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The publisher confirmed to the media it will host an unveil event for the game on Mar. 1, 2011, taking place during the week of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Additionally, EA says it will also have new game announcements as well as hands-on time with many upcoming titles, including: Shadows of the Damned, Alice Madness Returns, Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning, and Crysis 2.

Those who purchased the Limited Edition of Medal of Honor this past fall received an invitation to the Battlefield 3 beta. Details about the beta's release date have not been announced.

Battlefield 3 is expected to ship in 2011.

Be sure to check back with IGN for all the latest from GDC.

Lol, a cynical group around here. I, for one, am hoping this title will live up to it's name. I also hope they don't join the rest and use that piece of crap known as Vac. Keep the tradition going and stick with PB. It has it's flaws, but it works well enough. I think Vac is ghostware and doesn't really do anything at all.

The franchise that revolutionized online multiplayer for PC games is back.

In our world-exclusive cover story, Game Informer unveils the first numbered entry in the Battlefield series since 2005. Many longtime fans are wondering, "what took so long?!" DICE has honed the concept for the true sequel for years, but it wasn't until the company developed the powerful new Frostbite 2 engine that it felt all the pieces were in place to create a proper follow-up. Armed with powerful upgrades like deferred rendering, real-time radiosity, a new animation system borrowed from the EA Sports label, and an exponential leap in destructibility, executive producer Patrick Bach dubs Frostbite 2 "the best piece of technology on the market when it comes to building games."

Battlefield 3 is the true successor to Battlefield 2. Beyond our signature multiplayer, we have also included a full single-player campaign and a co-op campaign – all straight out of the box. As for fan favorite features, how does the return of jets, prone, and 64-player multiplayer (on PC) sound? All this built with our powerful new game engine Frostbite 2, which you'll hear and see a lot of in the months leading up to launch.

Will be interesting to see whos sales win out this holiday season -

BF3 vs. CoD


I bet CoD could be in troubble this year.



Butt

too bad that means nothing as far as whether or not a game is worth a damn

After Black Ops nets over a billion, I thought it was a valid observation to make.



Wasn't going to point out the obvious with my post, but when "prone" is your #2 hook - in your first promo, your in troubble.

I am sure DICE will find new and creative ways to f*ck up their golden goose. Features get traded for eye candy. Hope I am wrong, and will gladly eat my words should they actually deliver a working, worthwhile product on launch.



Butt

Oh look paid DLC info before the game even gets released.




If you pre-order it's free, if you didn't you have to pay extra. No wonder gaming has gone to shit.

Stats for Game: BFBC2-PC
-- Stock Servers = 5,404 (15,339 players)
-- Vietnam Servers = 1,811 (1,722 players)

Stats for Game: BFBC2-360
-- Stock Servers = 2,529 (4,476 players)
-- Vietnam Servers = 608 (785 players)

Stats for Game: BFBC2-PS3
-- Stock Servers = 2,942 (7,614 players)
-- Vietnam Servers = 534 (799 players)

Generated on February 4, 2011 at 7:02:05 AM EST

Stats for Game: BFBC2-PC
-- Stock Servers = 5,401 (13,830 players)
-- Vietnam Servers = 1,813 (2,030 players)

Stats for Game: BFBC2-360
-- Stock Servers = 2,668 (12,608 players)
-- Vietnam Servers = 576 (2,377 players)

Stats for Game: BFBC2-PS3
-- Stock Servers = 2,992 (11,628 players)
-- Vietnam Servers = 523 (1,408 players)

Generated on February 4, 2011 at 9:02:35 PM EST