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Here’s the Actual Battlefield Premium Stuff

Posted May 30, 2012 at 3:27PM EST by Todd B Listed in: PS3 Tags: battlefield 3, battlefield premium

After a few days of rumors and leaks, we have the full list of Battlefield Premium features. And it’s pretty damn cool.


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Battlefield Premium: Because EA Deserves Your Money

Posted May 28, 2012 at 3:11PM EST by Todd B Listed in: PS3 Tags: Activision, battlefield 3, battlefield premium, EA

Even more information surfaces on EA’s latest plan to empty your wallet. And, honestly, it’s not so bad.


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Battlefield of Duty Elite Details Emerge

Posted May 21, 2012 at 3:15PM EST by Todd B Listed in: PS3 Tags: battlefield 3, DICE, EA

It’s time to be honest with yourself: You love giving EA your money. Just pony up and stop playing hard to get.


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You Too Can Be a Special Battlefield Player

Posted May 15, 2012 at 8:40AM EST by Brett Huffman Listed in: Xbox 360, PS3 Tags: battlefield 3, DICE, EA

Battlefield players (and everyone else) generally dislike COD: Elite. Well, they better learn to love it because they're rumored to be getting one of their own.


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Wake Up, Save Money

Posted May 13, 2012 at 10:00AM EST by Mr Ham Listed in: PC Gaming Tags: alan wake, american nightmare, gog, Steam, videogame offers

Want something to counteract the raping of your wallet? GOG is to the rescue, instead raping your mind. With great deals.


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Update: EA Drops Free BF3 Servers, Continues Raping Wallets

Posted May 11, 2012 at 3:52PM EST by Todd B Listed in: PS3 Tags: battlefield 3, DICE, EA, online passes, servers

Oh, EA. Just when we think you’ve hit rock bottom, you find a new way to screw us all over.


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Snipers Perch Atop this Week's Top 20

Posted May 8, 2012 at 12:30PM EST by Brett Huffman Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: fifa street, kinect star wars, prototype 2, sniper elite v2

Snipers have a way of getting to places they're not supposed to go. But will they be able to hold onto their current perch?


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Nexon Wants to Own the World

Posted Apr 26, 2012 at 3:12PM EST by Todd B Listed in: MMORPG Tags: battlefield 3, EA, maplestory, mass effect 3, Medal of Honor, Nexon, Star Wars, swtor, the old republic

The Korean company behind MapleStory has its eye on Battlefield, SWTOR and Medal of Honor. Wait, seriously?


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Like Air-Surfing on Flying Robots? Too Bad.

Posted Apr 23, 2012 at 4:10PM EST by Todd B Listed in: PC Gaming Tags: battlefield 3, bf3, DICE, mav

DICE is still fixing stuff in BF3, including the ability to air-surf on a flying robot. Which, frankly, should be a game feature.


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This Week's UK Top 20 Topped By a True WTFer

Posted Apr 16, 2012 at 10:34AM EST by Brett Huffman Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: fifa street, kinect star wars, mass effect 3

While this consensus seems to be that this game blows ass, a whole lotta people are buying it. Will wonders ever cease?


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Balls are Still at the Top of This Week's UK Top 20

Posted Apr 3, 2012 at 9:00PM EST by Brett Huffman Listed in: Xbox 360, PS3 Tags: fifa street, mass effect 3, operation raccoon city, tiger woods pga tour 13

Soccer balls, that is. Or football if you prefer. Whichever, it's doing better than Mass Effect 3 right now, believe it or not.


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New BF3 patch causing Sony problems

Posted Mar 29, 2012 at 1:00PM EST by Harrison E Listed in: PS3 Tags: battlefield 3, bf3, bf3 patch, bf3 patch for ps3, DICE, ea games, Sony

Got BF3? Got a PS3? Then there is some bad news for you...


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Consoles Ruin Battlefield 3 Patch for PC Gamers

Posted Mar 27, 2012 at 4:00PM EST by Todd B Listed in: PC Gaming Tags: battlefield 3, console certification, DICE, patrick bach

Excited about the massive BF3 patch scheduled for release today? If you play the game on PC, that’s just too damn bad.


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Depth: In Which You Are a Shark

Posted Mar 26, 2012 at 2:22PM EST by Todd B Listed in: PC Gaming Tags: depth, FPS, indie

Move over, generic first-person-shooters: there’s a new game in town. One that lets you play as a shark. No, seriously.


