Battlefield 3 beta goes live

While the lucky visitors at this year’s rAge will be able to play Electronic Arts’ upcoming Battlefield 3, the open beta has just been launched to the public on Xbox, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Played on the Operation Métro map in Rush mode that won DICE Best Action Game and Best Multiplayer Game at E3, this is gamers’ chance to experience one of many flavours of Battlefield 3.

“We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your great interest in this Open Beta. By joining, you will help us stress test servers, and allow us to run important tests on the game’s back-end and Battlelog. Remember that this software is in Beta and does not represent final quality,” said Tommy Rydling, Junior Product Manager at developer DICE.

Charlie Fripp – Consumer Tech editor