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DICE Offers Origin Bug Fixes for Battlefield 3, Works on New Patch

Video game developer DICE has announced that it is working on a new patch for Battlefield 3, the first-person shooter that it has published together with Electronic Arts, saying that more details will be offered in the coming weeks. On the official Battlefield Blog, DICE states that it is working on such issues as &...

14 February 2012
04:54 GMT

Battlefield 3 DLC Announcement Coming This Week

Electronic Arts is set to make a new announcement concerning Battlefield 3 and its next batch of downloadable content, this week, during a special event it will host in New York. Battlefield 3 sold over 10 million copies, according to EA’s newest financial earnings, so you can bet that the company, together wi...

7 February 2012
05:18 GMT

DICE Bans Moderator as Players Complain About Anti-Cheat Measures

Video game developer DICE has been forced to ban a player that was once seen as a valuable member of the community and that had reached moderator status on the Battlelog forums as gamers say the development team is not doing enough to stop those cheating in the game. The player received a number of privileges, like ...

24 January 2012
03:04 GMT

Core Gameplay Designer Leaves Battlefield 3 for Secret DICE Project

Alan Kertz, the core gameplay designer who has worked on the Battlefield 3 first person shooter from DICE and publisher Electronic Arts, has announced that he has left the development team working on the game and is now part of another team inside DICE which is working on a new project.Kertz has not offered any detai...

17 January 2012
14:11 GMT

DICE Prepares Full Overhaul for Battlefield 3 Accessories

Alan Kertz, who is a core gameplay designer working at DICE on the first person shooter Battlefield 3, has launched a discussion on Reddit, seeking feedback from players on a number of changes that the development team is aiming to make to the accessories side of the equipment loadaout.The DICE developer says that, &...

4 January 2012
17:41 GMT

GOTY 2011: Best Graphics – Battlefield 3

Throughout this year Crysis 2 set the benchmark for graphics, but everything changed once Battlefield 3 appeared in October, when it was released by DICE, powered by the all-new Frostbite 2 engine.While we got to check out quite a lot of videos of the game made on all three platforms, PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, ...

20 December 2011
07:36 GMT

Rumor Mill: Battlefield Wake Island Map Might Tease 2142 Sequel

Gamers who spend impressive amounts of time in Battlefield 3 have noticed a possible teaser pointing that the developers at DICE are already working on a new science fiction themed game in the series.The BF3Blog site has noticed that the number 2143 appears on a wall in the Wake Island multiplayer map, which might me...

19 December 2011
10:32 GMT

Fixing Battlefield 3 PlayStation 3 Voice Chat Issues Is a ‘Top Priority’ for DICE

DICE, the studio behind the very successful Battlefield 3 first person shooter, has once again highlighted that it’s focusing on solving the issues that are plaguing the voice chat system on the PlayStation 3 of the game.Battlefield 3 sold millions of copies all around the world and just received some major upd...

15 December 2011
14:21 GMT

DICE Upgrades Battlelog Server Browser for Battlefield 3 on PC

DICE, the developer of the very successful Battlefield 3 first person shooter has just confirmed that it’s made a series of improvements to the server browser for the game’s PC version which can be accessed through the Battlelog online service.Battlefield 3 impressed millions of gamers with its high quali...

8 December 2011
04:41 GMT

Massive Battlefield 3 PC Patch Out Tomorrow on PC

DICE has just revealed that its recent Battlefield 3 first person shooter will be getting a massive patch tomorrow, December 6, which brings plenty of new things.Battlefield 3 impressed lots of gamers with its high quality visuals and top notch multiplayer, but the game was far from perfect, with DICE, its developer,...

5 December 2011
06:54 GMT

Battlefield 3 Back to Karkand DLC Out Next Week for PS3, Soon After for PC and Xbox 360

Battlefield 3 will finally get its Back to Karkand downloadable map pack next week, with DICE delivering the add-on onto the PlayStation 3 on December 6, and a week after that for the PC and Xbox 360 editions of the first person shooter.Battlefield 3 delighted shooter fans back in October by delivering one of the mos...

2 December 2011
18:31 GMT

Battlefield 3 Sells 8 Million Copies, Ships 12

Eric Brown, who is the Chief Financial Officer at video game publisher Electronic Arts, has told an audience at the Baird Technology Conference that the DICE created first person shooter Battlefield 3 has been sold more than 8 million times since launch, with 12 million copies shipped to retailer during the same peri...

