Plethora of Information About Battlefield 3 Released

February 10, 2011 · by John Ponio

Over the past couple days there has been more and more information coming out, and a recent article by Game Informer gives us a ton more. Here is a list of (as far as I know) the most up-to-date information.

Release is being planned for Q4 20011
They’ve had the idea for Battlefield 3 in mind for a long time, but now technology has caught up with their idea
Lighting looks to be fantastic, with one lighting probe containing more information than an entire level of Bad Company 2
Level destruction is still there, will be “believable,” but everything should be destructible
Player animations will use ANT, the same that EA Sports uses
AI and multiplayer characters will have different animation sets
Animation realism is a focus
They captured their own war sounds at different distances, which will hopefully help realism
Post-release content will be available more quickly
There will be more unlocks than Bad Company 2
They’re working on a middle-ground of character customizations and not having “pink rabbit hat(s)”
There will be 4 classes. Squads will be discussed “later”
They can’t discuss a theater mode but it’s being looked into
Co-op will be in the game
Kill-cam can be enabled or disabled
The development team for Battlefield 3 is almost twice as big as the team was for Bad Company 2
The pacing of the single player will have highs and lows
The F-word will be used quite often, so an M-rating from the ESRB is expected
A significant narrative for the single player
More settings so you’re not stuck in the Middle East for the entirety of the game
The PC version is the lead. It will have up to 64 player multiplayer, while the consoles are stuck with 24 player
No mod tools at release because they are “too complex”
It will not be based off of Bad Company 2 as it is an original story