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Lots of new BF3 facts released

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A lot of new facs have been released in a recent Q&A session. They’re all listed below.

Battlefield 3 Beta

  • The beta will not start at midnight or 00:00 GMT
  • The download size will be 2 – 3gb
  • Those who had the alpha must download the beta client, the alpha client can not be updated.
  • No game rank limit during beta (go all the way to 50!)
  • Pre-load information coming soon
  • The beta was not delayed

Battlefield 3 General

  • The netcode is completely new and rewritten
  • Players can not join a squad if their team is full (to prevent Battlelog groups from getting split)
  • Vehicles will begin to heal themselves after 10 – 15 seconds (this is a server setting)
  • Vehicles will only begin to regenerate if their health is under 75%
  • Unlocks are class restrictive, can’t put a sniper scope on a support gun
  • Operation Metro has been better balanced
  • Two knife animations (behind and on the ground)
  • A knife attack on your player can not be countered
  • Throwing a grenade will still prompt enemy players to yell (Bad Company 2 similar)
  • Hand grenades can not be held to make the detonation time quicker (known as cooking)
  • You can join a server that a friend is on via Origin
  • Friendly Fire is set to “on” by default. It can be turned off in the server settings
  • Caspian Border is not the biggest map
  • Jets do not have bombs (wtf?)
  • If you are kicked from a server, Battlelog will prompt you with the reason (ping, server settings, or server admin reasoning)
  • A ranked server can be turned into an unranked server (for practice, etc.)
  • No weather or time change during a multiplayer game
  • e-sports are the focus of Battlefield 3
  • No word on Battlerecorder/Game recorder

Misc. Battlefield 3 Information

  • Next 1 – 3 weeks will bring more information about maps
  • Battlelog application for iPhone/iOS (free). No word on Android.
  • Battlelog is updated separately to allow game updating to be a bit more flawless
  • More community events in the works (some happening here on enterbf3!)
  • Mod tools are still a possibility
  • Two nVidia GTX 580′s can run the game on ultra
  • Battlefield 3 may be available on the Xbox marketplace
  • Some 300 employees at DICE

No Steam today

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EA has announced that Battlefield 3 will not be made available via Valve’s online game-shop Steam as was believed earlier.

“BF3 will nоt be аvаilable оn Steam аѕ thе service restricts оur ability tо directly support players,”

- says thе EA Twitter account.

The forum post gоes а bit further in explaining thе publisher’s position, though it dоеsn’t go so far аѕ tо explicitly explain thе schism.

“Steam hаѕ adopted а set оf restrictive terms оf service whіch limit how developers interact wіth customers to deliver patches and other downloadable content. No othеr download service has adopted thesе practices.”

As with Dragon Age 2, this іѕ іn reference tо onе specific part оf Steam’s Terms of Service agreement, whiсh forces games to deliver DLC and patches through Steam rather than thrоugh a game-specific client. EA claims thiѕ to be restrictive, аnd thuѕ refuses to sell ѕоme titles through thе service.

It remains unclear whу EA — who, іn thе past, hаѕ offered а variety of games thrоugh Steam, regаrdless of thе Terms of Service — refuses to offer DLC аnd patches through Steam suddenly, but it certaіnlу appears tо be a stance thе company is staying firm on. The forum post also notes EA’s inclination towаrds resolving the issue wіth Valve, saying,

“We hope tо work out аn agreement whеre Steam сan carry Battlefield 3; meanwhile, gamers сan pick frоm the more than 100 digital retailers.”

Fact sheet released by EA

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Earlier today EA released this 4 page fact sheet with some interesting information! In our eyes it is wise to think something has been left out though. Click on the images below to read all the fact that has been released!
The release was confirmed by Twitter user Demize99.