PC

Rant: Mad As Hell, And They’re Going To Take It

I swear, Battlefield fans have to be the unhappiest people on Earth.


February 23, 2012
Mobile

EA Decommissions Busted Battlefield 3 Shooter From App Store

It came in stealthily, like a Navy SEAL on a night mission. And now Battlefield 3: Aftershock ‘s been dishonorably discharged after seemingly falling below EA’s expectations.


February 10, 2012
In Real Life

Forget The Spike’s, Here Are 2011′s Real Video Game Award Winners

Those who like to complain about the annual Spike Video Game Awards, and yes, we’ve heard there are one or two of you, you’re missing the point. Don’t complain about the Spikes. Just forget all about them. And concentrate on the Interactive Achievement Awards instead!


February 9, 2012
Xbox

Kinect-Enabled Shouts And Dragon Mounts: Will Skyrim’s ‘Game Jam’ Experiments Ever See The Light Of Day?

At D.I.C.E. 2012, Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard just showed an amazing highlight reel of mods the studio built into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim during a week-long “game jam” after the game’s release. Features like mounted combat, a lycanthropy skill tree, and one enormous mudcrab, the width of the horizon, were all shown. And that was the tip of the iceberg.


Mobile

That Battlefield 3 iOS Game Just Spawned Into The App Store

Anyone who’s been watching EA knows that the publisher’s going to be tethering portable spin-offs to its big releases. Last year’s Dead Space game for iOS and Android proved such games could be great and yesterday we saw the debut of Mass Effect Infiltrator. This sector’s a big deal for EA.


January 26, 2012
PC

Anti-Cheat Crusaders Blame Each Other For Battlefield 3 Hacks

Over the past week, a ton of innocent Battlefield 3 gamers have been wrongly banned from the game, the result of a hack movement protesting the use of (ahem) anti-cheat software.


January 25, 2012
PC

Hackers Brag That They’re Banning Innocent Battlefield 3 Users

The people at the game-hacking site Artificial Aiming can’t stand the anti-cheat service Punkbuster. One of their members is going on the offensive today — aggressively.


January 17, 2012
In Real Life

The Unquestioned Homophobia In Battlefield 3

The first time I heard “I’m getting my shit pushed in!” during a multiplayer match of Battlefield 3 was from the mouth of an acquaintance in Party chat. I assumed he and his friends were laughing at how ridiculous it sounded, because robbed of context it did sound pretty funny.


December 22, 2011
In Real Life

We All Wish We Were This Good At Battlefield 3

Gameplay as cinema? Sure, it can work, especially when it’s as entertaining as Run, a short clip put together by YouTube user JackFrags.


December 19, 2011
In Real Life

Battlefield 3 Movie More Useful As Battlefield 4 Teaser

This fan-made Battlefield 3 movie is impressive in that they’ve got some realistic-looking gear and capture the little nuances of the game perfectly.