14 DAY TRIAL // Battlefield 3, the new first-person shooter from development studio DICE, will have a special cooperative multiplayer mode, separate from the story campaign, with 10 custom maps designed for two players.
Battlefield 3 is set to go head to head with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 at the end of the year, and we've already heard quite a lot of things about both these realistic, military first-person shooters.
Now, after seeing that Modern Warfare 3 is tackling the classic Battlefield urban combat experience, DICE has revealed that its new game will have a dedicated cooperative mode, just like Modern Warfare's Spec Ops.
According to the latest issue of PSM3 UK magazine, via CVG, the Executive Producer of Battlefield 3, Patrick Bach, confirmed that the cooperative mode would be standalone experience, and would ship with 10 maps custom designed for two players, instead of just making the single-player campaign playable with a friend.
This is similar to how the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series has been handling co-op experiences, by providing the special Spec Ops mode, besides the story campaign and the regular multiplayer mode.
Bach also said that Battlefield 3, and its aggressive marketing campaign, will show players new to the series just what they've been missing.
"Something I hear a lot from people who haven't actually played Battlefield is that they'd love a modern day, first-person shooter with everything you have in other games, but with vehicles and proper destruction. They say, 'that would be awesome!' In other words, this is the game everyone claims they want."
Battlefield 3 is being heavily hyped by Electronic Arts, its publisher, but many industry experts and analysts still believe that it won't be able to topple Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 later this year, when both will be released for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.