If you are in the open beta for Battlefield 3, you are going to be using the Battlelog system, for those of you who haven’t used it yet, it is in effect, a social hub for the game. I’m going to be talking about how it is used on the PC as I haven’t played around with it from a console players perspective.
Chris was at the Eurogamer Expo, and one of the biggest draws for him was the Battlefield 3 booth, this is his account of his hands on impressions of the game.
So the first day of the Eurogamer Expo is over for me, I am back in my hotel waiting for my girlfriend to arrive before we have a day of sightseeing. No fear though, Michael will be at the event tomorrow to keep us up to date. Three things have caught my eye, and I want to quickly talk about them before I go into more detail over the next few days. They are OnLive, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Battlefield…
I have now gone from admitting that Gamescom is growing on me to flat out being able to say that I love Gamescom. Seriously, it is an event that has brought us that amazing trailer for the multiplayer side of the game, guns, jeeps, choppers and, most important, the jets.
Recent revelations regarding Battlefield 3 have given us an indication of how EA plan to move forward with their new digital distribution network, Origin. With DICE confirming that all retail versions of the game will use Origin, the importance of the digital distribution network to EA is becoming increasingly obvious.
Angry Internet Man has been shouting loud and proud over the past few days, ranting about the Physical Warfare Pack which was announced as coming as part of the UK pre-order special deal. The anger arose when people thought that the Physical Warfare Pack was going to contain weapons which would only be available to those who pre-ordered the game from the select retailers. Further anger has been lurking since the announcement of the Back to Karkand expansion pack/DLC which…