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A couple of weeks ago we got the first part of a series of in-game trailers showing off the first footage from Battlefield 3. Today we got the second part of the sequence to the upcoming first person shooter, showing off even more graphical goodness from the Frostbite 2 engine developed by Digital Illusions.

The second part sees our four man US Marines fire time on top of a roof in the war torn Middle Eastern city. They have to deal with a particularly nasty sniper who is bent on killing all of them. The Marines see fit to try something akin to killing an ant with a sledgehammer. The third part of this gameplay footage from Battlefield 3 is scheduled for release on March 30. The game itself is due out this fall.

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While we wait for the inevitable leaks from the upcoming Game Informer cover story, the official Battlefield web site has now offered up a little more info on the now officially announced Battlefield 3. The blog site states that the next game in developer Digital Illusions' military shooter series will have "a full single-player campaign and a co-op campaign" in addition to the game's popular multiplayer modes.

PC gamers can expect to have support for up to 64 players in online multiplayer. Jets will also be featured in Battlefield 3 and players who like to go prone will be happy to know they will be able to do that in the game as well. Much is being made about the powerful features of the Frostbit 2 graphics engine as well. If you want to go ahead and pre-order the game now you can do so at EA's online store to secure the Battlefield 3 Limited Edition. Details of what the Limited Edition will contain will be revealed later this month.

Update: We now have the teaser trailer for Battlefield 3 which you can check out after the jump.

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The first details on Battlefield 3 should be revealed very, very soon. Game Informer's web site has just revealed that its next print magazine issue, due in newsstands later this month, will feature a cover story on Digital Illusions' next game in the military shooter franchise.

Details are still scarce but the web site announcing the cover article states that the game will use the next version of DICE's in-house Frostbite Engine which will have new features like "deferred rendering, real-time radiosity, a new animation system borrowed from the EA Sports label, and an exponential leap in destructibility." As we reported earlier today DICE made the design to cancel the PC port of the long awaited Battlefield 1943 to concentrate its resources on Battlefield 3.