Battlefield 3 game for PC platform

Slowly and gradually we foresee the eventual demise of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. Even the PC game developers have slowly started moving towards DirectX 11 instead of staying with Windows XP with DirectX 9. Now with the new year set in, gamers have been pondering on whether the upcoming PC games would support Windows XP or not. There have been a lot of rumors on whether the upcoming games would be PC exclusive or not.

DICE had clarified on July 31 that Battlefield 3 game for PC platform will not run on Windows XP and won't support Direct 9 APIs. DICE Sweden's rendering architect Johan Andersson had shared the update via Twitter, the micro-blogging service.

David Goldfarb, lead designer and writer at DICE for Battlefield 3, clarified via Twitter: it (BF3) will not be exclusive. We are putting special effort into the pc version, even for us, it's extraordinary. So anticipate the game to be released for Sony PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as well. http://jugar-online.blogspot.com/

Electronic Arts DICE Sweden studio is undertaking the development of Battlefield 3 on the Frostbite 2 engine that supports DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 APIs. Though Andersson doesn't dismiss Windows XP as the gaming platform, it's a gentle reminder to update your operating system with Windows 7 to enjoy the best graphics and game physics. In the Twitter update Andersson said:

"Frostbite 2 is primarily developed for DX11. XP & DX9 is _not_ supported, 64-bit OS is recommended."

The game developer had showcased the new Frostbite 2.0 game engine at the SIGGRAPH in May 2010. Looks like gamers running 64-bit version Windows 7 with 4GB DDR3 RAM and powerful graphics card would be eager to get their hands on the Battlefield 3 beta. But the super perfectionist DICE will take its own sweet time and publisher EA expects the game to release in the third or fourth quarter of this year.