Battlefield 3 PC won't have in-game server browser, Battlelog is the main menu

DICE's online stat tracking and matchmaking website, Battlelog will replace the in-game main menu for Battlefield 3 on PC. Eurogamer report that to change servers in the middle of a session, we'll have to Alt-tab out of the game, and then start another match from the Battlelog website. As if that wasn't strange enough, console versions of Battlefield 3 WILL be getting an in-game server browser. Whaaat.

So if you want to start a new game in Battlefield, you'll have to leave the game in order to do it. As mad as that sounds, having a website as a main menu raises further questions. Will Battlefield 3 need to be online to launch the single player campaign? If we drop the Battlefield 3 .exe shortcut into Steam, will we be able to use the Steam overlay web browser to join new servers through Battlelog? Why are the things I mentioned in that ridiculously convoluted sentence I just wrote even necessary? Post your thoughts in the comments below.

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