official Battlefield 3

[MightyJordan]

By the way dude (too late for me to edit the post below yours); have you ever purchased from that site? A search on Bing gives too many bad results, where people say they were banned from using the game (mostly Modern Warfare), when activated using a key purchased from that site.

Yeah, they're genuine. One of my mates bought a few CD keys from them a few months ago, and they're all still working. I remember he got Dragon Age II, can't remember the others he got though.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

EA FY11: BF3 ?flat out superior? to CoD, losses trimmed

EA has said pre-orders for Battlefield 3 are hugely higher than those for Bad Company 2, and has shown solid results for both the full-year ending March 31 and its fiscal Q4.

EA lost $276 million in the year ended March 31, narrowed from the $677 million lost in the previous year, while sales stayed virtually unmoved at $3.589 billion compared to last year?s $3.654 billion.

Profit for the fourth quarter, ending March 31, was well up, at $151 million compared to $30 million in the previous corresponding period.

The company also said that Battlefield 3 pre-orders were up over 700 percent on Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the last game in the series which released last year.

?We know we have a big competitor, but head-to-head with Call of Duty in Q3, we have the superior game engine, a superior development studio, and a flat out superior game,? said Frank Gibeau. ?Our goal is to significantly gain share in the huge FPS category and to put the other team on defense.?

FIFA 11 has now sold 11 million units, EA said; Bad Company 2 has now moved 7 million; and NfS: Hot Pursuit and Madden 11 has now shifted 5 million apiece.

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[source:VG247]

Those are some bold words from EA. As much as I'd like to agree with Frank Gibeau (EA exec), I don't think BF3 will beat CoD on consoles. I do, however, think that it'll utterly destroy it on the PC.

Battlefield 3 and FIFA 12 to be playable at Eurogamer Expo

Electronic Arts has announced its to show Battlefield 3 and FIFA 12 at this year?s Eurogamer Expo and allow folks to get some hands-on time with the titles.

Other EA titles will have play time available as well.

?Last year?s Eurogamer Expo was a huge success and we?re very happy to be supporting the show in force this year. We expect Battlefield 3 to blow people away when they get hands-on with it,? commented Stuart Lang, UK marketing director of EA.

?We?re delighted that EA is supporting the show with such a fantastic line-up,? added Rupert Loman, managing director of Eurogamer. ?This is just the first of many announcements in the run up to the biggest Eurogamer Expo ever.?

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[source:VG247]

This comes at no surprise because the expo will take place in late-September (22nd-25th).

[LiquidSolstice]

Any word of co-op is split screen? Call me old-fashioned, but nothing beats zero-latency voice-communication/gameplay with a friend ;)

[Crisp]

Stay tuned tomorrow for the very first images and new details on the Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand expansion pack! Includes interviews with the Lead Designer of Back to Karkand and the designer of the original Strike at Karkand map from Battlefield 2.

Source: facebook.com/battlefield

[Singh400]

MP footage. Now. Please!

[rajputwarrior]

EA also said that medal of honor was gonna be better then CoD and that was the biggest lie in the history of lies. Honestly, if this game turns out to be better then good i'll be surprised. DICE has a lot to make up for IMO (destroying bc2 with crap patches and one jackass doing the weapon balance and MoH).

the only thing they are doing by saying its better then CoD is making themselves look like complete asshats (again...) and completely losing their trust of their customers.

[sava700]

EA also said that medal of honor was gonna be better then CoD and that was the biggest lie in the history of lies. Honestly, if this game turns out to be better then good i'll be surprised. DICE has a lot to make up for IMO (destroying bc2 with crap patches and one jackass doing the weapon balance and MoH.

the only thing they are doing by saying its better then CoD is making themselves look like complete asshats (again...) and completely losing their trust of their customers.

EA does a good job at lying to people, look at how they lied to everyone about Crysis 2 and DX11 support...this had nothing to do with Crytek as they would have just said it isn't ready yet and held the release back but EA wanted that money and release date as is. EA also likes to screw stuff up as they did with BF2 by adding in Ranks and Stats which really hurt game play, team work and MOD play as many wouldn't play the mods that came out cause they were addicted to stats. Had EA allowed the stats to be carried over from mod play instead of "Ranked" "Unranked" servers then even today POE2 for example would have thousands of players!