30 November 2011
06:01 GMT

Battlefield 3 Banned in Iran, Authorities Raid Shops and Arrest Owners

A brand new report says that Iranian authorities have outlawed the sale of Battlefield 3, the newest first person shooter from Electronic Arts, and have already started raiding shops and arresting their owners for selling the game even before the ruling went into effect.Iran is definitely not a country famous for its...

29 November 2011
17:21 GMT

Incoming Battlefield 3 Patch to Address Tactical Lights, Other Issues

The development team at DICE is hard at work on a brand new patch for Battlefield 3, its latest first person shooter, that will address some lingering issues reported by players, including the annoying Tactical Lights, which are designed to blind players at night but are way too effective even during the day.Battlefi...

14 November 2011
19:01 GMT

Electronic Arts Bans Battlefield 3 Players Over Repair Tool Exploit

An unspecified number of players, more than one hundred by apparently less than one thousand, have had their Battlefield 3 accounts banned by the people at Electronic Arts because they have used exploits and stat boosting techniques in order to get unfair advantages in the multiplayer section of the first person shoo...

14 November 2011
04:20 GMT

EA Confirms Battlefield 4

Another day, another 'surprise' confirmation of a new game, as after yesterday's announcement from Activision that we will get to see a new Call of Duty game in 2012, Electronic Arts has now revealed that a Battlefield 4 is coming.Battlefield 3 has just been released around the world and, judging from ...

10 November 2011
06:03 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 Producer Wants Success for Both Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is now out and while fans of the series are busy going through the single player and gaining the first ranks in multiplayer, industry watchers are eager to see how its rivalry with Battlefield 3, the DICE made and Electronic Arts published FPS, plays out.But at least one high level exec...

9 November 2011
03:40 GMT

Electronic Arts Rewards Battlefield 3 Players with Sweepstakes

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it is launching a Battlefield 3 “Says Thanks” Sweepstakes for all loyal fans of the first person shooter, with the ultimate prize being a trip to the Swedish headquarters of the developer DICE.The sweepstakes begins on Friday, November 11 at 12:01 AM...

8 November 2011
10:31 GMT

Hackers Manage to Bypass Origin Requirement for Battlefield 3

A well known hacker group has released a cracked version of Battlefield 3, the latest first person shooter from developer DICE and publisher Electronic Arts, which does not need to use the Origin service in order to work.The well known pirate collective known as Razor 1911 has managed to get into the executable and s...

2 November 2011
05:24 GMT

Battlefield 3 Sees 5 Million Units Sold in First Week

Electronic Arts has tallied the numbers and confirmed that its recent Battlefield 3 first person shooter has reached 5 million units sold in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling game in EA's history.Battlefield 3 was anticipated by many, with EA revealing before its release that almost 3 million pre-orde...

1 November 2011
05:31 GMT

Battlefield 3 Review (PC)

This year we’ve seen the release of quite a lot of blockbuster games but many shooter fans have no doubt anticipated Battlefield 3 the most, the next installment in DICE’s very successful series, and one of the few franchises from Electronic Arts that might stand a chance against Activision’s Call o...

28 October 2011
10:41 GMT

DICE: No Need for More than 64 Players in Battlefield Multiplayer

One of the big draws for the recently released Battlefield 3, the first person shooter from DICE and Electronic Arts, is the fact that it allows for 64 players to hunt each other on a map on foot, in vehicles or using jets and helicopters but players should not hold their breath about 128 player games in the next ins...

27 October 2011
05:49 GMT

Full Battlefield 3 PlayStation 3 Trophy List Revealed

Just as Battlefield 3 is being released all over the world these days, DICE, its developer, and Electronic Arts, its publisher, have presented the full list of trophies that PlayStation 3 owners can earn in the new first person shooter, while reminding them that they'll get all future DLC for it one week ahead o...

27 October 2011
04:20 GMT

Battlefield 3 Needs to Deliver Change While Remaining Familiar

The biggest challenge for the developers of first person shooters is to create games that manage to be familiar to players while changing enough to make them feel like they are exploring new ground.Speaking to Gamasutra Patrick Bach, who is the executive producer working on Battlefield 3, stated, “Everyone want...

25 October 2011
17:21 GMT

Battlefield 3 Developer Talks About Game Quality, Review Scores, and Sales

Battlefield 3 is being released this week all over the world, so the executive producer of the first person shooter, Patrick Bach, talked about review scores and how they relate to actual sales, as good ratings aren't necessarily a guarantee that a game will be profitable.Electronic Arts and DICE have invested h...

