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Battlefield 3

2011 video game
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Summary

Battlefield 3 is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,262 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: British Academy Games Award for Audio Achievement[3], British Academy Games Award for GAME Award[4], British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer[5]
  • Instance of: esports discipline[6]
  • Screenwriter: Adrian Vershinin[7]
  • Publisher: Electronic Arts[8]
  • Genre: first-person shooter[9]
  • Developer: DICE[10]
  • Part of the series: Battlefield[11]
  • Operating system: iOS[12]
  • Commons category: Battlefield 3[13]
  • Platform: Xbox 360[14], PlayStation 3[15], Microsoft Windows[16], iOS[17]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[18], multiplayer video game[19]
  • Language of work or name: English[20], French[21], Italian[22], German[23], Spanish[24], Polish[25], Russian[26], Japanese[27], Czech[28], Hungarian[29], Korean[30], Traditional Chinese[31]
  • Software engine: Frostbite (game engine)[32]
  • Distribution format: optical disc[33], digital distribution[34]
  • Review score: 89/100[35], 8/10[36], 85/100[37], 84/100[38], 86.82%[39], 85.01%[40], 84.71%[41], 86/100[42], 80/100[43]
  • Input device: gamepad[44], touchscreen[45]
  • Country of origin: Canada[46]
  • Publication date: October 25, 2011[47], October 27, 2011[48], October 28, 2011[49], November 2, 2011[50]
  • Distributed by: Sega[51], Humble Store[52], Steam[53], App Store (Apple)[54], Microsoft Store[55], PlayStation Store[56]
  • Narrative location: France[57], Iran[58], Iraq[59], United States[60], Ukraine[61]
  • ESRB rating: Mature 17+[62]
  • Official website: http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3[63], http://www.ea.com/battlefield3[64]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 16[65]
  • USK rating: USK 18[66]
  • Main subject: United States Marine Corps[67]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[68]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[69]

  • First release date: 2013-03-26[70]

  • Community tags: vgm, video game music[71]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ae298b70-443a-4001-b056-0a6bdf628e18[72]

Why It Matters

Battlefield 3 has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[73] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[74]

FAQs

What awards did Battlefield 3 receive?

Honors received include British Academy Games Award for Audio Achievement[3], British Academy Games Award for GAME Award[4], and British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer[5].

Related Entities

Canada DICE Electronic Arts France gamepad iOS Iran Iraq Linux Microsoft Windows optical disc PlayStation 3 touchscreen Ukraine United States

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [68] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [69] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [70] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [71] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [72] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [73] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [74] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Nicereddy · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The cutting room floor id → Battlefield_3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The cutting room floor id: Battlefield_3, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/154752579|Battlefield 3 (#154752579)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6004|The C"
  2. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goha.ru id → battlefield-3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Goha.ru id: battlefield-3, adding [[P:P10437|GoHa.ru]] IDs ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/786bbc5c059|details]])"
  3. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → France, Iran, Iraq +2
    Instance of → —
    Pegi rating → PEGI 16
    Has characteristic → story set in a then future date that is now the past
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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