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It’s time for Europe’s biggest game show, as GamesCom 2012 in Cologne kicks off! The DICE team is going there in full force and bringing the latest playable code for Battlefield 3: Armored Kill.

Battlefield 3: Armored Kill. Rumbling onto the showfloor at GamesCom on Wednesday. Click for full size.

We will be on site to report daily from this huge gaming event for both press and fans alike. Below are some highlights you don’t want to miss. Hope to see you on site, or that you will join us online for the latest info and assets from nearly a full week of gaming goodness.

August 14: EA Press conference
GamesCom kicks off tomorrow (August 14) with the EA press conference at 4PM CEST (local time in Germany). Expect the latest info from EA’s entire portfolio of games, including new material from Battlefield 3: Armored Kill. The entire press conference will be streamed live by EA.COM, so if you’re not attending in person, make sure to tune in to the live stream. Here is a link to the live stream and a handy tool that lets you see exactly when the event starts in your local time zone:

EA Press Conference Live Stream Link (press conference starts 4PM local time in Cologne, Germany)
Click here to see when the press conference starts in your time zone

August 15-17: Armored Kill on the showfloor
Last year, our eager fans were circling the entire hall to get the first playable session with Battlefield 3 on the now-classic map Caspian Border. Starting Wednesday is your opportunity to stampede to Hall 5.1 as DICE has set up camp in EA’s booth with the latest playable build of Battlefield 3: Armored Kill.

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Dear everyone.

In our efforts to keep improving Battlelog, we bring you the latest little thing we´ve been working on for some time.

Now you can finally adjust your loadouts on Battlelog for all classes (Assault, Engineer, Support and Recon). Once you have picked your weapon, sidearm, gadgets and camo, you can instantly jump in to the game and start your game with the loadout you picked in Battlelog. You can find this new feature in the menu row on your profile page.

Another thing that is quite cool about the loadout is that you can easily go into your friends´ profile page, go to his/her loadout tab and copy their loadouts to make them your own.

Of course, this isn´t only restricted to just one platform but is integrated to work with PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Battlelog developer Indigownd has been one of the creative minds behind this feature and in his own words here is why loadout is a great addition to Battlelog:

If you find yourself getting owned repeatedly by an enemy, you can now go to his profile on Battlelog and check what equipment he/she uses — and copy it to your loadout with a simple click.

Coming from a competitive gaming background, I know what it means to play on unranked servers where available unlocks are decided by the server admin. So if you plan on playing on an unranked server you’ll still be able to set weapons and equipment you normally wouldn’t have access to on a ranked server.

The Loadout feature went live this morning, so feel free to start using it. Of course, if you have any feedback, let us know by using our forums.

Tomorrow we are bringing a server update and a Battlelog update with some minor additions.
This means that Battlelog will remain offline between 10:00 CET to 11:00 CET tomorrow on the 9th of August.
For the correct time in your time zone, follow this link: http://bit.ly/RAH6NB

Server update:

- XP2 weapons were unavailable on unranked servers
- scoring was disabled altogether on unranked server

Battlelog:

- You can now accept/reject party invites
- Vote system has been fixed in polls
- Server browser shows the name of the current map
- User can now see if he/she has all unlocks for a vehicle in the Vehicle Stats page in the Unlocks section

Europe´s biggest people´s choice award is around the corner and of course, we are talking about the annual European Game Awards that will be held on the 14th of August.
This time around, we are nominated in the following categories:

Best European Action Game
Best European Console Game
Best European Game
Best European Multiplayer Game
Best European Sound

Help us win by registering and voting for Battlefield 3. To vote, you first have to register online (it’s quick and easy and verifies that you are not a bot) at http://www.european-games-award.com/index.php/voting

Now let’s show the gaming world who has the strongest and biggest and most loyal community!