Battlefield 3

To help address issues some players have had in Battlefield 3‘s online multiplayer modes, DICE today announced that they’ll be taking the game’s servers offline for a short time on Friday.

Here’s the official announcement:

Battlefield 3 multiplayer will be unavailable on all platforms June 1st from 8 to 9 AM UTC for an update that addresses a recent problem that has prevented some players from recognizing experience and rank progressions (tied the use of the FAMAS by any player in a match).

For those of you here in the United States, 8AM~9AM UTC would be 2AM~3AM Pacific, or 5AM~6AM Eastern.