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Battlefield 3

Battlefield 3 (BF3) is DICE's 2011 first-person shooter on the Frostbite 2 engine, released October 25, 2011 for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360; Metacritic 89 on PC, five expansions, Battlelog, and a lasting influence on later Battlefield games.

Battlefield 4

Battlefield 4 is a 2013 DICE/EA first-person shooter, the first on Frostbite 3, known for Levolution map-changing, 64-player multiplayer, a buggy launch and shareholder lawsuit, and long-lived online support.

Battlefield 6

Battlefield 6 is EA's 2025 first-person shooter by Battlefield Studios (DICE, Criterion, Motive, Ripple Effect), released October 10, 2025 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC; set in 2027 against Pax Armata, with 64-player Conquest, Breakthrough, Escalation, Portal, and free-to-play REDSEC.

Battlefield acupuncture

Battlefield acupuncture is an auricular acupuncture protocol using up to five short gold needles per ear for rapid pain relief, developed for US military medicine.

Battlefield Earth (film)

Battlefield Earth (2000), Roger Christian's adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's novel, starring John Travolta as Terl; a notorious box-office bomb with a 3% Tomatometer and seven Razzies.

Battlefield Earth (novel)

Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000, L. Ron Hubbard's 1982 science fiction novel, depicts Psychlo-occupied Earth and Jonnie Goodboy Tyler's rebellion; a New York Times bestseller of over 4 million copies, later adapted into the notoriously panned 2000 film.

Battlefield Hardline

Battlefield Hardline (BFHL) is a 2015 first-person shooter by Visceral Games and EA, the first Battlefield game about cops and criminals rather than war; Metascore 73, console servers shut June 22, 2026.

Battlefield Palette

The Battlefield Palette, also called the Vultures Palette, is an Egyptian ceremonial cosmetic palette from around 3150 BC, showing vultures and a lion over defeated men.

Battlefield V

Battlefield V (BFV, BF5) is DICE and EA's 2018 World War 2 first-person shooter for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, delayed to November 20, 2018, with Tides of War free live service, Firestorm battle royale, and a critic-player score gap (79 vs 65).

Battlefield: Bad Company

Battlefield: Bad Company, DICE's 2008 console-exclusive first-person shooter for PS3 and Xbox 360, the first story-driven Battlefield game and first Frostbite title, with destructible environments, the Gold Rush mode, and 2023 server shutdown.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (BC2), DICE's March 2010 first-person shooter on Frostbite 1.5 with Destruction 2.0, sold over 7 million units, earned Metacritic 88, and inspired Battlefield 6; official servers closed December 8, 2023.

Battleground (1949 film)

Battleground (1949) is an MGM war film directed by William A. Wellman, written by Robert Pirosh, produced by Dore Schary, about the 101st Airborne at besieged Bastogne; it won two Oscars from six nominations and revived the postwar combat film.

Battleground (2014)

Battleground (2014), WWE pay-per-view, July 20, 2014, Tampa Bay Times Forum; second Battleground event; John Cena retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a Fatal 4-Way; The Miz won the Intercontinental title battle royal.

Battleground (2015)

Battleground (2015), WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network event, July 19, 2015, Scottrade Center, St. Louis; Undertaker returned costing Lesnar vs Rollins, Cena retained the US title over Owens.

Battleground (2016)

Battleground (2016) was a WWE pay-per-view on July 24, 2016, in Washington, D.C., where Dean Ambrose retained the WWE Championship over Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns in the first Shield Triple Threat.

Battleground (2017)

Battleground (2017), also called WWE Battleground 2017, was a SmackDown-branded WWE pay-per-view on July 23, 2017 in Philadelphia. Jinder Mahal retained the WWE Championship over Randy Orton in the first Punjabi Prison Match in 10 years with help from the returning Great Khali.

Battlegrounds Mobile India

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is KRAFTON's India-exclusive mobile battle royale, launched July 2021 to replace the banned PUBG Mobile; 100-player matches, India-specific content rules, 260 million downloads, and the BGIS esports circuit.

Battlegrounds Mobile India Series

Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS) is KRAFTON India's annual open-entry esports tournament for BGMI, held since 2021; Team Versatile won BGIS 2025 in Kolkata and Team Soul won the fifth edition, BGIS 2026, in Chennai.

Battles (band)

Battles is an American experimental rock band formed in New York City in 2002, often tagged math rock; founded by Ian Williams (Don Caballero), Tyondai Braxton, Dave Konopka, and John Stanier (Helmet), releasing Mirrored, Gloss Drop, La Di Da Di, and Juice B Crypts on Warp Records.

Battles of Alashiya

The Battles of Alashiya were Hittite campaigns against Cyprus, identified with Alašiya, in 1220–1200 BC under Tudhaliya IV and Suppiluliuma II, recorded on tablet KBo XII 38 found at Hattusa.

Battles of antiquity: overview and timelines

An overview and timeline guide to battles of antiquity, covering Kadesh, Salamis, and Cannae, and explaining how thin and uneven the ancient record is, with same-named battles distinguished.

Battles of Kawanakajima

The Battles of Kawanakajima (川中島の戦い) were five engagements fought from 1553 to 1564 between Takeda Shingen of Kai and Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo on the Kawanakajima plain in Shinano Province.

Battles of Khalkhin Gol

Battles of Khalkhin Gol, also called the Nomonhan Incident (ノモンハン事件), an undeclared 1939 Soviet-Japanese-Mongolian border war on Mongolia's frontier, ending in a Soviet victory under Zhukov that pushed Japan toward the Pacific war.

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775, first armed engagements of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts; about 700 British regulars under Gage's orders marched to Concord, fought militia at Lexington Green and North Bridge, and retreated with 273 casualties.

Battles of Narvik

Battles of Narvik (Slaget om Narvik), April–June 1940: naval and land fighting after Germany's 9 April invasion of Norway. Ten German destroyers were destroyed in Ofotfjord on 10 and 13 April; Allied and Norwegian forces retook Narvik on 28 May before withdrawing.

Battles of Plataea and Mycale

The Battles of Plataea and Mycale (Πλαταιαί καὶ Μυκάλη) were twin Greek victories over Persia in 479 BC, reportedly on the same day, ending Xerxes' invasion of Greece.

Battles of Rzhev

Battles of Rzhev (Ржевская битва): series of Red Army offensives against the Wehrmacht's Rzhev salient, 8 January 1942 to 31 March 1943, including Operation Mars; called the Rzhev Meat Grinder for Soviet losses of roughly 1.16 to 2.3 million.

Battles of Saratoga

Battles of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm and Bemis Heights), two Revolutionary War engagements of September 19 and October 7, 1777, where Gates's American army defeated Burgoyne, whose surrender on October 17 brought France into the war.

Battles of the Isonzo

Battles of the Isonzo (Soča Front): twelve World War I battles between Italy and Austria-Hungary along the Isonzo River, 23 June 1915 to 10 November 1917, ending with the German-Austrian breakthrough at Caporetto.

Battles of Yuhigok and Dadaepo

The Battles of Yuhigok and Dadaepo were 1592 engagements of the Japanese invasion of Korea near Busan, where commander Yun Heung-sin died defending Dadaejin fortress.