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Over the last six weeks, Electronic Arts and developer DICE have unveiled several segments to the rather lengthy “Fault Line” gameplay trailer for Battlefield 3. Today, they’re finally ready to release the complete 12-minute cut, now with never-before-seen footage.

So check out the trailer above and start counting down the days until Battlefield 3’s Fall 2011 release on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

We’ve already seen Battlefield 3 have a crawling animation when you go prone. We’ve also seen how insane the lighting effects are with the Frostbite 2 engine. But you haven’t seen how effective they can be until you watch the vent crawling segment in the “Get That Wire Cut” trailer above. I’m already getting creeped out by how claustrophobic it’s probably going to make me. In addition to an unbelievable segment of shells falling from a helicopter, the end of the trailer says the full “Fault Line” segment (which will run 12 minutes) will be revealed on April 17. Unmatchable graphics. Incredible animations. I wish other shooters could do that.

Last time, DICE took us to a bad part of town in their “Fault Line” series of gameplay trailers for Battlefield 3. This time, the developer pulls out the sniper rifles for a lesson in “Good Effect on Target” and two and a half more minutes of awesome gameplay footage.

Battlefield 3 will be released for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this Fall. Part III of the “Fault Line” series will be available on the Battlefield Blog, YouTube and everywhere online videos are sold viewed.

EA and DICE released a new trailer with some nice gameplay from the upcoming Battlefield 3.
Some of this appears to be the snippets we saw from the premiere gameplay trailer, but in longer, uninterrupted segments. Seeing the Frostbite 2.0 engine in motion for a longer duration is actually kind of breathtaking. DICE has always made great-looking games but this propels them to the top of technical studios if you ask me. Granted, this is the PC version as seen by some of the control hints, but I’m sure the console versions won’t be too far off.

Battlefield 3 will release for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 Fall 2011. The second part to the “Fault Line” trailer will be revealed March 16.

I’m really torn about Battlefield 3. I’ve been a huge fan of the Bad Company series and certainly lost a lot of time in Battlefield 1943, but I don’t feel I’ll be up for the true sequel to the original franchise. Without a PC to run it, I’m kind of disappointed the console versions will only support up to 24 players, which is what we’ve come to expect in Bad Company. Getting the same scale as the console spin-off just feels like I’m not getting the authentic spirit of the game.

In any case, DICE gives us another amazing trailer showcasing the new engine and features for the game. Frostbite 2, their “next-generation engine for current-generation platforms” sports some seriously impressive lighting, as well as destruction that seems a lot more unpredictable this time. The gameplay shown is standard – a little running, a little gunning, but it displays the return of going prone, something a few players complained about being absent in Bad Company.

The official Battlefield 3 site has also revealed the first tidbits about pre-order bonuses: reserving the game will net you the “Back to Karkand” expansion, including four legendary maps from Battlefield 2, weapons and vehicles, unique rewards, new achievements/trophies, and more. That’s a pretty big pre-order bonus; it sounds as robust as Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam (which was excellent). Battlefield 3 is scheduled for release this Fall 2011 on PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.

One day after canceling Battlefield 1943, DICE has released the first trailer for the upcoming Battlefield 3. Not only that, but they’ve also announced a release window for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 shooter: Fall 2011.

Electronic Arts and DICE will be revealing more about Battlefield 3 at this year’s Game Developers Conference (February 28 – March 4). But be sure to check out the trailer above in the meantime, it’s pretty intense.

When Electronic Arts released a Limited Edition of Medal of Honor last year, the box included a multiplayer beta invite for the upcoming Battlefield 3. While technically unannounced at the time, the publisher plans to lift the lid on the third game in the Battlefield series during a March 1st event at this year’s Game Developers Conference.

Besides Battlefield 3, the entire all of EA Partners’ 2011 releases will be on hand at the show including Spicy Horse’s Alice: Madness Returns, Easy Studios’ Battlefield Play4Free, Crytek’s Crysis 2, 38 Studios’ Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning and Grasshopper Manufacture’s Shadows of the Damned.