There is an issue with EA's backend after an update which appears to cause the game to freeze. An EA Community Manager has said that they are looking into it here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Battlefield-3/Premium-Assignment-Issues/m-p/6965955#M133395
Seem to be a general issue with purchasing items that tie in with your EA account.
Update, 5:30pm EDT, I am able to access "Rent a Server" and "Store" without the game/PS3 locking up.
However, when going to "Rent a Server" returns message "No content available" - "There is no content available for download at this time. Please try again later".
Maybe it's progress, or maybe it's a new error...time will tell.
