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Watch the deadly items in the Physical Warfare Pack in action in this Battlefield 3 gameplay trailer. Physical Warfare Pack contains the DAO-12 semi-automatic shotgun, Type 88 Light Machine Gun, flechette ammo for the DAO-12, and a flash suppressor for the SKS sniper rifle. This pack is available as a pre-order bonus at select retailers and at Origin for the PC digital download version of Battlefield 3: Limited Edition. At a later date, we will unlock all of these items to all players of Battlefield 3 at no extra charge. You can pre-order the PC digital download version at Origin Source: View the full article

Sony posted a list of games they will be displaying in their booth at the Tokyo Game Show, which includes Battlefield 3 on Playstation 3. Nothing... View the full article

Watch the deadly items in the Physical Warfare Pack in action in this Battlefield 3 gameplay trailer. Physical Warfare Pack contains the DAO-12 semi-automatic shotgun, Type 88 Light Machine Gun, flechette ammo for the DAO-12, and a flash suppressor for the SKS sniper rifle. This pack is available as a pre-order bonus at select retailers and at Origin for the PC digital download version of Battlefield 3: Limited Edition. At a later date, we will unlock all of these items to all players of Battlefield 3 at no extra charge. You can pre-order the PC digital download version at http://www.origin.com (Please visit the site to view this media) http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=45587View the full article

Last month, EA contacted me about a Battlefield 3 community event being held at PAX Prime in Seattle, Washington. I've been to a few other ... View the full article

The Battlefield series has always been about the perfect mix of infantry and vehicle warfare. Battlefield 3 is no different. Read on for the full story on our deep vehicle customization and refined gameplay mechanics that will change how you play the game. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BF3_5F00_GamesCom_5F00_11_5F00_Thumb.jpgCaspian Border is the ultimate all-out vehicle warfare map.

MLG (Major League Gaming), one of the biggest professional gaming leagues in the world, has officially added Battlefield 3 to … Read on →http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/hn7kNTZ7dkEView the full article

A whole lot of Battlefield 3 previews coming out from PAX and the community day last week. We are working on ours and should have it posted up... View the full article

Here’s your chance to learn all about the co-op campaign in Battlefield 3 that we showed off on PlayStation 3. View the full article

GameBattles, a property of Major League Gaming (MLG), announced on Saturday the opening of their Battlefield 3 Arena. Team signup is underway for all... View the full article

Last week was another great week is on the record books here on team Battlefield, filled with news, awards and great new info on Battlefield 3. All that and more in this week’s Battlefield Highlights of the Week! View the full article

We've been slacking on the news front since we were at PAX, so here's some Battlefield 3 stories from the past couple days.Battlefield 3 ... View the full article

At PAX this weekend Battlefield 3 Brand Manager, Kevin O'Leary was interviewed live from the Alienware Arena booth by MLG Starcraft 2 commentator... View the full article

It’s been disappointing for PC game modders that Battlefield 3 won’t ship with mod tools, because the new Frostbite 2.0 … Read on →http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/F8lB_tXGf1AView the full article

Over the past week, there has been a huge backslash towards EA and their Origin End User Licensee Agreement, which … Read on →http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/W70VwYAWMh8View the full article

We’ve gotten hold of some very high resolution in-game renders of Battlefield 3′s four classes: Assault, Support, Recon and Engineer. … Read on →http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/Iis9oUdRXwIView the full article

Planet Battlefield along with other community sites are at PAX this weekend checking out Battlefield 3. Below are some pictures from the floor.... View the full article

DICE released a beta patch today for Battlefield Bad Company 2. The beta will only work with the nonSteam version of the game. Full information on... View the full article

