They have confirmed it is all real gameplay, no rendering what so ever.
This is still unconfirmed, just an EA slip up but most likely is inaccurate. Ignore.
If you read correctly he does not confirm nor deny Commander, and the devs have come out and said the same.
Did he really just write an article about 2 fucking tweets?
I am pretty sure that Battlefield 2 was the first game to introduce ranking/leveling up and unlocks. Get your facts straight.