary maps in the Back to Karkand expansion pack! What better way to celebrate than with a new PlayStation 3 based gameplay trailer? (Please visit the site to view this media) This is it! Back to Karkand is now out on PlayStation 3 in Europe, with North America and Asia to follow shortly. We hope you enjoy our new gameplay trailer entirely based on PlayStation 3 footage. If you have followed the "Going Back to Karkand" blog series, you know by now that it contains four legendary Battlefield 2 maps reimagined in the Frostbite 2 engine. And you know about the vehicles, and that we have ten classic weapons brought in from Battlefield 2. These are a variety of shotguns, sniper rifles, and machine guns that were particularly popular in Battlefield 2. What you probably didn't know is that Back to Karkand works seamlessly in conjunction with the base game. This means that you can bring these ten new weapons back to the base game. They essentially get added to your existing arsenal rather than being an either/or choice. Also, servers will have the ability to run map rotations with any mix of base game plus Back to Karkand maps. Further, the new layer of persistence with Assignments does not replace what is in the base game – it works in parallel with it. Since you will be able to join mixed map rotations, we will alert you if you don’t own Back to Karkand and try to join a server where one or more maps require Back to Karkand. You will be notified in-game via a pop-up window once Back to Karkand is live, and you can buy it in the in-game store and the PlayStation Store. PlayStation 3 players will be able to start playing today, while PC and Xbox 360 formats will follow on December 13th. To start playing on the Back to Karkand maps, make sure you For a guide on how to buy, download and get started in Back to Karkand, head to this simple step by step guide. PLEASE NOTE: At the moment, we are experiencing issues with the server browser. Please use the Quick Match filter settings to pick the Back to Karkand map and mode you want to play. Going through the server browser right now will match you up with base game maps only. We are hard at work isolating and fixing this issue and will have an ETA on this later. Stay tuned for more information. In the meantime, using Quick Match will let you select and play on any map, from the base game or Back to Karkand. Back to Karkand PlayStation 3 release timings Europe, Australia & New Zealand: Out now!North America: December 6th, between 2PM and 6PM PSTJapan/Asia: December 7th, around 3PM JST Did you miss the earlier stories in this blog series? #6: Gulf of Oman gameplay, combat vehicles revealed#5: Gameplay from Strike at Karkand, Assignments explained#4: The design idea behind the themed expansion pack#3: Introducing Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula#2: “Wake Island has a special place in my heart”#1: Your chance to relive the greatest Battlefield maps ever http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56477View the full article

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand is out today on PlayStation 3! Here’s how to buy and download it. 1: A POPUP APPEARShttp://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_2D00_1.jpg When you start the game, you will get a popup showing one of two messages. It will announce that Back to Karkand is out. If you are a Limited Edition owner, it will say thanks and note that you can now download this expansion pack at no extra charge via the in-game store. If you are a standard edition owner, the popup will announce that Back to Karkand is available for purchase at the in-game store. Hit X to remove the popup window. 2: HEAD TO THE IN-GAME STORE http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_2D00_2.jpgGo to the main menu. Select “STORE” and hit X to enter it. 3: FIND BACK TO KARKAND IN THE IN-GAME STORE http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_2D00_3.jpgWhen in the in-game store, you will find Back to Karkand as one of the items. If you are a Limited Edition owner, the price will be set to 0. If not, it’s yours at $14.99 (or the equivalent in your currency). Select it and make any necessary payment to start the download. 4: FIND YOUR NEW MAPS http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_2D00_4.jpgThere are four new maps in Back to Karkand: Strike at Karkand, Wake Island, Sharqi Peninsula, and Gulf of Oman. After you have downloaded the expansion pack, these maps will all appear exactly the same way as the nine base game maps. PLEASE NOTE: At the moment, we are experiencing issues with the server browser. Please use the Quick Match filter settings to pick the Back to Karkand map and mode you want to play. Going through the server browser right now will match you up with base game maps only. We are hard at work isolating and fixing this issue and will have an ETA on this later. Stay tuned for more information. In the meantime, using Quick Match will let you select and play on any map, from the base game or Back to Karkand. 5: GO BACK TO KARKAND! http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_2D00_5.jpgYou are now ready to go back to Karkand! Have fun and let us know what you think in the Battlelog forums. Q: WHY DO I GET RETURNED TO THE MAIN SCREEN?A: If you do not have Back to Karkand and join a server running a Back to Karkand map in its rotation, you will eventually be returned to the main menu and a message will appear telling you that you did not have the appropriate content installed. You will never risk joining a Back to Karkand server via the Quick Match functionality if you don't have this expansion pack. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56914View the full article