Another great week is on the record books here on team Battlefield, filled with news, awards and great new info on Battlefield 3. All that and more in this week’s Battlefield Highlights of the Week! http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/highlights.jpg A new installment to the Battleblog went live on Thursday, with a focus on weapon customization. In the blog, the entire weapons progression and customization system was explained, showing you how you can equip your weapon to suit your personal playstyle, as well as how to unlock these new pieces of gear. If you’re curious about how weapons will be used in Battlefield 3, this is the post for you. Read the entire installment of Battleblog #8 right here. While at GamesCom 2011 in Cologne, Germany, Battlefield 3 garnered a lot of attention, so the fine folks at DICE created a definitive rundown of Battlefield 3 at GamesCom. The Battlefield 3 booth was the single biggest setup DICE has ever had, making for an extraordinary experience. At one point, there was a projected 12 hour wait to play Battlefield 3, with the line stretching across the entire hall of the show floor. Along with that, this post has all the awards, news and exclusive interviews seen for BF3, making it something not to miss. Take a look at the video below for a taste of what to expect, and to read the full blog post detailing all of the awesome activity from GamesCom, you can read the full post right here. While at Evoke 2011, DICE’s own Kenny Magnusson held a seminar talking about some of the finer points of the Frostbite 2 game engine. In his seminar, Magnusson went into deep detail talking about some of the technical aspects of the engine, specifically, the visual elements. There’s quite a bit to talk about when it comes to rendering and lighting capabilities in the engine, and Kenny covered a huge piece of the tech side of things, covering particle lighting, dynamic radiosity, and high dynamic range, making for a fascinating and seminar that gives some excellent insight to the game development process. Click here for the full post, including video from the seminar itself! XboxDailyNews reports this week that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has taken over the UK Xbox sales charts, as it has jumped from the six spot to be the top selling Xbox game in the UK! We’re incredibly excited about this news, and you can rest assured that the best is yet to come! Are you heading to PAX Prime this year? Don’t forget! Battlefield 3 and the team are currently in Seattle for the 2011 Penny Arcade Expo! If you’re heading to the show, be sure to stop by the Battlefield booth (#3617) to see the game for yourself! We’ll be there every day at PAX Prime from open to close (August 26 – August 28 from 10am to 6pm). Stop by, take a look at Battlefield 3, and be sure to say hi. We’ll see you there! Thanks for tuning in and we’ll be back next week with even more Battlefield goodies for you to enjoy! If you have any videos or images, or any other great Battlefield-related items you'd like highlighted, hit us up on Facebook or Twitter! Until then, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, leave us a note in the comments section and we’ll respond as soon as possible. Follow Battlefield on Facebook! Follow Battlefield on Twitter! Source: View the full article

EA has been heavily promoting Battlefield 3 pre-orders over the past few months, offering a wide variety of incentives, from … Read on →http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BF3Blog/~4/15_8z4py4LgView the full article

Do you want the chance to win Battlefield 3 Personalised Dogtags for you & your mates? View the full article

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/1.png We have well over 50 weapons in Battlefield 3. But each weapon in itself can be tailored to wildly differing play styles and combat roles. Read on for the full details on our deepest weapon customization ever. Two weeks ago, we detailed the general design philosophy behind the gun play in Battlefield 3 together with Senior Designer Alan Kertz. Today, we are delving deeper into the thousands of weapon customization options you will have in the game. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/2.png Basically, each main weapon in the game has three accessory slots, where you can attach weapon accessories you have unlocked. Weapon accessory unlocks are received on a per weapon basis, meaning that the more time you spend with a particular weapon, the more options you will have to customize that weapon to fit different your combat role and play style. A rifle in Battlefield 3 can be customized for wildly different combat roles. The carbine directly below has been equipped with a heavy barrel, bipod, and a 4X magnification combat scope. This would be ideal for a soldier who wants to engage targets at medium to long range and use suppressive fire to support his team mates. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BF3-Weapon-Customization-1.jpg http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BF3-Weapon-Customization-2.jpg http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/3.png In the picture above, the same carbine has instead been equipped with a suppressor, foregrip, and quick acquisition holographic scope. This setup would be well suited for Close Quarters Battle, especially indoors where stealth can be a vital factor. The unlockable weapon accessories include an assortment of optics, suppressors, bipods, barrels, underslung grenade launchers, underslung shotguns, foregrips, flashlights, laser sights, and more. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/6.png While the class and model of your weapon will determine a number of basic values (like muzzle speed, energy, and fire rate), you can always modify it to tweak it towards anything from long range to close quarters combat. So. Are you a long range sniper or a close quarters combat type of player? The neat thing is, in Battlefield 3, you can easily switch between both. With our powerful weapon customization features, there are no limits to the types of gameplay we support. Stay tuned for Battlefield 3 Battleblog #9 soon Did you miss the previous stories in the Battleblog series? Battleblog #1: Lars Gustavsson on DICE's new multiplayer philosophy in Battlefield 3 Battleblog #2: With a bit of class Battleblog #3: With an army by your side Battleblog #4: Up close and personal Battleblog #5: Years' worth of unlocks and rewards in Battlefield 3 Battleblog #6: Building Battlefield 3 from the gun out Battleblog #7: Battlefield 3 introduces themed co-op campaign For more information on Battlefield 3, visit the Official Site. To learn about the Frostbite 2 game engine, visit the Frostbite 2 section on the Battlefield 3 site. For the latest news on everything Battlefield, follow us on Twitter and our Facebook page. This game is not affiliated with weapon/vehicle manufacturers. Source: View the full article

