Codename November Rain

From the Battlefieldo webiste.
With any game, there are always obnoxious goons who hack, cheat, and manipulate game data and code to gain an unfair advantage. Well, now a group of goons have gone a step further. A group has taken the liberty of spoofing other players' GUIDs and cheating... causing that (innocent) player's GUID to then be banned by GGC, requiring them to go through the appeal process. In plain English, this means that hackers are disguising themselves with other players' GUIDs which means that instead of the hacker being banned, their innocent victim is banned instead.

Here is what they posted on their website:

Battlefield 3 had a number of pre-order bonuses, from Back To Karkand, to special dog tags and multiplayer skins. DICE has now released two of those items for sale: the SPECACT skins + dog tags, and the “promo bundle” of dog tags. Here’s a run down on the two items:

• SPECACT multiplayer skins + dog tag bundle (10 dog tags): $2.99
• Dig tag “promo bundle” (10 dog tags): $2.99

Both bundles are available today for PlayStation 3 owners, while PC and Xbox 360 owners will have to wait until tomorrow.


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We’ve previously heard from EA that Battlefield 3 has aggressive DLC plans, and even DICE said that the company was restructured around DLC and has “massive DLC plans” for Battlefield 3. It’s been a few months since the release of Battlefield 3, and we’ve been wondering: where is all the promised DLC?
It’s been a few months since the release of Battlefield 3, player numbers have steadied, and yet, there hasn’t been a single DLC announcement besides Back To Karkand, which we knew about long before Battlefield 3′s release.
Battlefield 3′s main competitor, Modern Warfare 3, will be getting no less than 20 DLC packs over the next six months, according to Activision. 20 DLC packs is no doubt overkill, but at this point, EA needs to respond with something, some kind of announcement regarding Battlefield 3 DLC plans.
What do you think? Is it too early to announce new DLC?...