official Battlefield 3

[Lucas]

Beta might be coming out on September 27th. Those are the rumors.

[LingeringSoul]

That video was amazing. I've been on the fence with building a new PC, but Battlefield 3 is slowly pushing me over the edge. My current rig can probably run the game at medium settings, but I want to play this thing in its full glory :).

[Crisp]

EA Employees have started trolling...

http://www.gamepur.com/files/imagepicker/6/battlefield_3_beta_360.jpg

[oceanmotion]

What are the options for getting into the BETA other than MOH LE, and Alpha players I imagine get in too ?

[idioot]

Everyone can get the beta. But if you mean 48 hours earlier access, then pre-order BF3 on Origin

[oceanmotion]

Really, on all platforms? Sweet.

[Singh400]

It's getting closer... ;)

[SkyDX]

It's getting closer... ;)

How...? :o

[Pupik]

First footage from the XBOX360 version(?):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-XylhLXz48

Which doesn't really say much, as a result of the poor quality or anything to notice any real details on.

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Bit torn what to do with this :( I would much prefer to own this on the PC but it will mean a graphics card upgrade at least.... and none of my friends will be playing it on PC. But I could just get it on the PS3 (which all my friends have and will be buying it on) - but I HATE playing FPS's like this on a control pad. Bit of a dilemma! :(

[Pupik]

Here's more footage from the xbox360 version: http://www.battlefield3online.com/battlefield-3-general-discussion/2020-battlefield-3-leaked-xbox-360-alpha-screenshots-footage.html

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

Bit torn what to do with this :( I would much prefer to own this on the PC but it will mean a graphics card upgrade at least.... and none of my friends will be playing it on PC. But I could just get it on the PS3 (which all my friends have and will be buying it on) - but I HATE playing FPS's like this on a control pad. Bit of a dilemma! :(

PC dude. buy it on PC.

[Singh400]

[Lexcyn]

DO WANT.

Where are these pics coming from?

[Pupik]

DO WANT.

Where are these pics coming from?

Check the source on http://www.neowin.ne...t__p__594303284

From Reddit.

[Lamp0]

I really dislike that art work they use everywhere of the solider walking.

[Lucas]

Someone leaked the **** out of the Xbox 360 footage. They are taking everything down btw. Damage control EA!

[SkyDX]

You're quite mean Singh :p

[Crisp]

3 flag Conquest... FFFUUUUU

[NoLiMiT06]

I really hope these images from the 360 version are very early builds because it looks like ass....

EDIT: Just realized its from a Alpha build, I really hope it looks better by now, Bad Company looks great so does 1943 so I expect nothing less :p

[SoapyHamHocks Member]

I really hope these images from the 360 version are very early builds because it looks like ass....

What do you expect out of 5+ year old hardware?

[trag3dy]

Looks pretty similar to BC2 if you ask me.

[NoLiMiT06]

What do you expect out of 5+ year old hardware?

BC1 and BC2 look nothing like that and look far better. As I said it's from a alpha build and I am sure it looks better but what has me worried is we have not seen any 360 footage from the DEV.

[SteelToast]

I really hope these images from the 360 version are very early builds because it looks like ass....

EDIT: Just realized its from a Alpha build, I really hope it looks better by now, Bad Company looks great so does 1943 so I expect nothing less :p

Even if it looked liked that in the final release, I wouldn't be surprised, not much you can do with only 512 MBs of RAM, and something along the lines of a X1950 as a GPU to begin with.

[Lamp0]

It actually says Pre-Alpha on the disc. So I imagine the graphics will be a fair bit sharper. But BC2 wasn't miles off that on Xbox. Though when I am in the thick of it I hardly notice. It's not all the time I stop the game to examine a frame and check out all the visual shortcomings.

So if that's Pre-Alpha I have no concern about the visual quality of the Xbox version.