Battlefield 3

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
SeriesBattlefield
EngineFrostbite 2[2]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
Release
  • NA: 25 October 2011[1]
  • AU: 27 October 2011
  • EU: 28 October 2011
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.

  1. ^ "Battlefield 3 at E3 roundup!". Blogs Battlefield EA. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  2. ^ Ridgeley, Sean (3 August 2010). "Battlefield 3 leaving DX 9 behind, Frostbite 2 engine good news for PC gamers". Neoseeker. Neo Era Media Inc. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  3. ^ "EA Sells 5 Million Copies of 'Battlefield 3' in a Week". PCMag. 31 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2010.


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