Battlefield 3 Is Going Back To Karkand With 2 New Images

By Jason Joseph at May 26, 2011 | 3:57 pm | Print

Anyone that knows me knows that I am STOKED for Battlefield 3. DICE has updated everyone with a few new images of the free DLC that will come with the Limited Edition of Battlefield 3 called “Back To Karkand.” The extra map pack will have four redesigned, classic maps and two pieces of concept art for Gulf Of Oman and Sharqi can be found below, along with a little writeup about the maps and Limited Edition. Battlefield 3 is the early favorite for game of the year and I have no doubt it will be contending with being the best first person shooter of all time. That’s not the fanboy in me speaking, that is a stone cold fact. Check everything out below”

Part III in a behind the scenes series on Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand

We’ve covered off two of the maps in the pre-order bonus Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand. Today, we have some early concepts from the two remaining maps for you, as well as some clarification on how to get your hands on them. Read on.

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand contains four classic Battlefield maps reimagined with the power of the new Frostbite 2 game engine. We’ve covered off Strike at Karkand and Wake Island in our previous blog posts, which leaves Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula.

Below, you can see some very early concept art that we designed here at DICE to get a feel for what these new versions could feel like. Don’t read too much into them, though, as concept art will never be proof of features, content, or even final visual design.

By the way, there’s absolutely no way you can pre-order Battlefield 3 and not end up with the Limited Edition (with the exception of Italy, where the cut-off date for the Limited Edition is September 30th). Battlefield 3: Limited Edition in turn entitles you to the expansion pack Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand once it is released (after launch, date to be confirmed). If you pre-order, this bonus content will be yours at no extra charge. If you do not pre-order, you will still be able to buy it when it is released (price to be confirmed). The goal from the separate development team behind it is to make it every bit as ambitious and full of content as Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam. Closer to the launch of the base game, we will be able to show you just what that means.