Battlefield 3, the third major installment in the popular online battle franchise, is lately making a lot of buzz around first person shooter gamers. Despite the name Battlefield 3, it’s actually already the eleventh installment in the Battlefield franchise and a direct sequel of Battlefield 2 released way back in 2005.

Being developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and will be published by Electronic Arts, Battlefield 3 release date is set on October 25, 2011 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 with the PC as its lead platform rather than the two consoles.

Prepare for all-out war as Battlefield 3 uses Frostbite 2, a new cutting-edge Frostbite game engine especially developed by DICE for the game. With Frostbite 2, the game delivers enhanced visual quality, a grand sense of scale, massive destruction, and dynamic. Battlefield 3 also uses ANT technology used in earlier EA Sports games for character animation to create a more realistic and more dynamic soldier out in the battlefield.

In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the élite U.S. Marines as they experience heart-pounding missions that can be performed on either single-player or multiplayer modes. Missions range across diverse locations around the globe featuring maps set in Paris, Tehran, New York and a lot more. These locations can be seen on Battlefield 3 trailers and videos which features gameplay and overview of the game.

The game features maximalist combined arms which made the franchise popular among first person shooters. Old Battlefield elements are going to be reintroduced such as fighter jets and 64-player battles on PC. However, ground area will be limited for PS3 and Xbox 360 as to accommodate lower player counts but will keep the same fly space in all platforms.

Battlefield 3 multiplayer mode returns class-based game play with four classes: Assault, Support, Engineer and Recon.  New game modes were announced such as Conquest, Rush, and Team Deathmatch to offer new kinds of gameplay for Battlefield gamers. Introduction of Battlelog is also a new feature of the game where it acts as a free cross-platform social service where players can communicate online with text or voice, view game statistics, and ability to join a friend in their game.

With the game set in 2014, Staff Sergeant Blackburn leads a five-man team with a mission to safely search and return a missing US squad investigating a possible chemical weapons site. As a U.S. Marine, experience the tension and anticipation punctuated by complete chaos which makes the battlefield more alive and interactive than ever before.

Again, Battlefield 3 release date is on October 25, 2011 for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms. That’s around 2 more months of waiting and anticipation. And if you still haven’t, the game is available on pre-order and there’s plenty of time to do so. And lastly, if you still haven’t watched the Battlefield 3 trailer, you can watch it here:

Video courtesy of IGN