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This Week's UK Top 20 - Soccer's Back on Top

Posted Mar 26, 2012 at 12:00PM EST by Brett Huffman Listed in: Xbox 360, PS3 Tags: fifa street, mass effect 3, operation raccoon city, resident evil

Somehow, FIFA Street has managed to get to the top spot in the UK. It must have something to do with all this Mass Effect 3 hubbub...


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New BF3 Patch is timed PS3 exclusive

Posted Mar 25, 2012 at 8:17AM EST by Harrison E Listed in: PS3 Tags: battlefield 3, bf3, DICE, ea games, patch, ps3 exclusive

EA is keeping to their word but when will the FPS be fixed? Will the fixes even be noticeable to players?


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Review: SSX

Posted Mar 15, 2012 at 1:00PM EST by Harrison E Listed in: PS3 Tags: ea games, Electronic Arts, review, ssx, ssx tricky

Harrison E gets tricky with SSX, but is it a cool game or just an avalanche waiting to happen?


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This Week's UK Top 20

Posted Mar 12, 2012 at 6:30PM EST by Brett Huffman Listed in: Xbox 360, PS3 Tags: mass effect 3, ssx, street fighter x tekken

There's this game called Mass Effect 3 or something...I think it's doing pretty good.


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UK Retailer Lists Dark Night RIses Adaptation and Battlefield Evolved

Posted Mar 9, 2012 at 9:55AM EST by Brett Huffman Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: battlefield evolution, grand theft auto v, the dark knight rises

Don't get your hopes up; this Batman won't be made by Rocksteady.


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Battlefield 3 Looks Beyond Map Packs

Posted Mar 7, 2012 at 2:37PM EST by Todd B Listed in: PS3 Tags: armoured kill, battlefield 3, bf3, close quarters, DICE, end game

DICE wants to expand on its popular shooter with more than new geography.


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EA Takes It Down

Posted Feb 23, 2012 at 11:30AM EST by Harrison E Listed in: iPhone Tags: battlefield 3, battlefield 3 ios, battlefield aftershock, bf3, DICE, ea games

Yep, it was that bad.


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New Insane Battlefield 3 Vid - Just Another Day in BF3

Posted Feb 21, 2012 at 11:30AM EST by Brett Huffman Listed in: Xbox 360, PS3, PC Gaming Tags: battlefield 3, bf3, insane battlefield 3 vid

Bailing out of a jet in mid-air, sniping your pursuer, then stealing his plane. Proof positive that some people are just way too good at video games.


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Buy ME3 on Origin, Get BF3 Free

Posted Feb 15, 2012 at 2:17PM EST by Listed in: PC Gaming Tags: battlefield 3, EA, mass effect 3, origin

Also free – the immense headache of dealing with EA’s terrible customer service.

Mass Effect 3 marketing has officially hit a fever pitch, with a beta in full swing, pre-order bonuses galore and trailer after trailer making its way to the web. But EA has at least one more surprise up its sleeve, this one aimed squarely at PC gamers.

If you pre-order Mass Effect 3 any time before March 6 (the game’s release date), you’ll automatically receive a free copy of Battlefield 3. The catch? You have to pre-order Mass Effect through EA’s Origin download service.

Let’s weigh the pros and cons: Battlefield 3 is a great game, and picking it up for free would be a nice bonus for any fan of first-person shooters. And, hey, you’re going to buy Mass Effect 3 anyway. However, Origin is a hornet’s nest of problems, with notably terrible customer service. If you think this pre-order bonus is going to run smoothly, you’re out of your mind.

So, you’re risking the potential nightmare of Origin’s customer service hell for the sake of landing a free game. If you’re going to play Mass Effect 3 on PC, it’s probably the best way to go, even with Origin’s obvious faults.

What do you think? Is the promise of a free game enough to send you to Origin?

[PikiGeek]

Also free – the immense headache of dealing with EA’s terrible customer service.


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Call of Duty locking DLC to Elite accounts

Posted Jan 28, 2012 at 7:42AM EST by Harrison E Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Activision, call of duty elite, cod elite, xbox live

Call of Duty locking DLC to ELite accounts

More Elite features include flipping the bird to consumers and making tonnes off money by being crazy

So Modern Warfare 3 made over a billion dollars last year and whilst Activision is tight lipped on how much has been made from their Elite service so far. The first two maps for MW3 have been released and the next few already teased but many CoD players have discovered a recent change in the DLC policy. This would have people shelling out more money for their maps but other profiles on the system will be unable to get their content without a second or separate Elite membership.