25 October 2011
16:51 GMT

Analyst: Modern Warfare 3 Will Outsell Battlefield 3 by 2 to 1

The analyst Michael Pachter, who is watching the video game industry for the firm Wedbush Morgan Securities, has stated that he believes that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will sell twice as many copies during this holiday season as Battlefield 3.Pachter believes that Modern Warfare 3, which is being created by Infi...

25 October 2011
05:44 GMT

New Medal of Honor Game Hinted At by Battlefield 3 Leaflet

Even if it's intended to be formally released tomorrow, October 25, quite a few Battlefield 3 copies have found their way into the hands of gamers, and many have noticed a rather interesting leaflet included in the retail package, which seemingly hints at a new Medal of Honor game.Battlefield 3 is shaping up to ...

24 October 2011
12:41 GMT

Battlefield 3 Launch Trailer Shows Off Its Story

After revealing a big amount of trailers in the last few weeks, focusing on things like vehicles or multiplayer maps, Electronic Arts and DICE have finally deployed the launch trailer for next week's Battlefield 3.While previous footage of the game focused on various other things, the launch video above finally ...

21 October 2011
10:01 GMT

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 t...

20 October 2011
15:01 GMT

Battlefield 3 Will Be First Test for Origin

Speaking to Screenplay Peter Moore, who is the Chief Operations Officer at Electronic Arts, has stated, “Like any piece of software, you launch and continue to polish it, upgrade it, get feedback and make it better. That’s where we are with Origin. We’re only four and a half months in and already ov...

19 October 2011
17:31 GMT

Battlefield 3 Open Beta Stats Revealed in Infographic

After the Battlefield 3 open beta stage closed its doors at the beginning of the month, Electronic Arts and DICE have published a handy infographic detailing some of the most impressive numbers gathered from the test stage and highlighting that more than 8 million users joined it across the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox...

19 October 2011
05:29 GMT

Battlefield 3's Vehicles Showcased in New Video

DICE and Electronic Arts, the companies behind the upcoming Battlefield 3 first person shooter, have deployed yet another trailer for the game, depicting the variety of vehicles included in the title, from tanks, to APCs, helicopters or jets.Battlefield 3, like any game in the shooter series, will place an emphasis n...

18 October 2011
05:57 GMT

DICE Says All Battlefield 3 Problems Have Been Solved

The developers working at DICE on the upcoming first person shooter Battlefield 3 are saying that all the problems that players have seen during the beta stage have been solved for the launch version of the game.Speaking to Destructoid Lars Gustavsson, who is the creative director working on Battlefield 3, has said, ...

17 October 2011
05:50 GMT

New Battlefield 3 Trailer Shows Off Destruction Power

DICE, the Swedish developer, and publisher Electronic Arts have launched a new trailer for their first person shooter Battlefield 3, one which focuses on the potential for destruction that the Frostbite 2 brings to the series.We already knew that the engine was able to deliver beautiful vistas and complex characters ...

12 October 2011
09:48 GMT

DICE Always Looking to Expand Battlefield Appeal

One of the leading developers working at Swedish developer DICE has said that the team working on the Battlefield 3 series is always looking to add new features to the franchise and expand its appeal beyond the fans that have been with it since the beginning.Patrick Liu, who is the producer working on Battlefield 3, ...

12 October 2011
05:46 GMT

DICE Sees a Market for Mirror's Edge 2

The original Mirror's Edge was a commercial flop and publisher Electronic Arts has not made any mention about a possible sequel for the free running game but one of the developers working at DICE believes that there's a market for such a game.Speaking to SPOng during a recent Battlefield 3 marketing event t...

10 October 2011
10:30 GMT

Final Battlefield 3 Game Will Look, Play and Sound Better than the Beta

DICE, the developer of the upcoming Battlefield 3 first person shooter, has confirmed that the current beta stage is based on an older build of the title, so the final edition, which is out later this month, will play much better, largely because of the copious amounts of feedback received from beta participants.Batt...

6 October 2011
18:01 GMT

Analyst: Battlefield 3 Can Sell 12 Million Copies

In a recent analyst note Michael Pachter, who watches the video game industry for Wedbush Morgan, has stated that the upcoming Battlefield 3 first person shooter might sell between 8 and 12 million copies.The analyst says that the DICE made game will sell 4 million copies on the PC, which presumably includes both phy...

