Jr. Product Manager over at DICE, Tommy Rydling, took an opportunity to thank all the PlayStation 3 Battlefield 3 Open Beta testers over at the PS Blog.
Talking about the hundreds of changes that Battlefield 3 has gone though since the beta, DICE goes on to say that it wasn’t only the “network load balancing and matchmaking algorithms" that helped make Battlefield 3, but all the following statistics that were “pulled down from all of you PS3 players,” pictured below.
DICE then goes on to list the 4 ways that PS3 players “helped shape Battlefield 3’s multiplayer.”
Improved Squad Functionality
There will be improved squad functionality in the retail game (including but not limited to): the ability to create squads prior to launching into a game, sticking with your squad when joining a game and continuing together through future games (if team balance on the server allows it), inviting friends to a squad, and changing squads once in game.
More Accessible Settings Menu
The ability to modify your settings via the deploy screen has been added into the retail game.
Improved Kill Cam
In the Open Beta, the Kill Cam would sometimes behave erratically. This has been fixed for the launch of the retail game.
Netcode Optimization
The netcode is one of the many things that we tested as part of the Open Beta and it was not necessarily reflective of the final retail game. The DICE team appreciates, and has heard, the feedback you’ve provided and is further optimizing online play.
Battlefield 3 will be released on October 25 in North America, and October 28 in Europe. And as previously announced, PS3 players will bag the Back to Karkland DLC pack as a timed-exclusive.