The Venerable Franchise Through the Years A teenager walked into a now-defunct Circuit City store and perused the then-massive PC games section. He turned over the games and admired the packaging (PC games came in boxes back then), trying to decide between a $50 copy of Jedi Knight II and a $50 copy of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. He was on the verge of leaving empty-handed when one particular game’s cover caught his eye. A tank rumbled toward the [...]
The guys at GeForce.com posted a Battlefield 3 performance guide with details on how Nvidia cards perform in the open beta. Also included are side by side images of how the game differs from low to ultra settings. As we have heard before, Frostbite is extremely scalable. To keep testing to a manageable level, we picked one resolution and setting that gets us the bulk of the Battlefield 3 look without going overboard. 1920 x 1080 High Quality captured this [...]
The Xbox 360 might be getting Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 expansion packs first, but the PS3 gets Battlefield 3 ones first. Microsoft struck a deal with Activision to ensure that the Xbox 360 gets any Call of Duty DLC first and Sony has just revealed it has struck a similar deal Electronic Arts for Battlefield 3 and the Playstation 3. While Call of Duty DLC hits the Xbox 360 first a month before the PS3 and PC, all [...]
http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3/1/beta STARTING ON September 29 •PLAY BATTLEFIELD 3 EARLY •OPEN TO ALL ON ALL PLATFORMS •YOUR CHANCE TO GIVE FEEDBACK WHAT ARE THE DATES FOR THE BETA? THE OPEN BETA STARTS SEPTEMBER 29TH ON XBOX 360, PLAYSTATION 3, AND PC. THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY PRE-ORDERED THE PC DIGITAL DOWNLOAD VERSION OF BATTLEFIELD 3 THROUGH ORIGIN OR OWN THE LIMITED/TIER 1 EDITION OF MEDAL OF HONOR FOR XBOX 360, PLAYSTATION 3 OR PC, WILL HAVE EARLY ACCESS STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 27TH. [...]
