BF3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Here’s a comprehensive roundup of all the Battlefield 3 news that has been flooding into the web over the past week, starting with what we know BF3 will support:
- 64 player support on PCs
- 24 player support on Xbox 360/PS3
- Prone is back
- Jets are back
- No commander
- 4 classes
- Single player campaign + co-op
- It will have more unlocks than Bad Company 2
- No mod tools
- Release date is set for Fall 2011
- First screenshots released in GameInformer
New York, Paris, Tehran war theaters
It’s been confirmed that Battlefield 3 will take place in New York, Paris, and Tehran, although we expect several more locations and variations in each theater.
Frostbite 2.0
Frostbite 2.0 is the new engine that will power Battlefield 3, and it looks like a big improvement over Frostbite 1.5, which powered Bad Company 2. These are the first details on Frostbite 2.0:
- Frostbite 2 will only support DirectX 10 and 11, as we reported.
- Frostbite 2.0 is recommended to run on 64-bit CPUs and versions of Windows
- The engine will have a new set of compilers and pipelines, which will improve its diversity and open the possibility to mod tools.
- Tile-based deferred shading via DirectCompute, which will improve performance.
- Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA), implemented with DirectCompute, which provides better bandwidth conservation (exclusive DirectX 11 feature).
- Realtime radiosity (a dynamic light source with HDR), powered by the Enlighten middleware engine, previously used in God of War 3 for the PS3
- Improved environment destruction.
Read more about Frostbite 2.0 in our article and break down.
Limited Edition
The Limited Edition will include a DLC titled “Back to Karkand”, which will include 4 maps remade from BF2, including the iconic Strike at Karkand. The “Back to Karkand” DLC will be released as a downloadable add-on a month after the release of BF3. More info here.
Trailer breakdown + vehicles
The trailer showed a few hints of what to expect, and it showed the first vehicles as well, which we can confirm are:
- M1 Abrams tank
- LAV 25 APC
- Apache helicopter
- Blackhawk helicopter
- Kamov KA-60 Kasatka (Russian helicopter)
- Mig 29 Fulcrum jet
- F18 jet
Box art
Here’s the official box art for Battlefield 3:
Wallpapers
Finally, we’ve got over half a dozen wallpapers in high-res quality. More info and download here.
you should change “no mod tools” to “no mod tools on release”
March 1 can’t come any earlier
i wonder why dice doesnt just copy and paste bf2 into frostbite 2.0, add new maps and weapons/vehicles and boom. epic.
because that would be call of duty
Why is it that Frostbite 2.0 is DX10 and 11 only on PC? Because on consoles you only have DX9 so I don’t get why they don’t allow PCs with DX9.
Not that I care but it’s something I just noticed.
Your missing a vehicle! MH-6 Little Bird is shown in one of the screenshots.
cant wait. going to be epic
Some of the vehicles listed are wrong
Why?
Here’s what should be listed:
- “MiG-29″ should be a Su-34 or related Sukhoi fighter, because of the small wings (forgot what there called) close the front of the jet’s fuselage
- “Blackhawk” Should be a UH-1Y Venom, clearly that helicopter if it’s referring to the bit when the chopper gets shot down, that’s definitely not a Blackhawk
- “M1A1″? Should be a M1A2. M1A1 was used during the 1st Gulf War, do you really think that they would use decade old tank technology without upgrading?