The press was able to see the entire "Faultline" Battlefield 3 video at the Game Developers Conference, but it looks like EA and DICE are going to release the video across a number of episodes. All the better to keep us talking about the game before any more real news is announced, of course!

But we'll play the hype game, because Battlefield 3 is a beautiful title and the video below really shows off what the Frostbite 2 engine can produce in terms of graphics and gameplay. This is in-game footage, based on pre-alpha code, and I want to play it right now.

There is at least one more video in this series coming—maybe two—and then hopefully we'll learn more about the multiplayer aspect of the game. Maybe we'll even see what the game will look like on consoles at this year's E3. Still, I'm going to repeat how refreshing it is to see a publisher put so much effort into hyping the PC version of a multi-platform release.

Battlefield 3 is coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC this fall.