Battlefield 3 Requirements, Reviews, and Prices

The Best Seller Game on 2011 ?

Electronics Arts (EA) has just released their new game, Battlefield 3. The result is quite a big success. First person shooter (FPS) is awarded as the fastest selling video game in the history of the manufacturer, Electronic Arts (EA).

Battlefield 3 (Amazon)

EA announced Battlefield 3 sold 5 million copies in its first week of marketing. Platform game for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC this go on sale on October 25 and got great reviews from the analyst game. "Based on internal estimates, Battlefield 3 sold 5 million units in its first week of global marketing, making it the fastest selling game in the history of EA," EA said in a statement quoted from TechRadar on Tuesday (01/11/2011).

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However, Battlefield 3 is powered by the Frostbite 2.0 engine, which is based on the previous Frostbite 1.5, which powered Bad Company 2. The new engine brings a lot of visual improvements and a lot of optimizations as well. However, please note that Battlefield 3 won’t support DirecX 9, meaning it won’t run on Windows XP.

From the official site of the Battlefield 3, we get the information about minimum and recommended specs to be able to play Battlefield 3. The following information about minimum and recommended specifications of the Battlefield 3:

Minimum requirements for Battlefield 3
OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz
RAM: 2GB
Graphic card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher.
Graphics card memory: 512 MB
Sound card: DirectX compatibl sound card
Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version

Recommended system requirements for Battlefield 3
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
RAM: 4GB
Graphics card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950.
Graphics card memory: 1 GB
Sound card: DirectX compatibl sound card
Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version

How much this game cost ?

Price: $39.99 at amazon.com,
Price: £46.40 at amazon.co.uk,
Price: EUR 50,00 at amazon.de,

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Best Game on 2011 ?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is one of the most phenomenal games released this year, at least when considering the millions of dollars spent by Activicion to ensure that every gamer knows the arrival of this game. This is a direct sequel to the previous game in the series, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

CoD: Modern Warfare 3 (img: amazon)

With a promise to continue the plot of the story first Modern Warfare, Activision gives variety and new features in Spec Ops missions, improvements to the multiplayer mode, as well as the latest Packages Strike, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has much work to be accomplished. Especially considering its biggest rival, Battlefield 3, has mleuncur a few weeks ago.

For the graphics, Modern Warfare 3 is not better than other similar games Battlefield 3 or Crysis 2 which was chosen as the most amazing game in 2011. Overall this game has good graphics, even when approaching a certain texture will be seen how the poor quality of graphic design. While the affairs of the sound, this game brings a lot of orchestral music.

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Game Description:

Modern Warfare 3 is First-person Shooter rooted in a fictional, but ultra realistic near-future conflict of mostly American forces with those of the Russian Federation around the globe. The third installment in the Modern Warfare branch of the Call of Duty franchise, Modern Warfare 3 features a heavy focus on multiplayer gameplay which includes innovative new functionality that encourages multiple gameplay combat strategies, a new 2-player co-op option, new play modes, weapons and more. The game also includes a gripping single player campaign that picks up where Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 left off, and game integration with the Call of Duty: Elite online service.

What is good ?
+ Strong narrative
+ Improved Gameplay
+ Multiplayer has been improved

What is bad ?
- Display is less than satisffied
- Not much development from the previous game

Specifications to play:

• OS: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750 or better
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics: Shader 3.0 or better 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT / ATI Radeon X1950 or better
• DirectX: DirectX 9.0c or better
• Hard Drive: 16 GB space
• Sound: DirectX 9.0c or better

How much this cost ?

Price: $51.99 at amazon.com,
Price: £39.97 at amazon.co.uk,
Price: EUR 55,00 at amazon.de,

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