Alongside the release of Battlefield™ Hardline: Getaway this January, the Battlefield Hardline base game will be updated with new weapons, patches, and – most significantly – a brand new way to play competitively. Think you’ve got what it takes to go toe-to-toe with the best of the Battlefield Hardline community? This’ll give you a chance to prove it.

It’s called the Competitive Match system, and it opens up the ability to compete in skill-based 5v5 matches, with regularly refreshed seasons, leaderboards, and winners. In Competitive Match, play is organized into two to three week-long seasons; each season features a themed map/mode rotation created by Visceral. You can play solo or with a squad (console only), and you will be matched against players of similar skill. Do well, and your Skill Rating will go up. Do poorly, and… yeah, it’ll go down.

Your Skill Rating is recalculated after every match, and ranges from the lowly Cadet to the top-ranking Elite Gold Captain. Over time, skilled players will compete against the best-of-the-best for the top position on the current season’s leaderboard. When the season concludes, the Top 5 players will be granted an exclusive upgrade to their Kill Card, and the #1 player will be celebrated for all to see.

There are two leagues in Competitive Match, a Standard League (that all players will be able to compete in) and a Premium League. Battlefield Hardline Premium* members have access to the velvet rope Premium League, which features maps and modes from the base game as well as all maps in currently available Battlefield Hardline expansion packs. Can you be a winner in both leagues? Absolutely! Provided you have the skills, of course…

We hope you enjoy Competitive Match, and look forward to seeing all you Sergeant Majors and Elite Sheriffs on the battlefield!

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What’s your New Year’s Resolution for 2016? Is it “play more Battlefield™ Hardline”? Good news: we got you covered. Battlefield Hardline: Getaway* releases this month, and looks to make the fastest Battlefield yet even faster. There are also new Community Missions to take part in and other weekly events. We’ve also set up some new servers (US East, US West, and EU), which you can learn about here.

The Dates

January

Battlefield Hardline: Getaway Release

Your getaway car is waiting outside, engines on, ready to gun it – Battlefield Hardline: Getaway is releasing this month. Get ready to own the streets in four new maps, as well as a new mode, and to get your hands on new weapons, vehicles, patches, and more.

Battlefield Hardline Base Game Update

On the same day Getaway becomes available for Premium members, there will be a base game update for all Battlefield Hardline players that adds new weapons, features, and fixes.

Every Saturday
#SaturdayNightHardline
Every Saturday is #SaturdayNightHardline, making it the best day to jump online in Battlefield Hardline and play against Battlelog moderators, Answers HQ members, and members of the Battlefield community team. We’ll Tweet out the server details every Saturday, so be on the lookout at twitter.com/battlefield

January 5

Premium Members: Gold Battlepack
Premium members will get their monthly Gold Battlepack on January 5. Talk about starting off the new year right.

January 12

Premium Members: Premium Battlepack
Premium members will get their monthly Premium Battlepack.

January 12 – 18

Community Mission: 50 M110K5 Kills
Hit the streets on any multiplayer mode and map and score 50 kills with the M110K5 to earn $200,000 in-game cash. This mission is active between January 12, 2016 9AM PT and January 18, 2016 9AM PT**.

January 19

Premium Members: Premium Shape Bundle
Battlefield Hardline Premium Members get a Premium Battlepack that contains new exclusive Emblem shapes.

January 21 – 24

Expert Community Mission: 93 RO933 Kills
Hit the streets on any multiplayer mode and map and score 93 kills with the RO933 to earn a Gold Battlepack. This mission is active between January 21, 2016 9AM PT and January 24, 2016 9AM PT**.

January 28 – February 1

Premium Members: Double XP
Check this: From January 28 at 9:00am PT until February 1 at 9:00am PT, Premium members get more bang for their buck, with Double XP earned in all matches played on Ranked and Official servers.

*BATTLEFIELD HARDLINE: ROBBERY AND BATTLEFIELD HARDLINE: GETAWAY REQUIRES BATTLEFIELD HARDLINE ON APPLICABLE PLATFORM (SOLD SEPARATELY).

**YOU MUST CONFIRM COMPLETION OF COMMUNITY MISSIONS ON THE BATTLELOG COMMUNITY MISSION PAGE BEFORE THE MISSION’S CLOSING DATE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE REWARDS.

Battlefield™ Hardline: Getaway* features four new maps that focus on what happens once the heist is over. We’re talking hot pursuits down the California coast, awesome chases over the U.S.-Mexican border, and daring escapes through underground channels and past charging train cars. Here’s a peek at each of the maps coming with Battlefield Hardline: Getaway.

Pacific Highway: This stunning and sprawling daytime map is inspired by the iconic coastal routes of central California. A secluded winery, an abandoned lighthouse, and more suspicious sites can be explored when you enter and exit the highway via this map’s featured vehicle: the exotic car. The dense forest hides some secrets, too, including dead trees that can be knocked over to create new paths, and a thundering “Rock Shed” event that will leave your ears ringing, and your enemies buried. The natural terrain is an adventure to crisscross, especially the underground stream and tunnels which create protected routes from one side of the map to the other.

Train Dodge: This (literally) cavernous map is situated in the hilly, tree-topped plains of Colorado. Cops and criminals square off in an old frontier mining town, bisected by an active railroad track that regularly sees locomotives cross through the area. The train will crush all that get in its way, but its flatbeds can be ridden by those who are daring! (Make sure a train doesn’t wreck on your watch, or it will reduce the width of some tunnels to a single track.) Stunt drivers and bikers will find plenty of jumps to forge their own paths through the wilderness. With lots of elevated terrain, and tons of micro-destruction, ziplines and explosives should become quite popular on this map.

