Fri, Sep 30, 2011 | 04:53 BST

Go time: Battlefield 3 beta opens on 360, PS3 and PC

This is it, soldier. No more deals, promos and pre-buys. The Battlefield 3 multiplayer beta has gone completely open on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

The Battlefield 3 multiplayer beta has now gone live on all platforms: it’s available to download and play on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

PC players will need to download the client through Origin, but the EA service has apparently been crippled by demand: the store is having difficulty loading, and we’re finding it impossible to download the client.

EA has confirmed the test is live globally and has handed out tips for success on Métro.

A closed version of the beta has been running since Tuesday for those that pre-ordered the PC version through Origin or bought into a Medal of Honor promotion last year.

What to expect? You’ll get one map, Paris Métro, and one game mode in Rush. DICE also put the much-wanted Caspian Border level live in the closed PC beta last night, but access was extremely limited: don’t bank on getting a proper look-in on this before the full-game ships.

We’ve been following the beta all week. On Tuesday, Johnny put up some first impressions of Métro alongside some initial defending footage and screens, and we followed that yesterday with a more in-depth look at attacking and defending play.

Here’s some new footage of attacking play for you, a longer version of the edits we put live yesterday.

And here are all the other movies we’ve shot so far.

Battlefield 3 launches on October 25 in the US and October 28 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC.

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#51

viralshag
29/09/11, 7:26 pm

@47, Someone is trying to steal your title as best complainer about complaints

Only messing.

#52

Fin
29/09/11, 8:21 pm

#53

Ireland Michael
29/09/11, 8:35 pm

Anyone spotted any bullet proof leaves in any of these maps yet?

I figured it’s an important thing to look out. It could ruin the whole game!

#54

GrimRita
29/09/11, 9:03 pm

@51 excuse me. that will be my award this year so Fin, please keep your thoughts to just two posts a week :-p

No bullet proof leaves for a change but still some issues surrounding the rocks. Despite my boots looking like a size 7, they must have an invisible 5 inches or so because trying to get close to some rocks is still impossible.

For a game that has a month until release, shall we place our bets on the size of the first day patch? I’m going to start by saying 1.5Gb

#55

Shonak
29/09/11, 9:08 pm

Beta is disappointing on a technical level, but gameplay is kinda nice – although far from perfect. Well, whatsoever. Pre-Order cancelled, I guess I wait a couple of months before I buy it. EA/DICE didn’t do themselves a favor with this beta, that’s for sure, a true bugmonster that BF3.

#56

manamana
29/09/11, 9:08 pm

So far, so good. I find it a little fast paced, though. And definitely a lot of lonewolfs out there, got to play it with friends. A little bit underwhelmed about animations and textures of players, I must admit but its still beta.
Going prone is great and they changed the charge settings/defusing to the better imo.

#57

manamana
29/09/11, 9:10 pm

Oh and I definitely hit multiple guys with 870 in the face, got killed and health on them: 100% ….

#58

manamana
29/09/11, 9:13 pm

@54 well then: don’t buy it?

#59

GrimRita
29/09/11, 9:29 pm

@58 I am not.

#60

viralshag
29/09/11, 10:30 pm

@59, I bet you do.