We want everyone to play a fair game. Read on for how we are further increasing our anti-cheat measures for Battlefield 3, including striking down on stats padding and improving cheater reporting.

Let’s talk stats padding. Stats padding is when you stop playing the game and start finding ways to artificially leverage your score. So instead of actually trying to win a game of Conquest, a stats padder might run his or her own server and enforce a house rule that no killing is allowed. This lets everyone simply run around and capture flags, leading to a skewed progression.

Therefore, we aim to reduce stats padding as much as possible. One way we are doing this is by continuously striking down on servers run with the sole purpose of artificially boosting players’ stats. When we find stats padding servers, we reach out to the renters and ask them to change their settings, otherwise placing their servers in an “Unranked” state (where any gained persistence will not be recognized in players’ online progression, thus rendering the server harmless).

How you can help report suspected cheaters
In other anti-cheat news, you may have seen that we have improved how you can report potential cheaters in Battlelog. If you encounter a possible cheater in the game, the best way to make us aware and is by finding the player’s profile on Battlelog. From there, click the little triangle in the top right of the player’s profile page and select the new option “Report possible cheat”.

Step 1. Click the triangle and click ”Report possible cheat” in a player’s Battlelog profile if you suspect that person might be cheating.

This brings up a new window where you can select the player’s soldier in question (if the player has several), enter the type of incident, enter a description of what happened, and finally link to a Battle Report (optional). Please be as detailed as you can to help us zoom in on how a player might have cheated. Your reports will go straight to the inbox of our dedicated anti cheat squad here at DICE. From there, they will manually check the player in question and take appropriate action.

Enjoy the game, and thanks for your help!

Step 2. Enter as much concrete information as you can and link to any relevant Battle Report to help us follow up on potential cheaters.

Hit the link to head to Eurogamer’s review of Battlefield 3: Armored Kill (reviewed on PS3) and find out why they call this “an essential expansion”.

PC and Xbox 360 Premium members will get access to Armored Kill on September 11. Learn more about Armored Kill.

Find your new map rotations in the server manager and on a number of live servers already running them.

We have heard your request for more traditional map rotation presets on console. With the latest update, we have introduced five new map rotations that we think you’ll enjoy. Let us know in the comments below what you think.

Conquest Classics
Conquest only on a mix of base game and Back to Karkand maps
Live now on PS3 and 360

Map rotation:
Caspian Border
Operation Firestorm
Noshahr Canals
Wake Island
Gulf of Oman
Strike at Karkand
Sharqi Peninsula
Kharg Island

All-out Rush
Rush only on a mix of base game and Back to Karkand maps
Live now on PS3 and 360

Map rotation:
Operation Métro
Kharg Island
Grand Bazaar
Seine Crossing
Damavand Peak
Wake Island
Gulf of Oman
Strike at Karkand
Sharqi Peninsula

Armored Kill CQ Only
Conquest only on Armored Kill maps
Live now on PS3, will go live on 360 September 11

Armored Kill Rush Only
Rush only on Armored Kill maps
Live now on PS3, will go live on 360 September 11

Tanks are Superior
Tank Superiority only on Armored Kill maps
Live now on PS3, will go live on 360 September 11

Detailing the brand new Game Activity stream and Origin friends merge in the latest Battlelog update.

Introducing Game Activity
Up until now most things you did in-game was automatically shared to your Battle Feed, leaving you with little control of what you were actually proud of or wanted to share. With the Game Activity stream we hope to give you one stop place to go for all of your and your friends´ in-game action as well as putting you in control of what you want to share to your Battle Feed.

How does sharing work?
When you want to share an activity from the Game Activity stream, just click the star icon and the event will appear in your Battle Feed. Easy as pie!
And remember, to share is to… brag!

Origin friends list
In case you didn’t already notice, your Battlelog friends has now merged with your Origin friends creating one friend list which will just make all our lives easier. Friends on Battlelog now means friends on Origin and the other way around.

Battlefield 3: Armored Kill is live now exclusively for Battlefield 3 Premium members on PS3!

NOTE FOR PS3 PREMIUM MEMBERS: Currently, your copy of Armored Kill is available on PlayStation Store but not in the in-game store. We are investigating this matter and should have it up in the in-game store eventually. In the meantime, download your expansion pack on PlayStation Store.

To celebrate the launch, we proudly present our new gameplay trailer, featuring never before seen footage from all four maps in Armored Kill, from the snow-capped Alborz Mountains to the vastness that is Bandar Desert — the biggest map in Battlefield history.

Check out the Armored Kill Launch Trailer below.

Armored Kill is included with Battlefield 3 Premium and features four new maps with a focus on all-out vehicle warfare. It also contains six new vehicles with 20 new unlocks, the new game mode Tank Superiority, new Assignments, and more. Learn more about Armored Kill here.

Check out these in-depth Armored Kill blog posts we published earlier (will open in a new tab):
Creating Bandar Desert, our biggest Battlefield map yet
Taking terrain to new heights in Armored Kill
Rolling Thunder: Introducing the new game mode Tank Superiority

ARMORED KILL RELEASE DATES

Battlefield 3 Premium Members on PlayStation 3
Out now

Battlefield 3 Premium Members on Xbox 360 and PC
Sept 11th

Battlefield 3 Players on PlayStation 3
Sept 18th

Battlefield 3 Players on Xbox 360 and PC
Sept 25th