Earlier today Battlefield 3 Producers, Fredrik Lving and Alexander Grndal held a live stream Q&ampA. A recording of the chat can be found below. A... View the full article

GameSpot posted two new Battlefield 3 Back at Karkand videos today showing Strike at Karkand, Wake Island and Gulf of Oman. Back to Karkand is coming... View the full article

“Watch me do this back flip–oh God that hurt!” If you’d like to contribute, send your screenshots to screenshot[at]bf3blog.com. By … Read on → http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-dsLMsegwJsBANDBzGU0PjpN2dQ/0/di http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-dsLMsegwJsBANDBzGU0PjpN2dQ/1/di http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/4rf6Ur_vbZcView the full article

Back To Karkand will be released on Dec. 6th for PlayStation 3 owners and on December 13th for PC and … Read on → http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rr3a6ZDBhd4uJh0QMl7o8-GX2QA/0/di http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rr3a6ZDBhd4uJh0QMl7o8-GX2QA/1/di http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/mLRR8SbDFT8View the full article

Yesterday, we announced the 1 week early release date for Back to Karkand on PlayStation 3. Today, we are happy to announce that the December 6th PlayStation 3 release will be followed by Xbox 360 and PC on December 13th! http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/Wake_5F00_01.jpg If you pre-ordered Battlefield 3: Limited Edition, you will receive this expansion pack at no extra charge. Anyone else can buy it through the in-game store (on consoles), PlayStation Store (PS3), Xbox Live Marketplace (Xbox 360), or on Origin (PC). Come back next week for more epic gameplay footage from Back to Karkand, and have a great gaming weekend! Source: View the full article

The next big Battlefield 3 update for PC is just about ready to roll out. DICE's Mikael Kalms states the 2 GB update will be released Tuesday,... View the full article

DICE has released a list of updates, fixes and tweaks which will be available in the upcoming PC patch, scheduled … Read on → http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qmp4CkuAO9wBaDX_rq4wYop7c7g/0/di http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qmp4CkuAO9wBaDX_rq4wYop7c7g/1/di http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/VRkP-wad5HkView the full article

We previously revealed that the upcoming Battlefield 3 DLC Back To Karkand would drop on December 7 on the PlayStation … Read on → http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l51-qEQrzzJH529M5EfMjTpg3tc/0/di http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l51-qEQrzzJH529M5EfMjTpg3tc/1/di http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/2npOIwqoxQoView the full article

We hope you are ready to go Back to Karkand, as we are releasing our first Battlefield 3 expansion pack Tuesday, December 6th on PlayStation 3. PC and Xbox 360 to follow on December 13th. View the full article

EA officially announced today that the Battlefield 3 Back to Karkand expansion pack will be released December 6th for Playstation 3 and December 13th... View the full article

Yesterday, we announced the 1 week early release date for Back to Karkand on PlayStation 3. Today, we are happy to announce that the December 6th PlayStation 3 release will be followed by Xbox 360 and PC on December 13th! http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/Wake_5F00_01.jpg If you pre-ordered Battlefield 3: Limited Edition, you will receive this expansion pack at no extra charge. Anyone else can buy it through the in-game store (on consoles), PlayStation Store (PS3), Xbox Live Marketplace (Xbox 360), or on Origin (PC). Come back next week for more epic gameplay footage from Back to Karkand, and have a great gaming weekend! http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56652View the full article