EA and the Dr. Pepper Snapple group has collaborated to offer "exclusive" download content for Battlefield 3 via codes with Dr Pepper drinks.
It's nothing to go mental over - the codes offer six dog tags (referencing Hello Kitty, Halloween and that awesome YouTube song 'Friday' by the talented Rebecca Black), a PlayStation Home Avatar and a couple of multiplayer skins.
Codes can be redeemed via the official Dr. Pepper page.
EA launched a similar promotion previously with Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the DLC for which was later released to the worldwide public.
So if you're a mad completionist but don't live in US, or you hate Dr. Pepper like the plague, you stand a good chance of getting access to the swag at a later date.
EA has declared Battlefield 3 "the fastest-selling game in EA's history" as it "estimates" 5 million global sales in its first week.
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18 comments so far...
FunSponge on 1 Nov '11 said:
Is this game worth picking up?
metallicorphan on 1 Nov '11 said:
so f**k you everyone outside of U.S again then,eh?
its a decent enough game but surprisingly i have grown tired of it already(and single player was not much),i preferred BFBC1 and 2,and even BF43 over this,i am sure there will be enough people to disagree with me though
WHITEyy118 on 1 Nov '11 said:
EA has declared Battlefield 3 "the fastest-selling game in EA's history" as it "estimates" 5 million global sales in its first week.
I'd like to see their figures. I could be wrong but I doubt BF3 beat FIFA 12.
As for the title what a load of $hit. Not that I want the crappy DLC but if Dr Pepper is sold here why just limit the DLC to USA, it's rediculous.
luttman23 on 1 Nov '11 said:
Well dog tags and avatars don't offer a competative edge so I don't care, let the US drink their fizzy pop.
BF3 is alright I suppose, the lack of an in game menu and server browser, and the annoying way you're forced to start the game, and the fact you can't even play single player if your internet goes down, and that no one ever seems to play co-op so when you try to play co-op you're instead left staring at a line of text saying 'waiting for player' forever because at that point there's no way to exit the game at all.... these things annoy me. The server problems too but they'll be patched out.
Other than that, and occasionally getting killed half a second after spawning, no tutorials on how to use the air vehicles or in fact anything at all (still don't know how to give commands when I'm the squad leader), not knowing why you were killed is the reason I'm most often annoyed by it.
It's going to get better though and it's worth pushing through because when you sneak up behind some dick who's sniped you 15 times and knife him it feels so good.
PS. It's also sexist, why are there no female soldiers?
Papzotic on 1 Nov '11 said:
Dr. Pepper isn't a drink I would have all the time. Its for the time you feel amazing and you need to feel even more amazing
pRM8 on 2 Nov '11 said:
Ok, but what's the worst that could happen..?
KMakawa on 2 Nov '11 said:
US Only, unless you buy Dr Pepper codes from Ebay, then enter them.
360_Fan on 2 Nov '11 said:
Still waiting for my copy to arrive in the post
Hopefully all the online issues will be sorted out by the time it gets here.
Willypiggy on 2 Nov '11 said:
Protip: There are no females in the game AT ALL apart from the one you play as during the jet mission. I don't think they can model boobs.
Headsrinker on 2 Nov '11 said:
luttman23
occasionally getting killed half a second after spawning
I know what you mean about this, but i find this is usually my own fault. You've got to be careful which squad member you spawn on because if they are taking fire, your likely to get killed in half a second.
ted1138 on 2 Nov '11 said:
And if you collect enough codes you can also download a special "Fat Suit".
svd_grasshopper on 2 Nov '11 said:
dr. pepper is the bomb.
although DLC is an evil, wish it would f**k off entirely.
the game is worth picking up if you are into multiplayer. the single player is outright pathetic.
RumbleThunder on 2 Nov '11 said:
Get this game to play alone, and you might have a good time, but play with people you know with voice chat and all and this is probably one of the best online multiplayer experiences.
TheRandyNinja on 2 Nov '11 said:
i didnt think women could fight in the frontline anyways and why would i want to shoot a woman
Laughlyn on 2 Nov '11 said:
couple of the dogtags are pretty cool, seen em on the Dr Pepper account. it is a bit of a pee take when we dont get them, same as with GT5 and Shift2, GT5 had the EDGE camaro SS and GT5 has had several regional exclusive cars, teh Dr Pepper Camaro and the Auto Bild 911. CokeZone over here used to do exclusive DLC for EA games i had a few for FIFA10 or 11 and in original Shift youy could get the coke zero dodge viper.
Also just in case folk were thinking. I have a U.S account on my PS3 and thanks to some friends in the states got the codes and out them in my U.S account but they wer'nt picked by the game
so it appears they are region locked to the U.S BLES Code of the game
pRM8 on 2 Nov '11 said:
This.
Playing this with mates over ts is great fun and much better for proper team work.
MPH on 2 Nov '11 said:
A Playstation Home Avatar dog tag on the 360? Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? (Yeah ok obviously that'll be PS3 only)
TBH they should play Rebecca Black's song whenever the enemy team are trying to take the Conquest points. It'll make team mates actually play together to take the enemy down and get that flag back. I mean after all, who wants to listen to that s**te? The same should go for campers. Stay in one area for too long and 'Friday' should be played and Rebecca Black should dance around on their screen until they quit. Of course that wouldn't work if they're deaf pedo's.
Imaduck on 2 Nov '11 said:
f**k sake they did that with ME2 aswell
f**king yanks.
Last time some kind dudes uploaded the reusable code though, may do it again. Last time I got all the DLC for ME2 and something for Spore (which broke the game again of course!). Twas splendid! No need to drink bottled mud either!