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Read More »Battlefield 3 pulled from App Store
Having released Battlefield 3 on the Apple App Store earlier this month, EA has now pulled the game from sale. IGN reports that the decision was made after an influx of negative reviews regarding both its controls and its network stability. The game is free to play thanks to sponsorship …
Read More »Free Battlefield 3 for Mass Effect 3 pre-orders
Those who have not yet pre-ordered the PC version of BioWare RPG sequel Mass Effect 3 have been offered a free copy of DICE shooter Battlefield 3 as an extra incentive to do so. Two conditions apply, however. Firstly, you have to live in the US. Secondly, you have to …
Read More »Heard About: Battlefield 3
John Broomhall talks to audio director Stefan Strandberg about his work on Battlefield 3
Read More »The REAL entertainment Top 40
You know that Entertainment Top 40 released last week and published online by the games press (including MCV)? Well it was wrong. MCV can reveal that the video game numbers were based on the raw Chart-Track data and were not up-weighted to account for the whole market. That means Black …
Read More »EA Battlefield devs depart for Ngmoco
DICE devs become latest recruits for growing Sweden studio
Read More »2011 REVIEW: What MW3 vs BF3 says about the market
It was supposed to be the fight that would define the year.Call of Duty had met its match. For the first time ever, the game was to go up against EA’s long-running Battlefield series. Although both have had similar lifespans, they had until this Q4 never launched head-to-head. EA entered …
Read More »EA: Battlefield 3 stole market share from Modern Warfare 3
Peter Moore, the high-profile COO of publisher EA, has insisted that its recent release Battlefield 3 successfully captured a slice of Modern Warfare 3’s market share. That’s despite Activision’s game becoming the fastest selling entertainment product of all time. In EA’s favour, however, the game failed to best the week …
Read More »Battlefield 3 sales top 8 million
Electronic Arts has announced sales of its blockbuster first-person shooter have surpassed the eight million milestone. The figure was confirmed by the publisher’s CFO Eric Brown during this week’s Baird Technology Conference in San Fransisco, according to Game Informer. Previously, EA touted first week sales of five million units worldwide …
Read More »Battlefield 3 "banned" in Iran
EA’s Battlefield 3 has effectively been banned” in Iran, despite not receiving an official release in the territory. AFP reports that the Iranian government has drawn exception to the game’s depiction of a clash between US forces on the Iraq-Iran border, and subsequently an air assault on Tehran. EA does …
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