| Battlefield 3 | |
|---|---|
 Packaging artwork released for all territories | |
| Developer(s) | DICE[a] |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Director(s) | Tom Keegan |
| Producer(s) | Aleksander Grøndal Lo Wallmo |
| Writer(s) | David Goldfarb Adrian Vershinin |
| Composer(s) | Johan Skugge Jukka Rintamäki |
| Series | Battlefield |
| Engine | Frostbite 2[2] |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Battlefield 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter video game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is a direct sequel to 2005's Battlefield 2.
In Battlefield 3's campaign, players take on the personas of several military roles: a U.S. Marine, an F/A-18F Super Hornet weapon systems officer, an M1A2 Abrams tank operator, and a Spetsnaz GRU operative. The campaign takes place in various locations and follows the stories of two characters, Henry Blackburn and Dimitri Mayakovsky.
The game sold 5 million copies in its first week of release,[3] and received mostly positive reviews. The game's sequel, Battlefield 4, was released in 2013.
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