Battlefield 3 beta commences September 29

[Attachment 8459]Finally, a date has been disclosed. EA announced via Twitter that the highly anticipated Battlefield 3 beta will launch on September 29 - just over a week from now - prior to BF3's release on October 27. You'll get to play a single map, Paris' Operation Metro, in Battlefield's "Rush" game mode.

Anyone who pre-orders the digital PC version of the game at Origin will be granted access to the beta, as will anyone who pre-ordered a Limited Edition of Medal of Honor. Furthermore, if you purchased Medal of Honor on Steam prior to July 26 you too will have access. In that instance, to get your beta key, click the "CD Key" link from within the Medal of Honor page inside your Steam Library. You will still need Origin to download and play the beta though, so grab it from www.origin.com/download.

For those that aren't aware what "Rush" is, here's the description from DICE:

"First introduced in Battlefield: Bad Company, Rush has now made its way to the heart of the Battlefield series in Battlefield 3. An objective based mode, the attackers have to arm and detonate pairs of M-COM stations in each area of the map to unlock the next area and the next pair of M-COM stations. While defenders have an unlimited amount of spawn tickets, attackers only get new tickets every time they destroy a pair of M-COMs. If all M-COM stations on the entire map are destroyed, the attackers are declared the winning team. If the defenders manage to deplete the attacker's tickets to zero (by killing them), the defenders are declared the winners.

"As an all-out warfare mode, Rush features a large variety of vehicle setups tuned specifically to that map's landscape and features. Players can find all types of vehicles on Rush maps, including transport vehicles, armored vehicles, helicopters, and of course, jets. Rush offers a compelling objective based all-out warfare game mode for Battlefield veterans."

There are a few changes to the mode, however:
- You cannot use explosives or shoot at the M-COM to take it out. Only arm and disarm.

- If the attacking team arms the M-COM, but runs out of tickets, the match will continue until the M-COM detonates or defenders disarm it

- If the defenders start disarming an M-COM just before it’s about to blow, the explosion is prevented until the disarm is accomplished. If the defender gets killed during the disarm process, the M-COM will instantly blow
And here are the system requirements:

Minimum System Requirements
OS: WINDOWS VISTA (SERVICE PACK 2) 32-BIT
PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ DUAL CORE (CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ OR ALTHON X2 2.7 GHZ)
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DIRECTX 10.1 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, WITH ATI RADEON 3870 OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DIRECTX 10.0 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 SERIES WITH NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

Recommended System Requirements
OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

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You cannot use explosives or shoot at the M-COM to take it out. Only arm and disarm..... awww i miss my C4 blankets :/

mind you, good stopping tanks from killing them (directly) - that one in the pit on that snow map was just too easy due to that.

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You cannot use explosives or shoot at the M-COM to take it out. Only arm and disarm..... awww i miss my C4 blankets :/

Quad of doom.

pfft, noob, Jay - any vechicle loaded with explosives is a jihad jeep ;P

I still remember seeing how far we could launch the friendly vehicles with tonnes of C4. Was gold :p

UAV full of surprises?

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Furthermore, if you purchased Medal of Honor on Steam prior to July 26 you too will have access. Should the key be showing already? Or closer to the actual beta release?Caus I've had MoH for ages and I don't have a key :(

not sure it will even give you a key will it? MOH is probably attached to your EA/Origin account so it will likely just unlock when it's ready - bet it doesn't preload though...

i also bet the origin preorders (that get the beta 48 hours earlier) wont finish loading til the beta is opened to the MOH players.

edit: oh just noticed this on the origin store page for BF3: * CONSUMERS WHO BOUGHT MEDAL OF HONOR LIMITED EDITION OR TIER 1 EDITION ALREADY HAVE THIS REWARD. - in ref to the 48 early access to the beta. I thought MOH just gave you beta access, not early beta access. cool.

As per the article, if you bought MoH on Steam prior to July 26 you will have a beta key via the "CD Key" link in your library.

When the beta key will appear is unknown. Sometime between now and the 29th.

silly boy, i don't read GU for the articles... ;P

Origion REGION FUCKING!!!!

Origin US Storee for BF3
US = $59.99 USD
AU = $79.99 AUD

....

