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EA COO Peter Moore has said he believes Battlefield 3 succeeded in taking part of the market share away from Modern Warfare 3.

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DICE has announced the PC version of Battlefield 3 will be patched on December 6, and updates will include various bug fixes and balancing, along with the addition of colorblind mode and some of the Back to Karkand content, which will arrive in full on December 13. Bug fixes and tweaks are posted below, courtesy of Evil Avatar. Full patch notes can be found over on the Battlefield 3 website.

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DICE has announced that Battlefield 3′s Back to Karkand will be released next Tuesday, December 6 on PS3. The map pack will be a PS3-exclusive until December 13 when it arrives on PC and Xbox 360.

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DICE has announced through Twitter that the client update for Battlefield 3 will arrive for PS3 tomorrow, and the update will “follow shortly” on Xbox 360. It was released on PC last week. The full list of console patch notes are posted below, courtesy of Joystiq.

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DICE has said it plans to publish a “significant” update to Battlefield 3 on PC next week. According to an official blog post on the matter, players will see “improved polish, stability, weapons balancing, squad control functionality, user interface enhancements,” and several other features which have been addressed due to feedback from the community. The “negative mouse acceleration” will also be removed as well.

The patch will be released on the console after it passes certification, so expect it sometime after the PC version is released.

Legal firm Edelson McGuire has filed a class-action lawsuit against EA on behalf of consumers who were promised a free copy of Battlefield 1943 as an incentive to purchase the PS3 version of Battlefield 3.

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EA has released a video providing a closer look at gameplay from the Strike at Karkand map for Battlefield 3. In it, you’ll also get a glimpse of some of the new Back to Karkand weapons in action around the 1:36 mark. The digital expansion pack set will be released in December for free to those who pre-ordered, or available the same date for $14.99/1200 MSP.

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EA has tweeted that it is has banned “hundreds of offending” Battlefield 3 accounts this weekend and have wiped the stats of those boosting or using exploits.

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Maps featured in Battlefield 3′s Back to Karkand DLC will apparently become “part of the same rotation as the base maps” once available, according to a statement given to Joystiq.

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Nvidia’s financial results for Q3 saw an increase in revenue of $1.1 billion compared to $843.9 million yoy and in profits with $178.3 million compared to $84.9 million yoy, thanks in part to increased interest in “highly anticipated blockbuster PC games.” The firm noted growth in desktop GPU sales, naming Battlefield 3 as a major factor, along with Modern Warfare 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic.

“We believe this surge of PC gaming demand will drive increased demand for NVIDIA’s GeForce products despite the soft consumer PC market,” said Nvidia’s Rob Csongor. “We expect a multiyear PC gaming cycle, as the PC becomes increasingly more powerful than 5 to 6-year-old gaming consoles.” Thanks, Gamasutra.

EA has confirmed there are some “issues” with the downloadable version of Battlefield 3 on PS3, which is preventing players from signing into the game’s Battlelog service. Currently a patch is in the works, with a release date to be announced, according to Sony Europe’s community manager.

EA has said its worldwide customer service department is available any time of day to “provide an immediate solution to any Battlefield 3 players on PSN” who experience any difficulties logging into Battlelog.

The digital version of the game released on PSN in the region October 26.

EA and DICE have released three new screenshots for Back to Karkand, the upcoming DLC for Battlefield 3. Have a look at them below the break. The pack is set for release in December, and features new weapons, vehicles, persistence, maps, and the return of Conquest Assault. It will be free for those who pre-ordered BF3, and will run £11.99 f/$14.99/1200 Microsoft Points for everyone else.

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EA and DICE have released a gameplay video for Back to Karkand, the upcoming DLC for Battlefield 3. It’s below the break. The pack is set for release in December, and features new weapons, vehicles, persistence, maps, and the return of Conquest Assault. It will be free for those who pre-ordered BF3, and will run £11.99 f/$14.99/1200 Microsoft Points for those who didn’t.

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EA executive vice president Patrick Soderlund is confident the firm’s content plans will keep gamers interested in Battlefield 3, even with the deluge of titles releasing over the holidays.

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Those who drink Dr Pepper or would just to earn free stuff, can net themselves some dogtags and a multiplayer skin for Battlefield 3 via a promotion going on at the moment. Right now, specially marked bottles of the soda include a codes for five, themed tags with various themes ranging from Hello Kitty to a can opener. Also on offer, is a PS Home Avatar. The skin for the multiplayer and the dogtags are shown through the official redemption page. The promotion is for US residents only, sorry. Thanks, Shack.

EA has sent over screenshots for Back to Karkand for Battlefield 3. The DLC contains remasters of four maps from the franchise: Strike at Karkand, Wake Island, Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula. It also includes five new dog tags and achievements/trophies, and three new vehicles: the DPV, BTR-90, and F-35B STOVL jet fighter. Also included are 10 “iconic Battlefield weapons,” and a new persistence system where players complete assignments to earn their rewards.

The DLC will be made available in December, for free to those who pre-ordered and £11.99 for those who didn’t.

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Reviews for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Battlefield 3 have started to hit, after PC reviews for the shooter went live yesterday.

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It’s D-Day in the US as far as Battlefield 3 is concerned, but those in the UK won’t get it until Friday, so to help tide you over, or make the wait even worse for you, check out the first 15 minutes of the game below, courtesy of G4.

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EA has announced that pre-orders for Battlefield 3 hit close to the 3 million mark when it went on sale, today in the US. It’s unknown at present whether these figures are worldwide or just for the US. EA will report its Q2 results this coming Thursday, and while the fiscal report won’t include sales figures for the shooter, the firm may provide a more solid figure for the pre-order sector. Just last week, the firm said pre-orders were at “around 2 million,” and back in early September, EA CFO Eric Brown said the figure stood at around 1.25 million. BF3 is out today in the US and hits the UK Friday.

Johan Andersson, rendering architect at DICE, held a presentation called “Shiny PC Graphics in Battlefield 3″ at GeForce LAN 6, which took place on the USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier, October 14-16. Andersson’s talk focused on five graphical components in Battlefield 3: objects, lighting, effects, terrain, and post-processing.

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