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EA/DICE makes weapons free* (*= only if you sign up for a marketing campaign)
Revolt in Colour \| 7:14 PM on 04.09.2008	6 comments

Looks like EA/DICE have given into the outrage of having to buy some weapons in their
upcoming first person shooter Battlefield: Bad Company.

Sort of.

IGN is reporting that the guns can be gotten two ways:

1. Buy the Gold Edition of the game.
2. Hit the max level cap of 25 in the standard edition.

But, you must also participate in a "marketing campaign," regardless of the version you buy.

So.... wait what?

Apparently you must sign up for a newsletter or something. Everyone has to in order to get
the guns.

Ugh. Seriously DICE/EA? You couldn't just give in and make them free? You had to be
assholes about it? No one wants your fucking newsletter or whatever you're going to be
making people fill out.

Oh yea, story is here.

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6 comments | showing # 1 to 6

ElfAngel7

ugh, what stupidity. well, if you care enough to get Battlefield in a post-CoD4 gaming landscape, at least you won't be boned financially. I guess they're gonna try to bombard you with ads to make up for it.

MrSadistic

BOOURNS I say. BOOURNS!

njsykora

3 words. You beat me.

Twisting the story a bit though, I read that the marketing survey is just another way to get them. Hitting level 25 will unlock them.

They should be applauded just for dropping the charges. Anything more is a bonus in my mind.

Revolt in Colour

@njsykora

Nope. From the IGN intervew:

"Both Gold Edition and Standard Edition users will have to participate in five separate EA marketing programs (no purchase necessary, we're told it will be easy as signing up for a newsletter), each of which will have one weapon. "

Everyone has to do it.

Sadie G

gay.

Eschatos

That's lame but better than before.

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