Our wonderful friends over at bf3stats.com are hosting a Gun Master event with some nice prizes. The event will take place on the 31st of August and all you need to do beforehand is to choose your platform and submit your gamertag on their website: http://bf3stats.com/gm

Now of course there are also some specific rules for this as well as an event schedule.

A game round must be played in BF3 Gun Master mode on a ranked server.
A game round needs at least 8 active players.
A game round must not take longer than 30 minutes.
A game round must begin after the start of the stage.
A stage takes at least 60 minutes. The next stage starts at least 60 minutes after the previous stage started.
Their system determines the winners of a game round if they have at least one kill with M320 LVG and at least one knife kill.
Has a stage not ended 12 hours after it’s start, winners of a round are determined from there on if they have at least two JNG-90 kills.
If a stage would start after 04:00 the stage start gets moved to 18:00
A round is counted 30 minutes after it’s end.
For more info on how it is going to be played out, visit the website over at http://bf3stats.com/gm

Attention all Premium members: The Premium exclusive bonus content and the new Premium exclusive video are now live! The bonus content, discussed earlier in this blog post, is a digital booklet with concept artwork from the development of Battlefield 3. You can find it here on Battlelog in the newly introduced Bonus content section.

The video is an exclusive trailer with never before seen footage from Armored Kill. It is available here on Battlelog in the Premium video section. Armored Kill is available for PS3 Premium members on September 4 / PC + Xbox 360 Premium members on September 11.

Not a Battlefield 3: Premium member? Learn more here.

One of the most prestigious awards out there, The Golden Joystick, is celebrating its 30th birthday. It is one of very few annual awards where gamers carry 100% of the votes and Battlefield 3 is nominated to win in the following categories:

- Best Shooter – http://bit.ly/ox1ZI7
- Top Gaming Moment – http://bit.ly/SsfjiP
- Ultimate Game of the Year – http://bit.ly/okg8Z3

You don’t have to register to vote at all so head on over and vote for Battlefield 3!

We have heard your wish for more official DICE servers. As of now, we have effectively quadrupled them on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Note that you will still be able to get quick matched into any ranked server. For the best results if you want an official DICE server, please refer to the manual server browser and enter “DICE” as a search term. If you go to the Server information screen, all official DICE servers will have the owner set to “DICE”. Remember that you can favorite servers that you like so you can easily find them again on your next session.

Have a great gaming weekend!

Click image to head to the official Battlefield Blog and the full details of everything that is happening for our Premium members.

We know you have been eagerly awaiting information on your August Premium exclusive items. Wait no more. On the Battlefield Blog, we are detailing everything that is happening for our more than 1.3 million members who have already signed up. Head to the Battlefield Blog now to learn everything about the August Premium video, Premium bonus content, Premium event, and Premium Double XP weekend.