Posted on 22 September by
Tommy Rydling – Jr. Product Manager, DICE
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Battlefield 3 Beta Dates And PS3 DLC Exclusivity[/h1]
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This is Tommy Rydling from
DICE, coming to you, the readers of the
PlayStation Blog, with two exciting pieces of news.
First, we are very happy to announce the dates for the eagerly awaited
Battlefield 3 Open Beta. The Beta is open to all and will run from September 29th to October 10th. You can join it by simply going to the going the
PlayStation Store and navigating to the Demos section, followed by the Latest PlayStation Demos option – from there you’ll see the link to download the
Battlefield 3 demo!
Prepare for battle in the bombed-out metro tunnels on the outskirts of Paris in the upcoming
Battlefield 3 Open Beta!
Alternatively, if you have redeemed a
Medal of Honor: Limited Edition or Tier 1 Edition Online Pass, you will receive early access via a personal email invitation from DICE that includes 48 hour early access, which allows you to start playing on September 27th.
The Open Beta is your chance to play
Battlefield 3 early, try out our free social platform Battlelog, and give your valued feedback directly to those of us at DICE. You participating in the
Battlefield 3 Open Beta means that you are not only helping us load test the servers, but more importantly helping us fine-tune the final components of the multiplayer game.
During your time in the Open Beta, you’ll be playing on the map Operation Métro – a map you might have seen coverage of from E3, where we won the Best Multiplayer Game award.
But that’s not all for our PlayStation fans! You’ll be happy to know that, starting with our first expansion pack Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand (released later this year), all full-blown upcoming expansion packs for the game will appear one week early exclusively on
PlayStation 3!
As you may or may not have heard,
Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand is a themed expansion pack containing four of the most loved maps from
Battlefield 2, boldly reimagined in the Frostbite 2 engine. It also features new weapons and vehicles, unique in-game dog tags, new persistence, and new Trophies.
Be sure to stay tuned for more on the PlayStation version of
Battlefield 3 and all things related. And do let us know what you think of the Beta once it’s up and running. For more stories on
Battlefield 3, feel free to check out
the official Battlefield blog where I post from behind the scenes under the name “H Brun