Thread: How to get 5 free weapons in Battlefield:Bad Company

When the Multiplayer Beta launched a couple of weeks ago, early adopters of the download were greeted with some daunting news if they went fishing through Bad Company's list of weapons. It appeared as though Electronic Arts -- as they've done in the past with such games as NCAA Football -- would be charging for components of Battlefield: Bad Company that should be free, and would have been last generation. The early peek into the beta showed five weapons that needed to be purchased via Xbox Live Marketplace. The outcry from the public was feverish.

Luckily their shrieks of horror did not fall on deaf ears. No weapons -- we repeat: NO WEAPONS -- will have a price tag attached to them.

UPDATE: We've just learned the exact details behind the marketing campaigns that will be tied to the five weapons that are in neither the Gold nor Standard Edition of Bad Company. They are as follows:

Demo Unlock - Play either the Xbox 360 or PS3 demo and receive a weapon unlock.

Veteran Unlock - Register with the Battlefield Veterans program and receive a weapon unlock.

Website Unlock - A weapon is unlocked when you first check your stats on the Battlefield: Bad Company website.

Pre-order Unlock - A new sniper rifle is unlocked when you pre-order the game.

Newsletter Unlock - Sign up for the Battlefield newsletter and you'll get a new weapon.


We sat down for a talk with Karl-Magnus Troedsson, Senior Producer at DICE working on Battlefield: Bad Company, to get the final word on exactly what users will find in both the standard edition for Battlefield: Bad Company as well as the Gold Edition, and how all that works into the wonderful world of microtransactions.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/865/865549p1.html

Here are the step by step instructions and links from EA directly.
http://badcompany.ea.com/page/dynpid/8616/