5 days of non-stop gaming with Battlefield 3 are over, and we are back at the DICE office. As the tinnitus from the show floor is settling down, let’s take a few moments to recap all of the Battlefield 3 goodness from GamesCom 2011. Being our biggest setup ever, we received a number of prestigious awards, let thousands of people try three different game modes, and released an already classic multiplayer trailer. Read on for the full details. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BF3-BestofGC2011.png . The awards – Best of GamesCom On the Tuesday of the show, a number of judges had hands-on time with the most promising games from the show. The result was unanimous: they all voted Battlefield 3 Best of GamesCom! Also, yesterday saw Battlefield 3 win Eurogamer’s Game of the Show Award. We are very happy and humbled that fans and critics alike had such a great time with the game in Cologne. The EA press conference – Co-op and Caspian Border reveal Last Tuesday, the EA press conference kicked of GamesCom 2011 with a bang. The one-hour show ended with DICE playing the co-op mission Exfiltration live on PS3, and then airing our new Caspian Border multiplayer trailer. The trailer has already become a classic, and if you haven’t seen it yet, now is definitely the time. Oh, and that little radio controlled vehicle you can see at 1:40 is the Engineer class EOD robot, which you can use to repair vehicles and disarm M-COM stations. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/300x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BF3GC2011MPBooth.jpg Worth waiting for. The 12 hour line to the Battlefield 3 booth One of the highlights of the entire show was without a doubt the Battlefield 3 booth, where you could choose to play our new vehicle-heavy map Caspian Border, or the Exfiltration co-op mission (from the press conference) on PS3. On Saturday morning – traditionally one of the largest days for GamesCom – the line for the Battlefield 3 booth had a projected 12 hour waiting time and wrapped around our booth and stretched all the way across the entire length of the enormous Hall 6. This was also the day when GamesCom officially had to shut all entries to the show for several hours, since it was well over capacity. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/BF3-Jet-GC2011.jpg Yep, that's our jet! The EA Pwned show with exclusive interviews The EA Pwned show was also on site at GamesCom, and here are the three daily episodes they produced after the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Their GamesCom shows feature a variety of EA games that were present at GamesCom, but Battlefield 3 is the only game that is present in all of their videos. The first episode focuses on the EA press conference and features an exclusive interview with DICE GM Karl Magnus Troedsson right after he went off stage. Episode II takes a closer look at the co-op mode together with Producer Patrick Liu, while the third one is mainly about our 64-player multiplayer mode. You can watch them all below. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/GC2011BF3-Community-Lounge.jpg Community Manager Daniel Matros presenting to our fans. The packed Battlefield 3 community lounge The community lounge was a huge success, packed every day by our awesome fans. Over 300 invited community members had the chance to play Team Deathmatch in a 4v4 setup on PC, and the feedback was phenomenal. We want to thank our wonderful fans for your burning interest and dedication for the Battlefield series. It's what keeps us going! Also, big thanks to Andreas Koch for holding it down in the community lounge, and congratulations again on his Lifetime Achievement Award for driving the German Battlefield community for the past 10 years. http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/GCEnd.jpg Can you tell that 275,000 fans passed through here? We're making a note here: Huge success! It’s always hard work going to a show. Doubly so if you decide to bring not one, not two, but three versions of your game. Having shared Team Deathmatch, Co-op, and Multiplayer with thousands of visitors, this was easily one of our biggest shows ever. As always, going to the show and meeting our fans in person is so rewarding. We received a lot of interesting feedback, answered a lot of your questions, but above all – we had fun together. Totally worth the ringing in our ears. As the cleaning crew entered the halls Sunday night to clear up the havok that 275,000 eager gamers caused over the week, there was only one thought in our minds: See you next year! For more information on Battlefield 3, visit the Official Site. To learn about the Frostbite 2 game engine, visit the Frostbite 2 section on the Battlefield 3 site. For the latest news on everything Battlefield, follow us on Twitter and our Facebook page. Source: View the full article

For all of you tech savvy people out there, feel free to indulge in three videos detailing the Frostbite 2 particle lighting, Dynamic Radiosity and High Dynamic Range. If you missed the different presentations, you can watch them all again with DICE´s very own - Kenny Magnusson! // www.twitter.com/battlefield // www.facebook.com/battlefield Source: View the full article

In addition to being shown at PAX this weekend, Battlefield 3 will be at the Insomnia43 gaming festival in the UK on Sunday. Thanks richardjw1990.... View the full article

NVIDIA announced today they will allowing fans to get their hands on Battlefield 3 at their booth at PAX Prime this weekend. Aside from a PC freeplay... View the full article