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DICE's highly anticipated shooter Battlefield 3 will open up for testing in the coming weeks, the series' community manager Daniel Matros recently explained. There will be two trials: a "highly tech focused", invite-only alpha trial, and a more open beta trial for those who purchased a special-labeled copy of Medal of Honor Limited Edition.
The closed Alpha test is already underway and available only to a lucky few. DICE says it won't be distributing download codes on social networks at this stage, but those who want to improve their chances of being called upon, can sign up to the Battle field newsletter here and make sure that their 'Veteran status' is up to date -- for this you need to login to your EA account and link at least two previously purchased Battlefield games to your account.
The Beta phase will begin in September, and as mentioned above, access is guaranteed to anyone who purchased a copy of Medal of Honor Limited Edition with the "Battlefield 3 - Early Access Included" sticker on the box. Owners of that version will receive an invitation via a newsletter so be sure to opt in on your EA Profile.
The full game will be released for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, and Windows on October 25, 2011 in North America and October 28, 2011 in Europe. There's been a bit of a controversy with news that the game might not be available for purchase on Valve's popular Steam platform, but that hasn't slowed down interest in the game. According to EA, Battlefield 3 pre-orders are currently at 10 times those of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 at the same time prior to release.
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I was invited onto the Alpha Trial. Can't wait to go home and play it tonight
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Ya sure you were. SEverard.
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Proof here http://twitpic.com/5wo0fu/full
You don't have to believe me but I'll be the one playing BF3 before you
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You can also check out my conversations with Battlefield on my twitter
www.twitter.com/SimonEverard
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More proof here if you want it http://twitpic.com/5wpuhd
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God i wish i could play this! SEverard, i'm actually jealous of you
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He is just jealous ignore him he's only a guest after all :P
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I was so happy when I found out. That probably the biggest understatement actually
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Cool
Wow you actually use Internet explorer !!
BTW i would mask that email address if you dont want more than 14 junk emails in your box!!
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Yeah I use IE9 just for Pinning really.
Deleted the email picture for that reason now. But as you can see I wasn't bs'ing
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SEverard said:
Deleted the email picture for that reason now. But as you can see I wasn't bs'ing
If I had the chance to get invited, I`ll be *****!ng A LOT! :-p
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vChRiSv said:
SEverard said:I was invited onto the Alpha Trial. Can't wait to go home and play it tonight
Man you're lucky, wish I could play it right now. Congrats on getting invited though
Make sure to make a thread and tell us about the gaming experience. Unless that goes against some sort of user agreement you have to make, lol. :P
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angry birds ftw! haha.
I still have some time to upgrade my PC !
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it is brilliant been playing the last few days , theres an nda on photos/videos but people have been putting them on youtube all week, just search for "bf3 alpha" if you want to look
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ElShotte said:
@SEverard: Dude you could've probably pawned that code off on eBay for a pretty penny.
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hahaa I bought Medal of Honor LE and I didn't even get an invite to the normal beta.
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What level veteran are you for Battlefield? Let us know how you are enjoying the Alpha thus far?
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any recoil in this game? Doesn't look like much from the vid.
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I hope two 6950 in crossfire will max out the game at 1920x1200?
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Hankhendrix said:
Just got my Alpha invite! Can't wait to get tucked in, courtesy of my hotel's internet connection
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I Got invited, Its awsome. Love it.
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I was invited to alpha, but Im on a trip till the end of september, so Im gonna miss it, damn damn damn!!!
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I got an alpha invite but it is PC only.... Damn.
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Just got an invite cant wait to get home and test it! Thanx DICE!
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downloading the alpha now. im pretty pumped.
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