Double Cross: Some lines should never be crossed. And then there’s Double Cross: a map located on the U.S.-Mexican border, where cop and criminal teams cross back and forth constantly in pursuit of the big score. This is one of the largest maps in Battlefield Hardline: Getaway, and is a terrific place to play for fans of Conquest and Hotwire modes. If the sweltering heat gets to you, escape into one of the hidden smuggling tunnels, which provide crafty infantry a way to cross the border undetected. With border checkpoints regularly spaced, there are plenty of opportunities to ambush or trap vehicles as they cross into the U.S. or Mexico.

Diversion: Not all getaways take place in a car. Deep underground, in the dimly-lit channels of the Houston Flood Diversion Center, an on-foot escape is the only one you can make. Here, city engineers built a network of aqueducts and flood doors to manage watershed – but in the hands of an enterprising criminal, these same structures can be used to change infantry paths, block enemy routes, and deny grenades. Explosive gas lines can be targeted to destroy catwalks or blow up the opposition. Aspiring cat burglars will appreciate the many paths into the Center’s control room, including a hair-raising, shimmying sneak through the vents.

Battlefield™ Hardline: Getaway is available for Battlefield Hardline Premium members in January 2016.

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NO WEAPON, VEHICLE OR GEAR MANUFACTURER IS AFFILIATED WITH OR HAS SPONSORED OR ENDORSED THIS GAME

Drop the clutch, lay on the gas, and hold on to your seats, because Battlefield™ Hardline is gearing up for its fastest, most explosive expansion yet! Whether you’re making a dusty, high-speed escape across the Mexican border, or closing in on a hot pursuit along the sun-drenched Pacific coast, you’ll be chasing glory at top speed when you play Battlefield™ Hardline: Getaway*, coming January 2016. A great getaway is key to a great heist. If you’re a criminal wheelman, your payday is dependent on your ability to evade the cops. If you drive for the law, the fastest way to earn your badge is to take down the thieves before they can escape into a cloud of dust and burnt rubber. Ready to rev your engines? Here’s what’s on deck for owners of Battlefield Hardline: Getaway…

• Four massive maps: Pacific Highway, Double Cross, Train Dodge, and Diversion
• New game mode: Capture the Bag
• 4 new vehicles
• 3 new weapons for the Mechanic Class
• One new gadget and a new melee weapon
• 4 new Legendary Camos

In addition, all Battlefield Hardline players will receive a game update that includes new weapons and patches, as well as new features we’ll talk about soon. Battlefield™ Hardline: Getaway is available for Battlefield Hardline Premium members in January 2016.

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EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY CREDITED, NO WEAPON, VEHICLE OR GEAR MANUFACTURER IS AFFILIATED WITH OR HAS SPONSORED OR ENDORSED THIS GAME

Got some time off in December? Good news: the streets of Battlefield Hardline are waiting for you, whether you’re playing maps from the Battlefield™ Hardline: Robbery or Battlefield Hardline: Criminal Activity expansion packs*, or causing mayhem in the base game. This month there are weekly events, Battlepacks giveaways, and a few Community Missions. Take a peek.

The Dates

Every Saturday
#SaturdayNightHardline
Every Saturday is #SaturdayNightHardline, making it the best day to jump online in Battlefield Hardline and play against Battlelog moderators, Answers HQ members, and members of the Battlefield community team. We’ll Tweet out the server details every Saturday, so be on the lookout at twitter.com/battlefield

December 1
BFHL Premium Members: Gold Battlepack
Premium members will get their monthly Gold Battlepack on December 1. Good way to start off the month, right?

December 3 – December 6
Community Mission: 3 Million Resupplies
Hit the streets on any multiplayer mode and map and get collectively score 3 million resupplies to earn $100,000 in-game cash. This mission is active between December 3, 2015 9AM PT and December 6, 2015 9AM PT**.

December 8
BFHL Premium Members: Premium Shape Bundle
Premium Members get a Premium Battlepack that contains new exclusive Emblem shapes.

December 15
Premium Members: Premium Battlepack
Premium members will get their monthly Premium Battlepack.

December 16 – December 22
Community Mission: 25 Revives
Hit the streets on any multiplayer mode and map and get score 25 revives to earn a Gold Battlepack. This mission is active between December 16, 2015 9AM PT and December 22, 2015 9AM PT**.

December 24
Gold Battlepack
Deck the halls with… a Gold Battlepack! Log in to claim a free Gold Battlepack on December 24 starting at 9AM PT.

December 24 – December 28
Premium Members: Double XP
Check this: From December 24 until December 28, Premium members get more bang for their buck, with Double XP earned in all matches played on Ranked and Official servers.

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**THIS OFFER IS BEING ISSUED TO YOU FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CREDIT, CHARGE, DEBIT OR GIFT CARD. PARTICIPATION AND ACCESS TO IN-GAME CONTENT REQUIRES BATTLEFIELD HARDLINE ON APPLICABLE PLATFORM, ORIGIN ACCOUNT, INTERNET CONNECTION, AND (FOR CONSOLE PLAYERS) AN XBOX LIVE GOLD OR SONY ENTERTAINMENT ACCOUNT. YOU MUST CONFIRM COMPLETION OF COMMUNITY MISSIONS ON THE BATTLELOG COMMUNITY MISSION PAGE BEFORE THE MISSION’S CLOSING DATE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE REWARDS.