On the Call of Duty forums, there were 8 pages worth on a single thread of upset players who had their friends and family accounts discontinued or altered with no new maps because they didn't have a secondary account. What's even worse is that the new policy doesn't really work with the terms of services you encounter when you first download the content, which rather plainly states on the loading screen that: "You can use this item on the first Xbox 360 console you downloaded it to. Access to this item will also be granted to all users on this first console."

What would usually happen is that DLC on the 360 would be user agnostic and while your purchase (or any redownloads of purchased items) would be tied to your account, any XBLA games or in-game DLC would be on your HD and playable by any account on the 360, which you own. Microsoft's own digital ownership scheme, mimics real life ownership, so as long as someone has access to the content, you can let someone borrow it from you and play it on their own account.

However, with the CoD Elite service, you cannot do so and require your own user account to access the maps and DLC. For example, a single copy of the game could set you back several $50 a year per account to play on.

Whilst Activision is yet to make a comment on it, I'm sure the more "financially savvy" (See: Greedy) companies will probably adopt this system to make sure each user or member of a console will fork out a piece of dough to make sure they make up for the "lost millions" from pirates.

Not sure how many Call of Duty fans there are on this site, but I'm sure that more often than not there are criticism's spread far and wide about their handling of their Elite service as well as their user base. I do like Call of Duty in theory and in some aspects.

I think if the Black Ops zombie game was just a downloadable title I would buy that and every bit of DLC in existance, but alas we are burdened by terrible storylines, unrelatable characters and some insane visuals. They're not terrible games but their effect on the industry (see: BF3, Medal of Honor, etc.) can bar none see them as a culprit.

Via [N4G]

http://n4g.com/news/928674/call-of-duty-elite-locks-dlc-to-a-single-profile-breaking-microsofts-terms-of-use

More Elite features include flipping the bird to consumers and making tons of money by being crazy.


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Rumor: Battlefield 3 Hackers Banning Innocent Players

Posted Jan 24, 2012 at 3:48PM EST by Listed in: PC Gaming Tags: battlefield 3, DICE, PunkBuster

A group of BF3 cheaters has a bone to pick with Punkbuster, and they’re doing it at the expense of regular joes.

The beating heart of Battlefield 3 is its intense online multiplayer. And whenever you have online multiplayer in a game, you have to find a way to protect it from cheaters. On PC versions of the game, this function is performed by software known as Punkbuster.

Punkbuster is an automated program that analyzes every player on a particular server and looks for known cheats and other exploits. If it catches someone in the act, they are immediately banned from EA’s Battlelog service. According to Kotaku, some of these cheaters are unhappy with the way Punkbuster affects their game, and have elected to take their frustrations out on the regular BF3 populace.

It seems that somehow, these players have managed to compromise Punkbuster on certain servers, and are using the service to ban innocent players. The group claims to have dumped over 150 players to date, and the official BF3 forums are awash in complaints of unwarranted bans. Essentially, this small selection of players has chosen to protest Punkbuster by using it against non-cheating individuals.

Posting to a bots and exploits forum, one user had this to say about Punkbuster:

“We are bringing back the unerring of punkbuster back for a 3rd season. We have selected ggc-stream as the target since they have the most streaming bf3 servers and makes it very easy to add fake bans. In 2011 we hit them with a mass ban wave and now were are banning real players from battlelog while ggc-stream is totally unaware. We have framed 150+ bf3 players alone.”

This story is still developing, and there’s been no official word from either DICE or Punkbuster on what may be going on, so the news should be taken with a grain of salt. Look for future updates as information is made available.

What do you think of Punkbuster?

A group of BF3 cheaters has a bone to pick with Punkbuster, and they’re doing it at the expense of regular joes.


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DICE promises to take down BF3 Cheaters

Posted Jan 14, 2012 at 9:10AM EST by Harrison E Listed in: Xbox 360, PC Gaming, PS3 Tags: battlefield 3, bf3, bf3 hackers, boss_aa, DICE

They hiding in your games, snatching your kills up...


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EA Citing First Amendment in BF3 Helicopter Fight

Posted Jan 9, 2012 at 2:01PM EST by Listed in: PS3 Tags: battlefield 3, EA, textron

The manufacturer of the helicopters showcased in Battlefield 3 never gave permission for them to be used in the game, and EA feels they shouldn’t have to ask.