UMADBRO?

Nah drunk bro. But my proxy is working BRO!!!!

I paid 33.99GBP ($61AUD) via the UK store.

$26 here :D

Battlefield 3 CD Key

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$26 here :D

Battlefield 3 CD Key

Thnx bro wasn't gonna pre-order, now I have ^_^

I've tried everything to do the "Steam credit card trick" on Origin, too. Various cards, various VPNs in various locations, various address formats - nada.

Better value buying it boxed for $70-ish from the major discounters (E.g. BIG W), or using a key site as per Ratty's link (but you won't get beta access?).

On the topic of pre-orders, Battlefield 3 is well ahead of EA predictions, having secure over 1.5 million already.

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I've tried everything to do the "Steam credit card trick" on Origin, too. Various cards, various VPNs in various locations, various address formats - nada.

Better value buying it boxed for $70-ish from the major discounters (E.g. BIG W), or using a key site as per Ratty's link (but you won't get beta access?).

yeah cant argue with $26 bucks not frussed bout beta access really, I've bought Space marine and RO2 from them this week alone so they legit and fast delivery of keys, bout 30-60 mins.

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You do realise you still get beta access right? You just don't get the 48 headstart, so you can play on the 29th September where as preorders can play on the 27th.

(Assuming those are US dates but you get my point)

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$26 here :D

Battlefield 3 CD Key
Battlefield 3 Limited Edition CD KEY...
I have used OKS quite a few times before. Never been shafted from them.

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Battlefield*3*Limited*Edition*CD*KEY...
I have used OKS quite a few times before. Never been shafted from them.

Not quite $26 but seems like it might come with the return to Karkand map which cdkeyshere won't seem to get. Although it can be an error on OKS part and not knowing their limited edition might not get it.

Anyway, wtf with DLC maps. Way to split/kill the BF community.

it won't split the community, people will be angry about it for two days then buy the dlc, profit!

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it won't split the community, people will be angry about it for two days then buy the dlc, profit!

Sad but true.

they said those maps will be free at some point to everyone else too

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No they didn't Aegis

ahh the random is right, i misread it.

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Just read this at the Origin store FAQ: "The Open Beta will end on October 10." That blows - so short. :(

Not if the game is out after that :D

17 days after that. :(

Haha well then that's fucking too short!!

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- Battlefield 3 beta will run from September 29 to October 10.

- There is no player level limit on the beta and no limit on how much you can unlock.

- One game mode, Rush, and one map, Operation Metro will be available.

- The Operation Metro map has undergone changes since the alpha.

- The beta is limited to 32 players on PC, 24 on console.

- Beta size will be around 2-3 GB.

- The netcode has been re-written from the alpha trial.

- Owners of Medal of Honor do not need the disc to play the beta

- EA Origin pre-orders and Medal of Honor owners get access to the beta 48h earlier, on Sep 27.

- If you want early access, you have to pre-order on Origin before Sep 25.

- Asia has now been added to the open beta.

- Origin is required to play the beta on PC.

- Stats and ranks will not carry over into the final game.

- The beta won’t include all the graphics features which will make it in the final version.

I haven't been prompted for the update? :(

Leaked Battlelog screens...

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I haven't been prompted for the update? :(

It actually happened a couple of days ago.

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I haven't been prompted for the update? :(

probably not available in the UK :D

rec, i forgot, this is EA, change your system clock to see if that prompts a download of the beta ;)

Funnily enough, I only got prompted for the update when I connected to a UK VPN the other day. :P

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$26 here :D

Battlefield 3 CD Key

hmm just got an email from these guys saying they may have issues instead of being sent multilingual games they have only been sent Russian language keys, apparently they will be organising a English language patch or refunds if requested.

wahhahaha ..

Get a refund and buy it here > Battlefield 3 Limited Edition Game CD Key : Buy Game CD Keys

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hmm just got an email from these guys saying they may have issues instead of being sent multilingual games they have only been sent Russian language keys, apparently they will be organising a English language patch or refunds if requested.

hmm turns out the fix for russian version is very simple.

to make the game English:

x86 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 3] change language and locale for English and en

x64 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node \Electronic Arts\Battlefield 3]

Apparently thats all there is too it...

Cool.