Battlefield 3 (PC Version) - Videos - Pictures - Previews

Electronic Arts COO John Pleasants has undoubtfuly confirmed that Battlefield 3 is in development during a conference call with stock holders, according to G4. Currently any details about the game are almost nonexistent, other than the fact that it will definitely not be out as part of this fiscal year.
"I've 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 that product," said Pleasants in a call with members of William Blair Growth Stock.
"Of course, that's not [coming out] in the fiscal year, but that is a product that is looking very good," he continued.

That means that DICE currently has at least three new Battlefield games in development - Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield 1943 and now the full-blow sequel, Battlefield 3. Could they be in danger of over-saturating the market with the Battlefield franchise? Hopefully the strain on the programmers won't degrade the quality of them game. We all remember the quarks that Battlefield 2 had - And history has tendency of repeating itself. All we can do is sit tight and cross our fingers.

Oh, and there's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as well, so really there are four games in development that bear the Battlefield label. Should we be worried?

A recent online rumor claims that a leaked DICE fact sheet about Battlefield 3 has been circulating around the internet. This could be a hype tactic or a simple rumor. Regardless it is fun to speculate and let's hope that the following features are true as they look very promising. This is not the same document that DigitalBattle released back in October, 2007.


*** Release date for demo is April, 2010
*** The finish products set for September, 2010
*** Running on "Frostbite DX" game engine
*** 40 players per team (That is 80 players per map)
*** Fully destructible environment
*** The warfare setting is modern day military
*** Playable factions are European Union, MEC and USMC
*** Ticket based flag capturing game play
*** 12 maps. A mix of European, North American and Middle Eastern locations
*** 66 Vehicles announced (22 per faction)
*** A Selection of 45 weapons (15 per faction, no unlocks announced yet)
*** 5 Soldier classes to choose from
*** VoIP with instant message capabilities - Find / Live member tracking.

These speculations currently are only rumors and they're bound to change. Regardless what can be is expected is the quality statistic tracking the Battlefield series have always provided us. Let's hope for the best as DICE has to millions of followers to satisfy and people will expect nothing but a full blown knock out.