If you’ve played Battlefield 3, chances are probably good that you’ve either A. been mowed down by a helicopter or B. tried to fly one and ended up hitting a building instead (me). As it turns out, those helicopters you’re so intent on crashing are based on very real vehicles - the UH-1Y, V-22 Osprey and AH-1Z Viper.

Also, it turns out that the manufacturer of those helicopters, Textron, didn’t exactly give EA permission to use their vehicles in the game. The two companies have been back and forth trying to work out a solution, but it looks like talks have broken down. EA has filed a lawsuit against Textron, in an effort to use the first amendment to protect their in-game design.

Essentially, EA feels that the presence of the disputed vehicles in Battlefield 3 is protected by the first amendment, since they’re not featured more prominently than other vehicles and they come without any sort of endorsement. Naturally, Textron feels they should be compensated for their intellectual property showing up in a game that’s making millions of dollars.

Video games are protected by the first amendment, but it’s going to be interesting to see how far that protection goes. This lawsuit is especially hilarious considering EA is known for its over-zealous approach to copyright protection, yanking YouTube videos and filing cease and desists what seems like every other day.

What do you think? Should EA compensate the helicopter manufacturer for using their designs?

[Kotaku]

The manufacturer of the helicopters showcased in Battlefield 3 never gave permission for them to be used in the game, but EA doesn't think it needed to ask.


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DICE Rebalancing Weapon Attachments for BF3

Posted Jan 4, 2012 at 10:30AM EST by Brett Huffman Listed in: Xbox 360, PS3 Tags: alan kertz, battlefield 3, bf3, DICE

The Battlefield 3 developers are looking into nerfing the overused attachments and buffing the ones that need a boost.


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Check Out These Unbelievable Battlefield 3 Videos

Posted Dec 29, 2011 at 2:30PM EST by Brett Huffman Listed in: Xbox 360, PS3 Tags: battlefield 3, bf3, Electronic Arts

These videos show exactly what is possible in Battlefield 3.


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Battlefield 2143 Coming to a System Near You?

Posted Dec 19, 2011 at 4:06PM EST by Listed in: PC Gaming Tags: battlefield 2142, battlefield 3, DICE

An Easter Egg discovered on Back to Karkand’s Wake Island hints at a sequel to DICE’s futuristic shooter.

Battlefield 3’s Wake Island is buried in Easter Eggs. First, users find dinosaurs hidden all over the place (likely a tongue-in-cheek reference to fans wishing for a BF3/Jurassic Park mash-up), and now one intrepid gamer has discovered another, more telling Easter Egg, in the form of “2143” painted on a tank.

Check it out:

Now, this could be mere set dressing, or it could be in place to stir up the rumor mill, but either way it brings questions to light – primarily, is DICE working on a sequel to Battlefield 2142? After all, almost nothing you find in a video game environment is there by accident, so the developers definitely went out of their way to print the numbers where they are. Then again, it could just be an elaborate troll on the part of developers known for having a little fun with their user base.

There’s really no way to tell what’s going on, and DICE has been silent on the issue. Basically, this is just one for the rumor mill until we hear otherwise. Or, we could just use our brains. Why wouldn’t DICE make a sequel to one of its most popular games? It’s not like they’re going to drop Battlefield 4 next year, right?

Right?

[PC Gamer]

An Easter Egg discovered on Back to Karkand’s Wake Island hints at a sequel to DICE’s futuristic shooter.


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EA enjoying new Activision customers

Posted Dec 15, 2011 at 9:00AM EST by Harrison E Listed in: Xbox 360, PS3 Tags: Activision, battlefield 3, bf3, ea games, modern warfare 3, Peter Moore

EA enjoying new Activision customers

Peter Moore enjoying bragging about said customers

Whilst Activision did do business of over a billion dollars in it's first fortnight, EA Games are still sitting quietly on a tiny throne waiting for people to notice them. Electronic Arts was hoping that they would do a bit of business, not on the same scale, but still big enough to steal some of it's customers. BF3 did better than last year's FPS affair o f Medal of Honor (remember that fiasco?), selling ten million copies since October, of course, in comparison, that's 6.5 million IN A DAY for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. Moore still believes BF3 grabbed a piece of the Modern Warfare audience...

Moore said that "when the dust fully settles, maybe we're looking at this at the end of our fiscal year, we'll do analysis and I think we will have taken share." Moore doubts that any analysis will turn up poor sales and that everything Battlefield 3 will sell, will be incrimental. But Moore still thinks that whoever sold the most, it's still a win for the entire games industry.

