PC

If You Don’t Have A 64-Bit Windows In 2013, You’ll Be Missing Out

Not in an advertising sense. You will quite literally be missing out on some games, as EA has revealed that come 2012 a whole range of titles using DICE’s Frostbite 2 engine – the one powering games such as Battlefield 3 – will need a 64-bit operating system to even run.


May 15, 2012
News

Official Servers Make A Battlefield 3 Comeback

After it was discovered last week that the number of “official” DICE and EA Battlefield 3 servers on console had dropped significantly in the wake of a new rental scheme, the developer has moved to bring a large number of them back online.


May 11, 2012
News

Where Did All The Official Battlefield 3 Servers Go?

It seems that EA and DICE have, very quietly, been taking away official servers for the console versions of Battlefield 3. Worse still, it looks like they’re replacing them with servers that fans have to pay for.


May 3, 2012
In Real Life

Yet Another Game Developer Claims Used Games Kill Innovation

rumours continue to swirl about the next iterations of the PlayStation and Xbox consoles. With nearly nothing actively confirmed by either Sony or Microsoft, one of the most popular recurring threads is that the consoles will in some way block the owners’ ability to play secondhand, used copies of physical games.


April 16, 2012
In Real Life

It’s People Like This That Make Me Not Want To Play Battlefield 3 Any More

I mean, what’s the point? I hide in tanks to stay away from guys like this, but the more they level up, the more tools they get to pry me out and do terrible things to my corpse.


April 4, 2012
Xbox

Battlefield 3 DLC Lets You Pay To Cheat (Basically)

EA is no stranger to allowing users to pay for upgrades most people earn the hard way. It’s been doing it since the dawn of the DLC era. But a new set of unlocks for Battlefield 3 is beginning to take the piss.


March 15, 2012
PC

Battlefield 3′s Biggest Map Is Guaranteed, A Great Multiplayer Tutorial Is Not

On an evening in San Francisco when the people behind Battlefield 3 showed off the June expansion to their big war shooter, I asked them about the future beyond that future and about a missing element from their past.


March 14, 2012
PC

Modern What? No, Look At This Battlefield 3 Expansion Trailer

By sheer coincidence, total accident and obvious happenstance, today, on the day that three new maps are made available for Modern Warfare 3‘s Xbox 360 Elite subscribers, we’ve been given a trailer to show you for some new Battlefield 3 DLC.


March 8, 2012
PC

Battlefield 3 Changes The Game With 3 Themed Expansion Packs

Eschewing the normal practice of releasing intermittent “piecemeal” map packs, DICE intends to deliver three completely new experiences to Battlefield 3 players this year in the form of a trio of expansion packs, delivering new game modes, “innovative” gameplay, and unique environments with each release. It’s maps plus!


February 27, 2012
News

New Details On Battlefield 3′s Upcoming Patch

Kotaku AU

So who’s still playing Battlefield 3? [Waits for hypothetical massive response.] Wow, that many? Well, DICE has just released the patch notes the upcoming balance changes its making to the game on all three platforms.