Play Battlefield 3 this Sunday in UK

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 25 August, 2011

Insomnia43 goes boom.

UK gamers can play the PC version of Battlefield 3 this weekend at a huge LAN party.

Insomnia43 is a UK LAN party to be held at the Telford International Centre over the bank holiday weekend. A number of multiplayer tournaments will run, with over £50,000 in prize money up for grabs.

On Sunday Battlefield 3 makes its UK PC debut. Day passes cost £5.

A World Cyber Games tournament will help select the players sent to compete in the global finals later in the year. Games used for tournaments include Counter-Strike: Source, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, FIFA 11, Team Fortress 2 and Heroes of Newerth.

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Comments (32) Latest comment 9 months ago

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  • TruSmiles #1 9 months ago

    I'll just wait until the Eurogamer Expo.

  • Iliad #2 9 months ago

    I'll just wait for the Beta.

  • GAmbrose #3 9 months ago

    I'll just wait for the game, having played the Alpha.

  • Scopeh #4 9 months ago

    I'll just wait, because thats all i can do.

  • Ikaros_O #5 9 months ago

    I'll just wait for insomnia43
    ...Oh would you look at that

  • S.J.Rogers #6 9 months ago

    I'll just wqait till i have friends to play this with... :-(

  • GamesConnoisseur #7 9 months ago

    I ll just wait for X360 version..

    Oh nooo, I m gonna get negged by PC and PS3 crowd, let's me say in my defence, just cos of my friends list, real life mates all own X360 and so shoot them and not me!

  • Lolatron #8 9 months ago

    I'll just have a wank, might as well put that time waiting to good use.

  • GAmbrose #9 9 months ago

    I wouldn't worry @GamesConnoisseur, I'm doing the same.

    Yeah the graphics are better/smoother on PC (If you have £1000 worth of kit...) and you can have more players but i'd rather play with my mates on Xbox live to be honest.

  • murdoch #10 9 months ago

    I'll wait, its Deus Ex this weekend anyway.

  • Seoh #11 9 months ago

    £500-600 PC plays the game perfectly, PC gaming isn't as expensive as it used to be.

  • AHiFi #12 9 months ago

    I'll just wait until it's about £2

  • DirectAim #13 9 months ago

    Good job I spent £1200 on my new base unit! My PC will not eat BF3 while also running crysis 2 on ultra... FUCK YEAH!

  • Koozer #14 9 months ago

    People still think PCs cost £1000? Do they still need upgrades every week too?

  • Bullet_Tunnel #15 9 months ago

    only £500-£600 for a pc!!?!, in that case ill buy two, i needed to go and get some more gold plating for my garden shed anyway, might as well get rid of all my shrapnel left over from when i accidentally bought a faberge egg thinking it was a scotch egg, boy was my face red, i tells ya.

  • GAmbrose #16 9 months ago

    Don't want to turn this in to a format war as I have a decent enough spec PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 so they all have their pros/cons

    PC's may be cheaper now, but I seriously doubt that one from 2005 (Xbox 360 release year) is still competent running modern games, you'd have had to upgraded something in the last 6 years to play modern games at an acceptable level.

    For me:

    Xbox = Multiplayer/exclusives
    PC = Singleplayer all format (With Xbox 360 pad)
    PS3 = Uncharted / Blu-ray player


    Edited by GAmbrose at 25/08/11 @ 11:24

  • Drygore #17 9 months ago

    @Seoh

    Yeah, but not maxed out though ;-)
    Anyways, im in a similar spot as well. Got around 5-6 mates getting it on the 360, and 2-3 getting it on PC.. Think ill grab the PC version though. Looks absolutely stunningly awesome!

  • geeza2020 #18 9 months ago

    £500-£600 is still a lot of money for most people. One PC without a monitor or speakers, OR five 360's or three PS3's.

  • Drygore #19 9 months ago

    I also want to add that the "upgrade rate" for PC's has slowed down alot. Meaning you'll manage longer with what you got. I built a beast of a comp two and a half years ago, and it still is really fast. I should be able to completely max out BF3 and get it over 60 fps in 64 player matches.

    Edit: oops, forgot i overclocked the cpu a few months ago. But at least that was free (and simple if you google it). Well, i did buy a new cooler for around £30, but that's it. :-)

    For those of you having a hard time deciding if you should buy/build a gamer rig or not, i say go for it! If you got the cash, it's totally worth it.

