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EA Games and DICE released Battlefield 4 this week on current-generation consoles and PC, which we’re sure many of you are probably decided to catch up on a bit of news in between matches. If you haven’t picked up Battlefield 4 yet, there’s still some good times left in Battlefield 3 to experience, especially if you have the “best Battlefield 3 player ever” on your team. (more…)

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Battlefield lovers rejoice. Electronic Arts and DICE are going to be holding a special event for Battlefield 4 on March 26th at 7:00 p.m. PST. The Battlefield 4 event will take place in San Francisco, California at the 2013 Game Developers Conference. The invitation, received by Gamespot, says, “Please join us to celebrate a new era of Battlefield.” Nothing else was mentioned on EA’s invitation.

So what do we know about Battlefield 4 so far? We know that EA is planning on releasing a beta for Battlefield 4 sometime during Fall. We also know that if you’re one of the players who purchased Medal of Honor: Warfighter (and considering its poor sales figure, there aren’t that many of you), you will instantly have access to Battlefield 4′s beta.

There are also speculations that EA and DICE may announce Battlefield: Bad Company 3 at their Battlefield 4 event. Battlefield: Bad Company 3 was spotted on LinkedIn from a user who “provided video game prototype, design, and demo feedback” on the game back in 2009-2011. Battlefield: Bad Company has done remarkably well in sales in the past, with Bad Company 2 selling around 6 million copies. And EA isn’t blind. It knows that gamers have been anxiously awaiting the announcement of a Bad Company 2 sequel.

The timing sounds about right for EA to announce that next chapter in the Battlefield game line. It had just launched the final DLC in its Battlefield 3 line-up, Battlefield 3: End Game. The DLC became available for PlayStation 3 Battlefield 3 Premium subscribers on March 6th, and Xbox 360/PC premium subscribers on March 12th. The expansion comes with 4 new maps, 2 classic game modes, more vehicles, more assignments, and more achievements. The DLC, combined with the other 4 DLCs should be able to keep Battlefield 3 gamers entertained until Battlefield 4 is officially released.

[via Gamespot]

Battlefield 4 event to be held on March 26th is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Xfire, one of the most popular PC gaming messaging mediums with over 23 million subscribers and over 250,000 active users per day, has decided to bring something new and game-changing to the industry. Xfire has just launched Battleground, a fully-automated competitive PC gaming platform. Battleground brings competitions and tournaments directly and automatically to its users, allowing them to experience the most entertaining aspects of PC gaming. Not only that, certain competitions and tournaments will offer great prizes to the winners.

Battleground will have three gaming modes, however only one is available at this time. Instant Action mode allows players to jump quickly into a game. During the game, the players will earn “Battle Tokens” from in-game achievements and for finishing tasks listed by Battleground or Xfire. These Battle Tokens are then used for Direct Challenges, to enter Tournaments, or to purchase sweepstakes entries.

Direct Challenges and Tournaments will be available in the future. These will be sponsored events that occur frequently. Players will be able to compete with each other in order to win gaming gear, new games, in-game items, and other goodies from Xfire’s partners. Players can also win “X-Coins”, which is a virtual currency used to challenge other gamers, or compete in direct challenges, for even more prizes. X-Coins can also be purchased using PayPal, VISA, MasterCard, or American Express.

Paul Kim, CEO of Xfire, states, “The most successful games today are ones that have a competitive element, but currently the experience is fragmented and lacks structure.” Battleground was created in order to make competitive gaming more easily-accessible to most gamers. Kim says, “We think Battleground has the potential to redraw the competitive PC gaming landscape.”

Battleground only has a couple of games available at the moment. Right now, players can compete with each other in Call of Duty 4 and Counter-Strike: Source. New titles will be added in the future of course. Currently on the waitlist is BattleField 3, Counter-Strike: GO, Call of Duty 2, World of Tanks, Team Fortress 2, Planetside 2, and District 187. Alongside Battleground, Xfire has also revamped its website and client in celebration of its 10-year anniversary.

[via Business Wire]

Xfire reveals Battleground, draws in competitive gamers from all around is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Whenever a patch is released for any game or software, you can be sure that it will address some of the more immediate as well as pressing issues at hand. Case in point, the Battlefield 3 expansion “Aftermath” which rolls out today for Premium players on the PS3 would also know that they are in for some patching, and the latest Battlefield 3 patch will do away with input lag. All right, perhaps that might be a tad too optimistic, but at least this patch will help alleviates the issue surrounding input lag as well as address audio drop-out issues.

Not only that, some of the weapons would also be tweaked for a more balanced gameplay, in addition to a few bugs that allows you to disarm MCOMs from all sides now, while bringing a semblance of balance to the gunship – meaning there is no more thermal optics or massive splash damage. As for the Gun Master issue on console, DICE claims that a fix for that is in the pipeline, ready for deployment in a few days’ time.

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The Battlefield 3 Armored Kill patch has been released today, where it will tweak not only guns, but squash those irritating bugs out there as well. Not only that, it is said that user interface issues will be fixed good and proper this time around with the next expansion pack for the highly popular Battlefield franchise. The downloadable content (DLC) known as Armored Kill will have its sights plainly set on the heavy weaponry niche, sporting a slew of new tanks, planes and mobile artillery as well.

Battlefield 3 Armored Kill is released today on September 4th as a timed-exclusive to all PS3 Battlefield Premium subscribers, although those who are rocking to Xbox 360 and PC platforms as Premium members will have to wait for a week more. There is an irony to this, as Xbox 360 owners can enjoy Skyrim Hearthfire, while PS3 owners have to wait indefinitely as at press time. As for ‘normal’ Battlefield 3 gamers, you will only be able to access Armored Kill when September 18th rolls around for the PS3, while Xbox 360 and PC non-Premium gamers have to chalk up another week of waiting. As for the Armored Kill patch update, it is available to everyone today.

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