That recent leak of a ‘dev build‘ of Battlefield 3? Not fake, apparently, as a community manager has weighed in on Reddit to not only confirm the validity of the screens and movies but also – as you’d expect – dispel fears that the final game will look as – well – poor as the leak did.

“So, first of all,” starts ‘crash7800′, “this is an old build and is definitely not representative of the final game. In fact, this is not even reflective of the HD capabilities of the platform.”

“Glad to see that you’re all excited,” he continues, “but honestly this is probably doing more harm than serving ‘the greater good’. People that see these videos and captures might not take the time to understand or appreciate the source and quality issues that using a dev build presents.”

Quite why a leak of an old build has only just appeared is the confusing issue here, and it looks like – if this chap’s to be believed – the development is going right to the eleventh hour if the game’s to improve as much as console owners are hoping it will.

“I’m getting bombarded with people asking me if this is what they should expect from their console copy of BF3, which, of course, it’s not. So, the EA, DICE teams and myself are working to address these concerns instead of working on other things that you guys would probably appreciate more.”

Ouch.

“There is a reason, and a very good one, why we don’t circulate this kind of stuff publicly.”

There’s a counter-argument here, though, that suggests that if EA and DICE had pushed out some Xbox 360 screens we wouldn’t have needed to rely on an ‘old’ build for our first taste of that particular version.

Still, there’s time…

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2011/09/13/ea-community-manager-weighs-in-on-battlefield-3-leak/

Posted: Sep 13, 2011 9:38 am