DICE has been making sure that those who played the Battlefield 3 beta know that problems and issues they saw in the beta are not in the release code that will arrive when the game comes out. The released beta build did validate what DICE knew, and in many cases fixes were already completed.

Some have been giving Battlefield 3 a bad rap, and a good number have complained about the bugs in the beta. DICE’s Creative Director, Lars Gustavsson, has been telling everyone who will listen that the beta does not represent what they will  see when the code is released.

While DICE has admitted that the beta did uncover some new things, DICE has apparently put a significant amount of energy into planning the post-launch support for the game. This is an area when many Battlefield fans feel that DICE has previously fallen down over the years.

Battlefield 3 will arrive next week for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC platforms ahead of rival Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Both EA and DICE have said that the pre-orders for the game are far ahead of what they could have imagined for the title. Both EA and DICE are expecting the title to do very well.

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