"Two entities have benefited from Call of Duty and Battlefield being on the market," Moore says, "the gamers and the industry, retailers and people who rely on the ability to sell big blockbuster games," Moore says the genre has grown enormously and will continue to do so. "If we haven't gained share, that means in the first week, we've added 5 million new FPS gamers," when commenting on the figures sold, whether they were players from MW3.

Moore is humble and honest about the players though saying there is a possibility that "many of them bough both games." Moore also comments on the media saturation over both games saying the "big entertainment blockbusters this year are not movies, they're videogames." I bought BF3 and not a big fan of Modern Warfare 3, which is a lot of reviewers opinion. It's almost on par with the Twilight films in terms of entertaining noteriority. The games sell well, regardless of critical feedback from consumers or fans alike, and more often than not they are released every year to a slightly stupider audience.

Via [http://www.industrygamers.com/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-passes-10-million-sold---report/]

Peter Moore enjoying bragging about said customers.


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Iran making videogame comeback at Battlefield 3

Posted Dec 13, 2011 at 9:55AM EST by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: attack on tel aviv, battlefield 3, bf3, iran bans bf3

Unhappy with some of the game’s depictions of soldiers in Tehran, Iran are envisioning their own, with ‘Attack On Tel Aviv’.


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PoV: BF3 Back to Karkand DLC Review

Posted Dec 10, 2011 at 4:45PM EST by Harrison E Listed in: PS3 Tags: back to karkand dlc, battlefield 3, bf3, bf3 review, ps3 exclusive dlc, psn

Harrison E goes back to Karkand but should you?


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Battlefield 3 Patches Only Available through Origin

Posted Dec 9, 2011 at 3:02PM EST by Listed in: PC Gaming Tags: battlefield 3, DICE, EA, origin

DICE confirms that there will be no standalone updater for the popular first-person shooter.

If you wanted some sort of standalone updater or a method for mirroring patches for Battlefield 3, you’re fresh out of luck – EA has confirmed that the only way players will be able to patch their game will be through Origin’s online service.

This naturally doesn’t affect PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers, whose patches are delivered directly to their consoles, but it does severely limit the way PC players can update their game. Slow updaters are nothing new to the industry, but most game companies provide some sort of alternate method for players to ensure everyone has a chance to get the patch in whatever way works best for them.

This is tough news for the fair amount of people reporting issues with Origin’s updater software – if you live in Australia, for example, you’re stuck with the terrible download speeds you’ve been getting. Maybe not a big deal for a small mechanics update, but for patches like the 3.5GB monstrosity pushed live this week you could be sitting out of the game for a couple of days.

EA has no plans to develop a separate mechanism for delivering patches, so if you want to keep Battlefield 3 up to date you’re just going to have to use Origin for the foreseeable future.

Did you have any issues with the recent patch?

[Ausgamers]

DICE confirms that there will be no standalone updater for the popular first-person shooter.


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IGN Readers Vote BF3 for Shooter of the Year

Posted Dec 5, 2011 at 5:30PM EST by Brett Huffman Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: battlefield 3, bf3, modern warfare 3, mw3, shooter of the year

IGN recently conducted a poll in which it asked its readers a variety of questions about shooters in general and what they thought was the best shooter of 2011. Not surprisingly, the two games that came out at the top of the poll were Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.


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The Battlefield 3 Patch is Huge

Posted Dec 5, 2011 at 5:25PM EST by Listed in: PS3 Tags: back to karkand, battlefield 3, DICE

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Tomorrow’s 2GB Battlefield patch brings bug fixes, balance changes, and a few other goodies.


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Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand DLC arrives Dec 6th on PS3

Posted Dec 2, 2011 at 12:00PM EST by Tim Curtin Listed in: Xbox 360, PC Gaming, PS3 Tags: battlefield 3 dlc, bf3: back to karkand, dice dlc, dlc for bf3, ea dlc, ps3 dlc

Xbox360 and PC gamers will have to wait until December 13th to get their hands on the new Battlefield 3 DLC.


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Iran bans Battlefield 3

Posted Dec 1, 2011 at 5:00AM EST by Harrison E Listed in: PS3, PC Gaming, Xbox 360 Tags: battlefield 3, battlefield 3 ban, bf3, iran bans bf3

Iran bans Battlefield 3

If they made a game about killing Australian's, I'm sure my country would probably do the same.

