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Battlefield 3 "Rent a Server" Trailer Explains All
Written Thursday, April 05, 2012 By Lee Bradley
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DICE has released a trailer explaining the Rent a Server feature patched into Battlefield 3 recently.

Rent a Server allows you to, erm, rent a server for a period of time, allowing you to fiddle with playlists, game modes, settings, vehicles and all sorts. It's the first time for a console. The service will cost you though. For a single day it’s £1.19, a week is £5.49, it’s £19.99 for a month and £47.99 for 90 days. Ouch.

Check out the trailer below. Have you used it yet? Any good?




 
 

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Comment #1 by nintendo64X
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 08:36:16 AM
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Good thing or bad thing depending if you find an abusive server host who kicks good players out or not...

Still, mostly good ;)

 
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Comment #2 by TroubleMaker411
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 08:45:40 AM
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Good thing really.
Apart from the price.

It's a little steeper than I'm used to paying for server rent!

 
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Comment #3 by Scarfacew00t
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 09:09:02 AM
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Now thats what I call expensive! At that price I hope the host can do WHATEVER he likes on his server.. I mean doing mods without any restrictions.. low grav, zombie mod, noclip mod etc etc... otherwise you won't see me paying for a server, I trully dont see the point of only being able to selects maps and kick people only..

 
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Comment #4 by Bounty V
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 09:09:26 AM
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I doubt I'll ever rent a server, but it's a cool addition.

 
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Comment #5 by SUM1SLY
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 09:17:18 AM
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hope no 1 supports this if they make loads of money off it every game will start renting servers at a stupid price just look what happened with the online pass.if you can aford £50 for 90 server rental you have more money than sense.

 
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Comment #6 by Low
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 09:42:32 AM
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Anybody remember SIX YEARS AGO, when Resistance Fall of Man was released and you could customise your own games for free! AND IT'S SERVERS ARE STILL RUNNING!!!

 
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Comment #7 by SUM1SLY
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 10:35:29 AM
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@6 yes i remember it's still my favourite game on the ps3 there was no passes also you got dedicated servers at no cost and it's still running now.so i call bs on it cost to much to run these servers.

 
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Comment #8 by The Cosmic Suff
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 12:29:49 PM
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These guys really know how to milk cash.

 
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Comment #9 by Chrissycooza1
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 12:47:25 PM
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rent a server seems rather... pointless? I guess people might pay to boost LOL

 
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Comment #10 by Cromag2
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 12:59:28 PM
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EA is truly amazing... they should be in the black for years!

 
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Comment #11 by Macthillien
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 01:48:00 PM
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I will not rent sinc the rpice is stupid, but I hope I can join som cool srvers :)

 
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Comment #12 by SweGabe
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 02:30:18 PM
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I'll only pay THAT much money for a server if it allows me to ban EA from it.

 
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Comment #13 by brandaman69
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 02:37:45 PM
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I would only want to make it so that their is no shot guns or snipers that would be fun!!!!

 
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Comment #14 by russkow
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 03:46:06 PM
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no thank you EA, stick your 'rent a servers' where the sun don't shine :)

 
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Comment #15 by WINAS3
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 05:11:44 PM
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These are dark times...

 
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Comment #16 by andreslr6
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 05:25:06 PM
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@6 why go that far? just 3 years ago Killzone 2 was released and it still has custom servers FOR FREE!, and Killzone 3 as well, last year. All of this Rent a Server is bullshit for me, every day I lose more respect for those idiots in DICE and EA.

 
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Comment #17 by Rorek
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 07:06:17 PM
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... Ha-ha! ElectronicArts still the plague of the gaming industry. I seriuosly hate to be the bearer of bad news, but seriously you all need to stop buying into these unethical business practices. ElecrtonicArts is getting away with this primarily because, such people buy into this bs. Stop buying their products. Period. Would I have liked to enjoy Battlefield3? Yeah, but I do not support a sick industry. I will not support online passes, monthly fees, or over priced DLC (especially day-one DLC), or even on-disc DLC. Which is just wrong. Period.


 
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Comment #18 by mrgilly69
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 09:02:41 PM
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I may sound old here, but this is at least one way to eliminate the kids that play this game.
I actually play cod but tbh, this is a good idea in the way that it can get rid of the little morons that play these games. I honestly work for sony and it really annoys me that moronic parents let under age kids play these games, age ratings are there for a reason! Or u cud wait for wot is coming to eu soon! 21+ game ratings.

 
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Comment #19 by brandaman69
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 11:53:43 PM
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@18 this won't change that cuz those little punks can play whatever they want thanks to their idiotic parents . People dont realize that without these underage idiots it would be a lot funner

 
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Comment #20 by sunnygrg
Friday, April 06, 2012 @ 03:41:14 AM
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Game Info
Developer:
DICE

Publisher:
Electronic Arts

Genre:
Shooter

Release:

US: October 25, 2011
Europe: October 27, 2011
Japan: November 02, 2011

Resolution: 480p, 720p
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Players: 1
Online Players : 2-24
ESRB: Mature
Collection:1512
Wishlist:193
 
 
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