DICE: “we got massive Battlefield 3 DLC plans”
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On October 15th, 2011 in News
We’re previously known that Battlefield 3 will be getting a lot of DLC, in fact, 3 times as much as Bad Company 2. Even before the release of the game, the first expansion, Back To Karkand, has been announced. According to DICE’s Lars Gustavsson, who recently spoke in an interview with MCV, the DICE studio has been “completely restructured” around DLC now.
“Nowadays, we have operations team who looks at the title when it starts getting closer to launch (or long before) with potential downloadable content and so on, to really have a plan.
Otherwise you’re quite likely to start slipping. If you’re focusing just before release on what you’re going to ship post-launch, then I think you have problems.”
Gustavsson concluded by sating, “yes there is a massive [DLC] plan in place.” Battlefield 3 is DICE and EA’s biggest game in a long time, and it’s no surprise that they’re investing into long-term DLC plans. Downloadable content has gotten very lucrative for publishers lately, who can sell a few $10-15 map packs and greatly increase the revenue of a game. The last Battlefield DLC, the Vietnam expansion for Bad Company 2, has reportedly sold over 1 million copies to date.
Last month, EA and Sony announced that the PlayStation 3 will be getting a one week head start on DLC, ahead of the PC and Xbox 360.
ByDavid Nielsen
Post tags: back to karkand, DLC, expansion pack
Pre-load Battlefield 3 on Oct. 21
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On October 14th, 2011 in News
EA has announced that Battlefield 3 will begin pre-loading the game to those who pre-ordered on October 21, 4 days before the release on October 25. Furthermore, Amazon will begin pre-loading as well for those who ordered via their digital distribution channel. In general, pre-loading is a good idea for two reasons, one, it makes sure players have the game on launch day, and two, it eases on the bandwidth stress that would come from thousands of players trying to download the game at the same time. You can still pre-order Battlefield 3 on Origin and get access to the Back to Karkand expansion, plus the Physical Warfare pack.
ByJames Hyde
Post tags: back to karkand, preorder
More Battlefield 3 maps revealed: Grand Bazaar, Kharg Island and more
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On October 14th, 2011 in Gallery, News
DICE has posted another entry on their Battleblog, revealing the 5 remaining Battlefield 3 multiplayer maps. The maps are:
Nosharh Canals: a map based around an industrial harbor, with both infantry and vehicle warfare, including boats, tanks and APCs. In the Rush mode, attackers start at an aircraft carrier and make their way inland on boats and amphibious vehicles.
Seine Crossing: the map is set in Paris and is split up into two parts by the river Seine, and will include areas for both vehicle combat and denser places that’s more geared towards infantry combat.
Kharg Island: based on a real world island, this time, attackers assault the island via boats and amphibious vehicles, where the defending team controls all flags on the island.
Grand Bazaar: set in Tehran, is a small, dense map that’s targeted towards infantry combat.
Caspian Border: we already know much about this map as it was in the beta — Caspian Border offers the full Battlefield experience with tanks, jets, and helicopters.
Also, don’t forget to check out the previous 4 maps revealed yesterday. We got some screenshot and promo images of the new maps revealed today:
Via Battlelog.
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