The game Battlefield 3 deals with an unnamed war (but we can guess which one) in a series of Middle Eastern settings (as well as European) and has a series of missions, in which terrorists from middle eastern countries are considered the enemy...so the game being banned in Iran is probably not too obvious...but the real reason actually is.

It's not necessarily about context or international relations but media effects that push forward the recent banning in Iran...oh and that whole section (Spoilers) wher US forces blow up the capital city of Tehran. "All computer stores are prohibited from selling this illegal game," a deputy with the security and intelligence division of the Iranian police.

I don't know much about video games being sold in the Middle East, but I can guess that EA has serious distributors in the countries to combat some forms of piracy. It seems that even though they have distributors, the game was pirated and sold in many shops before the release date, but official stores saw the ban coming and have steered clear of stocking the game legally. Unfortunately, some unlucky retailers have reportedly been raided, shop keepers even arrested for selling the game even before the ban was announced last month.

According to Fars, Iran's own news agency, a group of Iranian youths launched a protest against the game and it's sale via internet petition, which has over 5000 signatures. The petition reads about the protesters undertanding the game is a work of fiction but they "believe the game is purposely released at a time when the U.S. is pushing the international community into fearing Iran," it says, which I could not agree more.

Whilst other forms of media have not really divulged in the war on terror and the masculine fantasies of war, video games have never seemed to buck the trend. Since the war on terror began all the way back in 2003, at least ten titles each year about American or British forces taking on Middle Eastern countries have been released, going all the way back to the Banned- in-Australia, America's Most Wanted, which depicted a player hunting down Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden...these times are not a-changin'

Via [GamePolitics] http://gamepolitics.com/2011/11/28/iran-bans-battlefield-3

If they made a game about killing Australian's, I'm sure my country would probably do the same.


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What is your Game of The Year?

Posted Nov 27, 2011 at 5:00PM EST by Tim Curtin Listed in: PoV Tags: game of the year 2011, game of the year prospects, goty 2011, goty speculation

As the end of the year rolls around, what would you vote as the Game that took your breath away in 2011?


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Redeem your BF1943 in Europe

Posted Nov 27, 2011 at 9:00AM EST by Harrison E Listed in: PS3 Tags: battlefield 1943, battlefield 3, bf1943, ea games bf 1943

Get'em while it's hot, Europe!


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Huge Battlefield 3 Patch on the Way

Posted Nov 22, 2011 at 1:48PM EST by Listed in: PC Gaming Tags: battlefield 3, battlelog, DICE

DICE is looking to clear up a few bugs and make the interface more bearable with the game’s first major update.

I put a couple of hours into Battlefield 3 every week, or at least I did before Skyrim came out. I wouldn’t say that BF3 is a bug-filled mess, but it certainly has its fair share of graphical glitches and interface tomfoolery. DICE is more than aware of many of the issues plaguing gamers and is hard at work on a patch, which will be pushed live sometime today.

There are a ton of things being updated, adjusted or resolved with this new patch, including:

Load time improvements

Multiplayer/Co-Op crash problems

High-speed mouse updates

Grenades being thrown now drop if killed

Sound updates for weapons, swimming, and other stuff

Tons of weapon balance adjustments

Changes to the way you join squads

The patch notes are very detailed and you can check them out in full at Battlelog. According to the information provided, the client-side changes are only going live for PC owners, and the rest of the server-side changes go live for all consoles. Like I said, look for the patch today.

Have you had any run-ins with major glitches or bugs in BF3?

DICE is looking to clear up a few bugs and make the interface more bearable with the game’s first major update.


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EA Games forgot to give you BF1943

Posted Nov 20, 2011 at 1:00PM EST by Harrison E Listed in: PS3 Tags: battlefield, battlefield 3, bf1943 law suit, bf3 law suit, ea games, ps3 dlc, ps3 news

Did you buy Battlefield 3? Did you know you were meant to get Battlefield 1943?


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US October Sales lower than last year

Posted Nov 16, 2011 at 9:00AM EST by Harrison E Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: arkham city, battlefield 3, ea games, rocksteady games

Looks like the Batman couldn't save you this time.


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PETA Upset Again, This Time Over Mario

Posted Nov 14, 2011 at 4:24PM EST by Listed in: Nintendo 3DS Tags: battlefield 3, super mario 3d land

Surprise! PETA is upset about something. Something incredibly stupid.

