64-player Battlefield 3 This Fall
The <a href="http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlef ... r-now.aspx" target="_blank">Battlefield Blog</a> has some of the promised new details on Battlefield 3, saying the next installment in DICE's military shooter series is due for release this fall for Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The update calls this the "true successor to Battlefield 2," saying it will have full single-player and co-op campaigns as well as 64-player (on the PC) multiplayer, as well as the return of jets and (wait for it) prone. They also offer a teaser trailer, and promise more details throughout this month in magazine coverage, starting with the new issue of <a href="http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/arch ... eld-3.aspx" target="_blank">Game Informer</a>, where they have word on the game's use of DICE's new game engine: "it wasn't until the company developed the powerful new Frostbite 2 engine that it felt all the pieces were in place to create a proper follow-up. Armed with powerful upgrades like deferred rendering, real-time radiosity, a new animation system borrowed from the EA Sports label, and an exponential leap in destructibility, executive producer Patrick Bach dubs Frostbite 2 'the best piece of technology on the market when it comes to building games'." In a bold move, the <a href="http://www.ea.com/battlefield3" target="_blank">Battlefield 3 Website</a> offers <a href="http://eastore.ea.com/DRHM/store?Action ... =224766400" target="_blank">preorders of the limited edition</a> without yet revealing what it includes.