  • butler` #20 9 months ago

    PS3 = Uncharted / Blu-ray player

    +11111111111111111111111111111111

  • FireMonkey #21 9 months ago

    GAmbrose - "PC's may be cheaper now, but I seriously doubt that one from 2005 (Xbox 360 release year) is still competent running modern games, you'd have had to upgraded something in the last 6 years to play modern games at an acceptable level."

    Does that mean the 360 doesn't run the games at an acceptable level? If you bought a semi-decent PC back then it would have matched what the 360 can do. The 360 has not been upgraded, so if the PC hasn't been upgraded they should still run games at the same level. Yes, you won't be able to run the games in the top settings, but then the 360 doesn't either.

    I know PCs cost more than the 360, but most people get much more out of the PC as they would use it for productive things alongside the gaming (such as creating documents, image editing, e-mail, etc).
    Edited by FireMonkey at 25/08/11 @ 11:39

  • Bullet_Tunnel #22 9 months ago

    i got an xbox elite, brand new for a tenner 3 years ago, (thank you mr oboyago, a definate card scammer that would come into the cex i worked at, literally with fresh consoles, nearly everyday), think ill get it on that, plus my 50+ strong modern combat clan Nomad_Souls are all on xbox also. but i suppose the pc will have some decent form of clan support, console have no chance of things like that these days, (for free at least)

  • FireMonkey #23 9 months ago

    Anyway, why are people arguing over what to get it on?

    If you have a good enough PC and enjoy playing FPS's on PC get it for that, if not and you have a 360 or PS3 get it on the one of those you prefer. Simple. It's going to be a great game on any format despite the differences.

  • ballybeg #24 9 months ago

    BF3 is superior on the PC, fact.

  • GAmbrose #25 9 months ago

    @FireMonkey

    "Does that mean the 360 doesn't run the games at an acceptable level?"

    No

    "If you bought a semi-decent PC back then it would have matched what the 360 can do. The 360 has not been upgraded, so if the PC hasn't been upgraded they should still run games at the same level."

    Wrong, the Xbox 360 is a static hardware platform. Games developers spend years before they are squeezing every bit of performance out of it that they can. They can't do this with PC's because they have to develop games that will work on 1000's of different configurations so they can't completely optimise the game

    "Yes, you won't be able to run the games in the top settings, but then the 360 doesn't either."

    The main point was that if you took a high spec PC from 2005 and put it up against an Xbox 360, the Xbox 360 would (with few exceptions) look better and run smoother. And a high-spec PC in 2005 would have cost 4-5 times as much as the £299.99 release price of an Xbox 360.


    I tried not to turn it in to a format war but some people get very defensive :(


  • iamtheoneneo #26 9 months ago

    il just wait for the pc release where all my friends will be playing it in glorious 1080p maxed out with 64 players....as for me well il be playing it on an i7 at 4ghz, 6gb ram and a 5870 all of which i got for £300. PCs expensive my ass.

  • Breach #27 9 months ago

    Real Life people dont game on pc's though, only forum people :)

    I seriously do not socialise/work with anyone who does their gaming on a pc.

    No way would i play BF3 on my decent spec pc, it would be to lonely with only 'digital friends' to play with.




    Edited by Breach at 25/08/11 @ 12:32

  • geeza2020 #28 9 months ago

    iamtheoneneo - any chance of a link to this magical fairyland where you got that for £300?

  • Stratix #29 9 months ago

    I love the iSeries events. Brink was at i42, unfortunatley they moved the venue and turned an hour drive into about a 4 hour drive for me so I wont be able to go to this one.

    Well worth a visit if you are close by though.
    Edited by Stratix at 25/08/11 @ 13:19

  • Bravestinsane #30 9 months ago

    Ill be playing Deus Ex, ill wait for the beta, this will just make me want it more.

    14/60

  • Bravestinsane #31 9 months ago

    @gezza2020

    he probably bought it from someone who stole it in the riots.

    You cant get it that cheap.

    The 5870 and the i7 are about £200 each on their own

  • Trigg3rHippie #32 9 months ago

    I'll just wait for the finished game while playing BFBC2.