Nope, it's only an expansion pack for multiplayer.
2013 feb 1
It is already out, available for purchase.
The SCAR L comes with the map pack called Close Quarters. I believe it is the second unlock that you can get. If you want to get the SCAR L you would have to purchase Close Quarters.
Halos campaign is fine, but yes the multiplayer is terrible. Halos multiplayer consists of people camping with energy swords, shotguns, and rocket launchers, and then teabagging you when they kill you. You often get double teamed and the skill involved in next to none. Close quarters combat usually consists of shooting someone while running towards them and then hitting them, either killing one person or both.
In Battlefield 3 online multiplayer, the player can unlock weapons, attachments, vehicles specializations, squad specializations and other unlocks by gaining points and completing assignments.Points can be gained by killing enemy players, capturing flags, arming M-COM stations, healing, repairing and rearming teammates, etc.Assignments are objective-based tasks that the player can complete to unlock a specific weapon, weapon camouflage scheme, vehicle specializations or dog tags. Assignments are only available in the expansions - Back to Karkand, Close Quarters, Armored Kill, Aftermath and End Game - and to those who have Battlefield Premium.
At Close Quarters was created in 2009.
Battlefield 3 comes very close to modern warfare, so if you like that series then you will prbably like battlefield 3. If you're looking for a good campaign, battlefield 3 has a very realistic story mode, and if you're looking for good multiplayer, battlefield 3 has one which contains a lot of unlocks, including many attachments for weapons. If you're question concerns whether xbox is the best or not, its hard to say, but xbox and ps3 have more or less the same features, and PC has much bigger games and more than the consoles, but may lag alot. Hope this helps.
At Close Quarters has 276 pages.
There are a total of 60 assignments in Battlefield 3. Some of the assignments are only inculded in the more recent map packs like Close Quarters and Armored Kill. There are 10 assignments in each map pack I believe.
The new game modes for Battlefield 3 Close Quarters are Team Deathmatch C, Gun Master, and Conquest C. These new modes were made due to the much smaller maps and space. Team Deatmatch C is the same as TDM just adapted more for the close quarters. Conquest C is also adapted to the much less space. Gun master is a totally new mode where players get to cycle through weapons after they get a certain amount of kills. This mode lets you "master" different weapons that come with the game.
So far, Battlefield Premium has no maps that are exclusive to it. The newest DLC, Close Quarters, can be found on the ingame store (For PC, it is on Battlelog.com). To access the maps, just join a game that include the maps in the map rotation of the server.
The ISBN of At Close Quarters is 978-1-906413-36-1.