According to senior multiplayer designer Alan Kertz, the design direction, gameplay balance, and choices for Battlefield 3 were very similar to those of Battlefield 2142 a result of the senior designers' experience working primarily on that title. The game was in development using the new in-house engine Frostbite 2.0 for three years.
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It has been stated that the PC is the "lead platform" for development with multiplayer matches featuring up to 64-players on PC, and 24 players on the PS3 & Xbox 360. In addition, Game Informer ran an exclusive Battlefield 3 preview in its March issue. A 30-second teaser trailer was included, as well as some basic details regarding the highly anticipated sequel. Of course, that's not in the fiscal year, but that is a product that is looking very good."īattlefield 3 was officially teased on February 4th, 2011. "I have had the luxury of looking at Battlefield 3 over at DICE in Sweden and was highly impressed by the way the team is working on the product.
Developmentīattlefield 3 was confirmed to be in development by EA's chief operating officer, John Pleasants, at a Stock meeting in June, 2009.
Battlefield 3 was released on PC for Origin exclusively, not on Steam due to the service "restricting" their ability to "directly support" players.Īdding up all the DLC for the game, the multiplayer component features 29 maps with 12 different game modes to play. The game has a single player campaign, a separate co-op campaign, and an extensive multiplayer component. Like its predecessor, Battlefield 3 is a modern military first person shooter published by Electronic Arts, that features large scale vehicular military combat with land, sea, and air vehicles. Battlefield 3 is the successor to DICE's award-winning Battlefield 2.