Battlefield 3's Armored Kill Releasing September 4

Armored Kill, the large-scale, vehicle-focused muliplayer add-on for Battlefield 3, releases on PlayStation 3 September 4 for Battlefield Premium members. Xbox 360 and PC Premium members will get the expansion the following week on September 11.

Four new maps, five new vehicles, and a new game mode -- Tank Superiority, a chaotic capture-fest with one control-point -- come included in the Armored Kill add-on. If you're not a member of the paid service, Armored Kill will be available for download on September 18 for PS3 and September 25 on 360 and PC.

Armored Kill's claim to fame is the inclusion of the "biggest map in Battlefield history." This is the third map pack released under the Battlefield Premium banner, with Aftermath coming soon. If you're not currently a member, EA is looking to attract even more Battlefield fans with Battlefield 3: Premium Edition, which also releases in September.

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Battlefield 4 Will Stay in Modern Setting

After being randomly revealed in a Medal of Honor: Warfighter promotion, we now have more details about DICE's in-development Battlefield 4. In a talk at GDC Europe, DICE's Karl Magnus Troedsson confirmed the setting of the game.

As reported by Joystiq, "We still want to stay in this genre, the modern day as it is. We feel this is a place we can be and continue with the series. Battlefield 4 can live in this space and be very successful."

He also mentioned that another Bad Company game isn't out of the question, stating, "That doesn't mean there might not be a Bad Company game again in the future."

Perhaps we'll hear more specifics after publisher Electronic Arts gets Medal of Honor: Warfighter out the door this fall. A closed beta test for Battlefield 4 is expected later next year after several more downloadable content releases for Battlefield 3.

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Battlefield 3 Premium Passes 1.3 Million Members

EA has announced that more than 1.3 million people have signed up for Battlefield 3 Premium. The news comes as part of EA’s first quarter earnings report for its 2013 fiscal year, and represents an increase of half a million members since EA announced that 800,000 people had signed up during the service’s first two weeks.

Battlefield 3 Premium was announced during E3 and offers all five of Battlefield 3’s expansions for a one-time purchase of $49.99. Premium players also receive unique in-game weapons, priority servers, double XP weekends and new dog tags.

Add-ons featured as part of Premium include December 2011’s Back to Karkand, June’s Close Quarters, Armored Kill in September, Aftermath in December and March 2013’s End Game. All content is available one week early on PlayStation 3.

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