Battlefield 3 ‘Back To Karkand’ Pack Gets A Release Date

By Landon Robinson | 01 December 2011 | 11 Comments

While we knew that Battlefield 3′s Back To Karkand map pack would be hitting in December across all platforms, we now know the official release date: December 6th on PlayStation 3, and December 13th on PC and Xbox 360.

Users familiar with the release structure of Battlefield 3 DLC will recall that PlayStation 3 owners are lucky enough to get their hands on this content (and all future content) one week earlier than the rest.

In fact, this was put in place to counterbalance the retraction of their promises to include Battlefield 1943 with all PS3 copies of the game. But, EA handled that little mishap.

Regardless, the new pack drops one week later on PC and Xbox 360, and includes a handful of new vehicles and four new maps. The aforementioned maps are actually old, considering they’re remakes from past games in the Battlefield franchise, brought into the Frostbite 2.0 engine.

No one’s really complaining, as these maps are fondly remembered, and appear to play with just as much baddassery as they did before.

Back to Karkand will be free to all users who purchased the “Limited Edition” of the game at launch, but $15 for everyone else.

Oh, and apparently there’s MORE destruction abilities on these maps. That’s a Christmas present and a half right there.

11 Comments

Posted by madoublex on 01 December 11 at 8:24pm

It’s about time we got a release date. Been waiting for this since the game came out. Maybe it will be enough to drag me away from Skyrim…………..nah
Posted by Grim Joker on 01 December 11 at 11:31pm

Fifteen dollars? That’s pretty steep. I get that it comes with a lot of stuff, but it kind of defeats the edge they had over Call of Duty, DLC-wise, especially now that Call of Duty DLC is lowering in price and is raising in content delivery. Kind of a risky move on their part. I don’t really see why they need to charge so much for it anyways, they’ve probably already got boatloads of cash from the initial release anyways.
- Posted by JGByron on 02 December 11 at 6:35am
  
  I’m not a big fan of the price tag, but I can actually see why they are charging fifteen dollars for it. Since everyone who pre ordered the game gets it for free, they probably want to squeeze just enough out of it.
- Posted by Matt on 02 December 11 at 1:13pm
  
  Besides what JGByron said, it should also be noted that the maps are much larger then any of the ones from the Call of Duty series, and is adding more content then just the maps themselves, so it probably cost more to develop anyways. I got the limited edition version of the game though so I’m not complaining.
  - Posted by Grim Joker on 03 December 11 at 10:44pm
    
    I’m not denying it took more time to develop than a map pack, but back in Bad Company 2 we got new shit for free, provided we bought the game new. New maps, new turrets, new vehicles, stuff like that. It just kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth since they used to tout how they had free DLC and now they’re charging fifteen bucks for it.
Posted by Brad(Cod Hates Us) on 02 December 11 at 11:16am

I’m for sure buying! HOVER JET!!!!!
Posted by Aeph on 02 December 11 at 6:52pm

i like this game, and maybe i’ll have a reason to start playing again.
Posted by Kevinet on 02 December 11 at 10:36pm

Limited edition owner! Winning!
Posted by Flabawoogl on 02 December 11 at 11:02pm

Uurah! (I think)
Posted by Daniel on 03 December 11 at 10:16pm

Meh, I downloaded it for 30 bucks during cyber monday, so this will only set me back to a 15 dollar profit for waiting. Maybe I should wait on the dlc too…hmmmmmmmmmmm
Posted by dc on 06 December 11 at 1:09pm

ive got the map pack and guess what it wont let me play it and its december 6th