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EA has confirmed that its paid-for multiplayer Battlefield 3 expansion Battlefield Premium has sold 800,000 subscriptions in its first two weeks. That equates to something in the region of $40m in revenue. Battlefield Premium offers members a numbers of perks including early access to multiplayer map expansions as well as …
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EA has ramped up the pressure on Activision with a new Battlefield Premium membership service. The subscription service gives gamers access to all five expansion packs and lets them access it two weeks early before general release. It ties in with the Battlefield Battlelog service, and features extra events, strategy …
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Read More ȣ35 Battlefield Premium service revealed
EA will at next week’s E3 reveal the Battlefield Premium service, according to a retail listing. Coolshop reckons that the download will go live on June 29th and it is offering a code to access the content for 34.96. It offers the existing Back to Karkland DLC as well as …
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Read More ȣ30 Battlefield DLC arrives on Xbox
Electronic Arts has released The Ultimate Shortcut Bundle for Battlefield 3 –which costs a whopping 3200 Microsoft points. That’s roughly 30 in real money. The DLC is also available via PSN and EA’s Origin service. The package gives players access to all weapons and gadgets for each of the multiplayer …
Read More »EA ponders subscriptions for Battlefield 4
Future entries in the Battlefield series could feature a subscription model, according to an EA exec. Speaking in an interview with VentureBeat, head of the EA Games label Patrick Soderlund said the publisher was considering using regular fees to increase the revenue generated by its blockbuster shooters. "I think it’s …
Read More »EA suspends Battlefield 3: Aftershock support
EA has revealed it has ceased development and support of Battlefield 3: Aftershock, following recent reports that the company pulled the shooter franchise spinoff from the App Store in response to negative reviews. Customers had specificially being complaining of connection issues and unusable controls. "In the interest of bringing consumers …
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