General news
• Team Deathmatch will support 24 players on all platforms.
• PC won’t have in-game server browser.
• …while consoles will.
• Co-op was shown, but there is no split-screen co-op.
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List of all the confirmed weapons.
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List of all the confirmed vehicles.
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BF3Blog’s impressions of BF3 at GamesCom.
• Conquest will come in two forms: Conquest and Conquest 64.
• The game will ship with 9 maps (excluding Back To Karkand DLC).
• PC version is designed for ALT-TAB between game and Battlelog. There is no splash screen or loading menu or login page — it goes directly into the game.
• PC version will get “Ultra” quality setting
• Hardcore mode will return in Battlefield 3
• Infantry-only setting will return as well
Batlefield 3 game modes confirmed:
• Conquest
• Conquest 64 (PC only)
• Rush
• Squad Rush
• Team Deathmatch
• Squad Deathmatch
Gameplay features
• Commo Rose has been confirmed. DICE is working on a console version of Commo Rose as well.
• 3D spotting has been revised.
• Motion sensors are back, but cannot be thrown, and have to be deployed.
• The EOD bot can be used to arm MCOMs, repair vehicles and disarm mines.
• Players can spawn on any squad member now, but DICE is looking into it.
• Kill-cam is back.
• Jet max height is 1000m (same as BF2).
• Jets will be available on consoles as well.
• Bullets from different weapons have different velocity speeds, bullet drop is back as well.
• Weapons are faction specific, but you can unlock other faction’s weapons once your rank up high enough.
• Weapon silencers will be available on almost all weapons except shotguns.
• Assault rifles with long, high-zoom scopes will have “glint” as well.
• Claymores are back. You can crouch past them, but have to use explosives to blow up claymores and mines.
• Vehicles will have regenerative health until being disabled.
Battlefield 3 GamesCom news roundup - Battlefield 3