Despite the recent beta test and extensive stress testing it appears that the servers for 3 are having trouble coping with the sheer volume of players.

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There have been connection problems reported by gamers following Battlefield 3's release yesterday. Even the stress-testing of over 9.5 million people that played the beta didn't prepare DICE and for the number of people logging on to play on release day.

Fixes have been reported over the game's official feed and later by DICE community manager Daniel Matros although is seems that some gamers are still experiencing problems.

Battlefield 3 arrives in the and on Friday 28th of October on the PlayStation 3, 360 and PC.

Thanks GamesIndustry.biz.

By Ewan Aiton