I support PETA as a concept – who wouldn’t get behind an organization that works to make sure animals aren’t abused? But sometimes they take themselves a little too seriously. Last week we talked about their hilarious response to a scene in Battlefield 3 that involves killing a rat (don’t tell them about all the critters in WoW), but this week’s scandal comes from a much more innocent item: the Super Mario 3D Land Tanooki suit.

If you played Mario 3, you probably remember the Tanooki suit. It’s the one that turned you into a fuzzy, raccoon-like creature with the ability to turn into stone. It was, by far, the best item in the game, as it protected you in emergencies and allowed you to fly. The suit has made a comeback in Super Mario 3D Land, but PETA is apparently not onboard.

PETA’s site is absolutely hilarious, showcasing a bloody Mario wielding the severed head of a raccoon. Here’s the problem with this misplaced ire – has anyone ever seen a raccoon in a Mario game? Or any evidence that Mario slays animals? Where exactly is the Tanooki, anyway? I always assumed everything in the Mario world was made of magic, but I guess there’s a brutal black market I’m unaware of.

PETA claims that the Tanooki suit sends the message that it’s okay to wear fur, but I’m having a hard time buying that line. They’ve even made a game where you play as the skinless Tanooki, trying to recover your fur. I’m not sure how that’s any better, given that players have to kill dozens of Tanookis in order to pass a level.

I guess the main point is that PETA will do anything for a little publicity, and this approach certainly seems to be working. We’re talking about it, after all.

What do you think of the Tanooki suit fiasco?

Via GamePro

Surprise! PETA is upset about something. Something incredibly stupid.


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Skryim Takes the Top Slot on Steam

Posted Nov 12, 2011 at 2:24PM EST by Listed in: PC Gaming Tags: Bethesda, call of duty, mw3, skyrim

Bethesda’s RPG epic knocks Call of Duty from its perch on one of the most popular services in PC gaming.

Sure, Modern Warfare 3 made a zillion dollars last week. Sure, it’s the biggest launch in history. But last night, gamers seemed to forget about Call of Duty for a few hours to focus on the new kid in town: Skyrim. Valve’s Steam tracker shows that Skyrim landed 231,583 users during the first 24 hours following its launch, while Modern Warfare 3 held the second place slot with 78,161.

Of course, these are only Steam numbers – sales tallies aren’t in and for the moment, there’s no real way to tell if this trend was reflected on consoles. But it’s still an impressive feat, and knocking the biggest game in history off the throne for even a few hours is an achievement Bethesda should celebrate. Skyrim is a hotly anticipated title so it’s no surprise to see it doing well; we’ll just have to wait and see how the numbers even out over the coming weeks.

Modern Warfare 3 will likely regain the top slot as the initial push of Skyrim players dissipates and things level out, especially once Skyward Sword hits shelves later this month. RPG fans can’t play both games at the same time, but shooter fans are pretty much done with choosing until next year’s inevitable Call of Duty sequel.

Which game are you spending your time with this weekend? Contrary to what the commenters on this post seem to believe, I’ll be playing Battlefield 3.

Via PC Gamer

Bethesda’s RPG epic knocks Call of Duty from its perch on one of the most popular services in PC gaming.


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Saturday Mash-Up: The Hottest QJ Posts of the Week

Posted Nov 12, 2011 at 1:11PM EST by Listed in: Nintendo DS Tags: battlefield 3, mw3, playstation 4, skyrim

Five posts from the last few days that you may have missed, but shouldn’t have.

Saturdays can be slow news days, and it’s hard to keep up with everything that happens during the week. So, with that in mind, I’ve compiled a quick list of the most Jumped/Commented posts of the week, as well as a quick rundown on what you’ll find should you choose to read them yourself. Also, I’m giving one special QJ user the illustrious “Comment of the Week” award, so be sure to check that out at the end of this post.

Here goes:

Did You Kill a Rat in BF3 Single Player?

PETA is pretty upset about a scene in Battlefield 3 that has you pick up a rat, stab it with your tactical knife and toss it aside. Comments overfloweth on this post, but it looks like most people seem to agree that PETA needs to calm down. Read the full post and add your thoughts to the discussion – is in-game violence cause for real-life concern?

PoV: Is it Time for PlayStation 4?

In this post, I talked about the speed at which PC systems are outstripping consoles, and whether it’s time for an official announcement on the next Sony console. Sony probably isn’t dropping the system any time soon; analysts say it’s strong until 2015. Most commenters seem to feel that the PS3 has plenty of life in it – what do you think?

