The campaign takes place in various locations and follows the stories of two characters, Henry Blackburn and Dimitri Mayakovsky. Marine, an F/A-18F Super Hornet weapon systems officer, an M1A2 Abrams tank operator, and a Spetsnaz GRU operative. In Battlefield 3's campaign, players take on the personas of several military roles: a U.S. The game was released in North America on 25 October 2011 and in Europe on 28 October 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It is a direct sequel to 2005's Battlefield 2, and the eleventh installment in the Battlefield franchise. Battlefield 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by EA DICE and published by Electronic Arts.
