Battlefield 3 officially announced

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 2 August, 2010

Beta access in MoH Limited Edition.

EA has announced Battlefield 3, developed by DICE.

Little is known about the game. The peculiar announcement came in a blog post that revealed beta access to the upcoming shooter will be included in the Limited Edition of Afghanistan FPS Medal of Honor.

According to EA, if you own the Medal of Honor Limited Edition you will receive an invitation to the Battlefield 3 beta "within 12 months following the release of Medal of Honor".

Medal of Honor is due out on 15th October in the UK.

A release date and platforms for Battlefield 3 have yet to be announced. However, we can assume that it will be released on at least the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 because beta access is available from all three versions of Medal of Honor.

In February former DICE chief executive and studio manager of DICE Canada, Fredrik Liliegren, confirmed that Battlefield 3 had been in development at the Swedish studio for the past three years.

"What the PC version is going to be, Battlefield 3, I think it's going to absolutely blow everyone away, but I can't tell you what it is, but it will blow people away... because it's not Modern Warfare 2 PC, it's not that experience," he said.

And in June 2009 EA COO John Pleasants, speaking at an investor conference, said, "I've had the luxury of looking at Battlefield 3 over at DICE in Sweden... Of course, that's not in the [current] fiscal year, but that is a product that is looking very good."

The announcement overshadowed the contents of Medal of Honor Limited Edition.

The PS3 version includes Medal of Honor Frontline, remastered in HD. World War II shooter and fourth Medal of Honor game Frontline managed a 10/10 from Eurogamer back in 2002.

All versions of the Limited Edition contain weapon and camouflage bonus items designed to "give players a tactical gameplay advantage on day one".

One is the MP-7, a weapon utilized by real-world Tier 1 Operators in the field, apparently.

It has a light weight, high rate of fire and can penetrate body armour. It handles like a pistol yet allows targets to be engaged like a rifle. Boom.

The Limited Edition also includes two powerful shotguns with custom slugs. As with all videogame shotguns, they're ideal for close-range fights.

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Comments (16) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Beano #1 2 years ago

    "The PS3 version includes Medal of Honor Frontline, remastered in HD. World War II shooter and fourth Medal of Honor game Frontline managed a 10/10 from Eurogamer back in 2002."

    That review was not EG's finest hour.

  • altitude2k #2 2 years ago

    Battlefield 3 announced

    I thought BF3 was common knowledge...?

  • Shinetop #3 2 years ago

    Stuff like "It's going to blow people away" has lost all its power after it has been used by everybody to describe every new game ever. Where I used to get excited about what new stuff they might have come up with after reading that, nowadays I just ignore it because it can either mean that it will indeed blow you away but it could also mean that it will be exactly the same as the previous game but with slightly better graphics.

    It's like 'revolutionary' or 'the next big step' or 'game-changer'. Stripped of all meaning.
    Edited by 1 at 02/08/10 @ 08:31

  • Jonny5Alive7 #4 2 years ago

    Excellent, I've been waiting for this true sequel for ages!

  • CaptainQuint #5 2 years ago

    "What the PC version is going to be, Battlefield 3, I think it's going to absolutely blow everyone away, but I can't tell you what it is, but it will blow people away..."

    But the console versions will just be generic ports, straining under the load? That's what I took away from his comment, anyway. Doesn't matter; I'll still be playing Halo Reach by then, anyway.

  • dsmx #6 2 years ago

    Actually medal of honor frontline first level was fantastic, while the rest of the game didn't live up to that it was still a very good game. The reason why looking back it seems 10 out of 10 was generous was because COD released after it and kind of showed up how good a WW2 game could be.

  • jonbwfc #7 2 years ago

    All versions of the Limited Edition contain weapon and camouflage bonus items designed to "give players a tactical gameplay advantage on day one".
    Stop this. Stop it now.
    Edited by 1 at 02/08/10 @ 09:30

  • CatWeazle #8 2 years ago

    Great!!

    This is very good news because the Battlefield BadCompany I and II, whilst being great console games, were horrible dumbed-down trash as a PC multiplayer experience when compared to Battlefield II. Hurrah!

  • hollowroom #9 2 years ago

    OK.

    I will give them the benefit of the doubt. I actually liked BF Bad Company 2 on the PC, and have been a BF2 player for many years.

    BF3 needs: Dedicated servers, community mod support, 64+ players (128 anyone?), very large maps and the ability to go prone.

    Develop it for the PC and then cut the console version to fit NOT the other way round.

    It's probably too much to ask given the financial realities, but if they do it this way, they'll have another 5+ year game on their hands.

  • BillMurray #10 2 years ago

    Time to upgrade my pc then i think.

  • geeza2020 #11 2 years ago

    "It has a light weight, high rate of fire and can penetrate body armour. It handles like a pistol yet allows targets to be engaged like a rifle. Boom"

    In a video game this has absolutely no effect whatsoever. Weapon handling? You can't feel weight of weapons in a game so it makes no difference whatsoever. More PR bullshit.

  • SwitchBladeUK #12 2 years ago

    I really hope they make a true PC version. If it doesn't have a commander position, dedicated servers, the ability to go prone or 64 players I will be pissed. It's what made battlefield, battlefield. I'm praying the the console versions don't drag the PC version down..

  • Tetsuo_Shima #13 2 years ago

    Are they gonna release MoH: Frontline HD seperately? I can't be sacked with yet another modern shooter

  • metalangel #14 2 years ago

    Hooray! While Bad Company 2 was good, the tight maps, narrow paths, small numbers of vehicles and emphasis on infantry meant it wasn't the long-lived thrill that the proper Battlefield games were.

    Maybe they felt they needed to teach gamers in babysteps with BC2 before giving us the full on huge maps, tons of vehicles, KABOOM thrills of BF3? Because all gamers are idiots and need things to be streamlined and handholdy lest they dismiss it as 'not CoD' and 'gay'.

  • aphexstwin #15 2 years ago

    indestructable buildings ala bf2(mc on 360) is ftw. blown up buildings, no sale. bf2mc was hard enough WITH the luxury of somewhere bombproof, please dont give spawn rapers more ammo

  • AidyD #16 2 years ago

    So.... Will it essentially be BFBC3 then?

    I mean online with consoles... 32 players with big maps and vehicles plus frostbite buildings?