If you are one of the 800,000 subscribers to Battlefield 3’s Premium service, then we have some news that may interest you. The bulk of the Premium advantages for the month of July finally got a release date.

The month of July is set to give Premium users more weapon camo’s, a Close Quarters strategy guide, a double XP event and a video guide which has DICE developer Alan Kertz emerge you in a guide to the weapons unlocked through the latest Close Quarters expansion.

According to the Premium Calendar, the Soldier Upgrade, essentially a bunch of weapon camo’s, are set to release to Premium users on July 8th. June’s Soldier Upgrade included camo’s for the Scar-H, PKP Pecheneg, L-96 and the F2000. Hopefully July’s release will includes more weapon camo’s, but details on exactly what camo’s are included in this batch have yet to be revealed.

The first Strategy Guide for Premium users will be released on July 3rd. Prima Games will give Premium users a comprehensive guide that is a whopping 70 pages in PDF format. This guide will be themed around the Close Quarters expansion, giving you in depth analysis of the weapons, maps, assignments and the new game modes you can find within Close Quarters. For now, you can check out our five tips for Close Quarters.

The Double XP event, which we already covered, will be a complete week for Premium users, dating from July 2nd to July 8th. The final piece of July content is the Premium Video, which has yet to get a release date.

Are you a Premium member? Do you take advantage of it all and read the guides or watch the videos? Let us know in the comment section below!

Thanks to our forum moderator Beanz3 for the tip!