Colorado Man Loses His Mind Over MW3 Pre-Order

This post covers the very strange occurrence at a Colorado Best Buy on Tuesday night, when a man threatened to shoot employees and blow up the store because they ran out of copies of Modern Warfare 3. Commenters think the guy should have chilled out, but some have noted that Best Buy should have stocked enough games to cover their pre-orders. There’s also a fair bit of CoD bashing, if that’s the sort of thing you enjoy.

You Can Play Skyrim Forever

Bethesda recently revealed that Skyrim’s radiant story system will continue to create quests for as long as you own the game. This essentially gives you an infinite Skyrim experience. Comment reactions are pretty positive, though one commenter somehow manages to insult Modern Warfare 3 in the process. What do you think about a truly infinite experience?

Android and iOS Stomp Nintendo and Sony Handhelds

News that the mobile games market finally eclipsed traditional handheld games sales took the industry by storm. Games for these two mobile platforms have generated more revenue than PSP and DS games combined, but some savvy commenters noted that the DS and PSP are near the end of their lifespans, and the data may not be as impressive as some may think. Check out the post and decide for yourself!

And, finally, it’s time to present one special person with “Comment of the Week.” I’ve read through piles of comments – some good, some bad, and some absolutely awful – but the clear winner this week is doo che, for his/her comment on “You Can Play Skyrim Forever:”

“I HAVE NOT BEEN THIS EXCITED FOR ANYTHING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

YOU COULD GIVE ME 18 HOOKERS AND AN INFINITE SUPPLY OF BACON AND I STILL WOULDN'T GIVE A SHIT, CAUSE SKYRIM COMES OUT TOMORROW!”

I hope the game turned out as good as you were expecting, doo che. Keep on trucking.

Five posts from the last few days that you may have missed, but shouldn’t have.


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Super Mario Land boosts 3DS sales

Posted Nov 12, 2011 at 11:51AM EST by Harrison E Listed in: Nintendo 3DS Tags: japan sales, Nintendo, super mario land, super mario land 3ds

Mario beats out Battlefield and Uncharted in first week Japanese Sales.


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BF3 Tactical Lights Getting the Nerf Bat

Posted Nov 11, 2011 at 6:22PM EST by Listed in: PS3 Tags: battlefield 3, DICE

Hey, remember that game Battlefield 3 that still totally exists? It’s getting a few changes in an upcoming patch.

The tactical light in Battlefield 3 is by far one of the worst ideas in the history of first-person shooters. At least, it is in its current incarnation, which blinds every player within a ten-mile distance regardless of whether they’re indoors or standing in broad daylight.

Still, the tactical light could be something special with just a little bit of love, and DICE seem to be well aware of the problem. Developer Alan Kertz posted these images on his Twitter feed, noting the before and after-patch intensity of the light’s now-familiar glow:

Those of you that are fans of the flashlight shouldn’t throw a hissy fit quite yet, because it’s still retaining its sun-like intensity. It will just be effective at a much shorter range than previously, which makes perfect sense when you think about how a flashlight works in real life. Frankly, I’m surprised they didn’t dumb this thing down after the beta.

DICE is also working on balance adjustments for anti-air guns, noting the impact they have on airborne vehicles may be a bit too touchy at the moment. They’re also reportedly working on making jets a bit more useful to the ground game and improving players’ ability to stay alive while flying, but we’ll have to wait and see how that plays out.

Are you happy to see the tactical light being toned down, or are you too busy playing Skyrim and Modern Warfare 3 to care?

Via PC Gamer

Hey, remember that game Battlefield 3 that still totally exists? It’s getting a few changes in an upcoming patch.


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Interview: Simon Viklund, Creative Director of PayDay: The Heist

Posted Nov 9, 2011 at 7:00PM EST by Harrison E Listed in: PS3 Tags: overkill software, payday the heist on psn, payday the heist on steam, payday: the heist, simon viklund interview, valve

Recently released PayDay: The Heist has gotten amazing reviews and Harrison E sits down with it's Creative Director to discuss the multiplayer game.


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Did you kill a rat in BF3 Single Player?

Posted Nov 8, 2011 at 10:00AM EST by Tim Curtin Listed in: Xbox 360, PS3, PC Gaming Tags: battlefield 3 vs peta, bf3 rat killing, peta loves rats, peta vs video games

Animal protection group PETA have spoken out against Battlefield 3 for its treatment of rats in the BF3 single player campaign.


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