[Ayepecks]

EA also said that medal of honor was gonna be better then CoD and that was the biggest lie in the history of lies. Honestly, if this game turns out to be better then good i'll be surprised. DICE has a lot to make up for IMO (destroying bc2 with crap patches and one jackass doing the weapon balance and MoH).

the only thing they are doing by saying its better then CoD is making themselves look like complete asshats (again...) and completely losing their trust of their customers.

Medal of Honor looked good, but it never looked as good as Battlefield 3 currently does. I honestly think Medal of Honor could have been better if given more time, too. It had solid gameplay in the singleplayer, but it was just incredibly buggy, had a poor story, and the multiplayer (by DICE) was just completely random and a blatant ripoff of Call of Duty.

DICE has a lot to make up for on the multiplayer front, but the singleplayer for this looks excellent. It's kind of surprising given DICE's history that the multiplayer is the most worrying aspect.

[Lamp0]

Well of course they are going to call there games the best... What do you expect? "eh it's good but, MW3 will probably be better though."

[Zain Adeel]

im sorry to add here that Medal of Honor was an amaizing game .. gameplay wise..

it did beat COD for me.. i still play it just to admire how little differences in gameplay mechanics can make a big difference. Its a different experience.. just like bad company 2..

[ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm]

lol @ FIFA 12, I'm sure most will be watching / Playing BF3 than some lame football game. Not sure why people call it the "beautiful game" it's anything but that.

[MightyJordan]

lol @ FIFA 12, I'm sure most will be watching / Playing BF3 than some lame football game. Not sure why people call it the "beautiful game" it's anything but that.

With diving teams like Barcelona, definitely. :p

[Zain Adeel]

well its usually those who play it online..

it becomes FUN..

ill be waiting for it :)

and i hope this time the game across all the major platforms is the same.

not like they did with FIFA 11 on PC :(

[ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm]

I actually hate football and everything about it, but that belongs in general discussion.

So I'll be waiting for BF3 & BF3 alone :) I just wish it came sooner...gah why did they have to cancel 1943 on the pc :(

[S00N3R FR3AK]

So I got BC2 and Vietnam during the EA sale and damn I love this stuff. I kinda had BF3 blinders on and didn't get BC2 when it came out but man have I been missing out. I'm looking forward to improvements PLUS 64 player. O and having hardcore for karakand.

[:: Lyon ::]

MP footage. Now. Please!

+1

Not gonna pre-order before there is any news on multiplayer video, etc. Still remember getting overly excited when I saw BF:BC2 mp trailers last time

[Singh400]

+1

Not gonna pre-order before there is any news on multiplayer video, etc. Still remember getting overly excited when I saw BF:BC2 mp trailers last time

I've pre-ordered it anyway (rude not to at ?17.99) but still MP footage would be nice to seal the deal for me.

[ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm]

same, will not purchase till more info is released, wasn't too impressed with the whole faultlines thing. Need proper screen shots and mp footage, even if it's alpha / beta. I don't see the point of pre-ordering when there is next to no info. Some teaser videos do not count, nor does concept art.

[Pupik]

I don't need no MP footage. Sure it would be nice to feed my desire, but it will make no difference to me in my purchase decision.

I've spent too many hours years playing Battlefield 2 and got too many friends that are Battlefield die-hard fans just like me to skip this one.

[Xero]

^ Likewise, I preordered mine before even seeing a video :) I love the series and they've never let me down. When 90% of shooters replicate COD mp, I don't care what Battlefield 3 brings, it'll be better than the rest of the crap that gets recycled game after game.

[S00N3R FR3AK]

same, will not purchase till more info is released, wasn't too impressed with the whole faultlines thing. Need proper screen shots and mp footage, even if it's alpha / beta. I don't see the point of pre-ordering when there is next to no info. Some teaser videos do not count, nor does concept art.

12 minutes of pure gameplay footage is hardly a teaser video. MP won't be much different but.

[Green_Eye]

I'm pretty sure the only thing that could possibly stop me from buying this game is if it came with an aids infected syringe that shot out at whoever opens the box :p

[DrJohnSmitherson]

I'm pretty sure the only thing that could possibly stop me from buying this game is if it came with an aids infected syringe that shot out at whoever opens the box :p

I'd still risk it... :rofl:

[Green_Eye]

I'd still risk it... :rofl:

(Y) Now that I think about it, well worth the risk :laugh:

[neoadorable]

yes, definitely, especially if Green Eye says so :laugh:

but seriously, BF3 will be awesomeness incarnate. i'm psyched. good times.