Battlelog Was Inspired by Facebook, LinkedIn, Waypont and Elite

In order for Battlefield 3 to be competitive against Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the new Battlelog feature will have to measure up well against the Elite service from Beachhead and Activision when it comes to making the first person shooter experience more social.

Speaking to Gamasutra Patrick Liu, who is one of the producers working on Battlefield 3, revealed some of the sources of inspiration for the Battlelog, saying, “I looked at all social networks from Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, to of course Waypoint and Elite. We looked at everything. That’s inspirational for me just finding out what other people do and just sort of grabbing the good pieces out of it.”

He added, “Of course we’re inspired by a lot of the social networks that are out there and they’re all pretty common if you look at them. They have the similar feeds, they have similar likes, they have similar comments so there’s a lot of common features amongst all social networks.”

It's not yet clear how interested fans of the shooting genre are in being social and seeing how their achievements measure up against their friends but the Autolog concept, which was included in the last two Need for Speed titles, was a success.

Battlelog will be completely free, unlike Elite which will offer more features and more content to those who are ready to pay a monthly subscription.

The DICE studio has always been praised for their skills at creating exciting multiplayer maps and solid gameplay modes but Battlefield 3 will test their skills at also designing a single player campaign and at making the multiplayer experience one a very social one.

Battlefield 3 will arrive on October 25 on all platform in North America and it's main rival, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, will be launched on November 8.