4 October 2011
18:01 GMT

Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Already Being Fixed Thanks to the Beta Stage

DICE and Electronic Arts, the developer and publisher, of the upcoming Battlefield 3 first person shooter, have confirmed a variety of fixes that will be implemented to the final game, following the recently deployed open beta stage.Battlefield 3 is awaited by a variety of shooter fans, and many have already tried ou...

3 October 2011
18:01 GMT

Battlefield 3 Developer Sees Only Flaws in Own Video Games

DICE is well known for making competent, when not brilliant, first person shooters but it seems that some important members of the development team cannot look at them without seeing their flaws.Patrick Bach, who is an executive producer working at DICE, has stated, “We need to make sure people in this company ...

3 October 2011
13:41 GMT

EA and Virgin Gaming Announced 1.6 Million Dollar Battlefield 3 Tournament

Video game publisher Electronic Arts and Virgin Gaming have announced that they are launching the Battlefield 3 Worldwide Conquest Tournament, which comes complete with a prize chest of 1.6 million dollars, in order to celebrate the launch of the DICE developed first person shooter.The first stage of the competition ...

28 September 2011
05:48 GMT

New Battlefield 3 Video Goes 'Above and Beyond the Call'

Electronic Arts wants to make it clear that Battlefield 3 is targeted at Activision's Call of Duty series, and the newest video for the upcoming first person shooter sports a very interesting tagline, urging players to 'Go Above and Beyond the Call', stopping short of mentioning the name of the Call of...

27 September 2011
05:01 GMT

Battlefield 3 Open Beta Starts on September 29 on All Platforms

Electronic Arts and DICE have confirmed that the upcoming Battlefield 3 first person shooter will see its open beta stage start on September 29, across all platforms, and a bit early for those who pre-ordered the game on the PC or bought the Medal of Honor Tier 1 Edition.Battlefield 3 is pretty much one of the bigges...

21 September 2011
05:03 GMT

Battlefield 3 Official PC System Requirements Available

Electronic Arts and DICE have finally released the official PC system requirements for the upcoming Battlefield 3 first person shooter, confirming what exact specifications computers need to meet to run the new title.Battlefield 3 has been in development for quite some time and we've heard a variety of details a...

20 September 2011
10:19 GMT

Pre-Order Battlefield 3 Through Origin to Get Dead Space 2 for Free

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced yet another incentive designed to get players to pre-order the upcoming first person shooter Battlefield 3 from the digital distribution service Origin, with Dead Space 2 offered to all those who are ready to take this step.The company is saying that it only has a li...

19 September 2011
07:49 GMT

Electronic Arts Confirms Xbox 360 Version of Battlefield 3 Comes on Two Disks

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that gamers who buy the Xbox 360 version of its upcoming first person shooter Battlefield 3 will get two game disks, one of them containing the multiplayer side of the game and the cooperative play levels and one that delivers the single player campaign.Players will ...

14 September 2011
17:41 GMT

Getting All the Unlocks in Battlefield 3 Will Take 100 Hours

Modern video game are obsessed with offering players a lot of content that can only be used after it is unlocked through gameplay actions and it seems that Battlefield 3, the first person shooter that is developed by DICE and will be published by Electronic Arts, seems to be no different.Alan Kertz, who is a senior g...

6 September 2011
05:48 GMT

Cooperative Battlefield 3 Mode Combines Narrative and Open Structure

The developers at DICE working on Battlefield 3, the soon-to-be-released first-person shooter, have set out to create a game that can go head to head with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and that means offering a cooperative experience to rival the Spec Ops mode. Tommy Rydling, who is a junior product manager worki...

1 September 2011
05:48 GMT

No Option to Shoot Civilians in Battlefield 3

The developers working on the upcoming first person shooter Battlefield 3 at DICE have announced that they will not be allowing players to take shots at civilians in the title, because it's impossible to punish them in game for doing so.Speaking to Rock, Paper, Shotgun at the DICE headquarters in Stock...

1 September 2011
03:21 GMT

DICE Justifies 30 FPS for Battlefield 3

Since video game developer DICE announced that the framerate for their first person shooter Battlefield 3 will be locked at 30 FPS a lot of fans of the series have expressed their disapproval, pointing to rivals that are running at 60 FPS.But Karl Magnus Troedsson, who is the general manager of the Battlefield franch...

30 August 2011
18:21 GMT


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