Battlefield 3 Beta Invite....

....if you buy Medal of Honor Limited Edition. Great news that BF3 is alive and kicking, but a bummer you gotta pay for it. I wonder if there will be other ways to get in on the beta?

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3180660

I'm still kicking around the idea of pre-ordering. I was in on the MOH Beta, but honestly didn't spend much time with it. I'm thinking that by the time it comes out, I'll be mostly done with BFBC2, so maybe I'll get it on this.

According to the 1up article..

A few more BF3 details are being released, first this:

The first Battlefield 3 details could be hitting the Internet pretty soon if the GDC 2011 schedule is anything to go by.
The 2011 schedule contains a lecture from Kenny Magnusson, a senior lighting and VFX artist at EA DICE.
Below is a preview of the lecture;
"This session presents a detailed overview of the new lighting system implemented in DICEs Frostbite 2 engine and how it enables us to stretch the boundaries of lighting in BATTLEFIELD 3 with its highly dynamic, varied and destructible environments."
"BATTLEFIELD 3 goes beyond the lighting limitations found in our previous battlefield games, while avoiding costly and static prebaked lighting without compromising quality."
"We discuss the technical implementation of the art direction in BATTLEFIELD 3, the workflows we created for it as well as how all the individual lighting components fit together: deferred rendering, HDR, dynamic radiosity and particle lighting."
In order for this lecture to be successful you would expect at least a little of the game to be shown so the chances of seeing an official reveal before then isn't such a crazy idea.

And:

DICE says Battlefield 3 on PC won't be a sloppy port

In recent times, PC gamers have become increasingly fearful of developers not putting in that extra effort and optimization for PC versions of multiplatform games. This is especially true of the Battlefield franchise, which has become quite successful in the console market.
One of the developers at DICE posted a lengthy, revealing response on the EA forums, saying: "It's too early to talk BF3 specifics. But it's never too early for me to acknowledge that PC players have a fear that BF3 will be 'consolized.' PC gaming is alive and well, BFBC2 has proven that and no one at DICE or EA can argue with the numbers."
"Battlefield 3 needs an extra bit of special attention on the PC. I intend to give it that attention, tradition and our community demand it." The full post is worth reading for the behind-the-scenes talk, so check it out here.

They're stating a fall 2011 release, so I don't think its too unrealistic to expect a late summer/early fall beta.