Bad Company 2 retail pre-order available now

Published on 23-01-10 at 10:18 AM AEST by

rec

There's no sign of a pre-order being made available on Steam, yet. However, a pre-order page has been spotted over at the EB Games website. I've just spoken to Brisbane's flagship EB Games store, who have told me that an in-store pre-order requires a $30 deposit and they're taking them now. However, beta cards won't arrive in store until Monday the 25th or Tuesday the 26th, at which case they'll be calling pre-order customers to come and pick them up...

Now, assuming this game winds up being no more expensive than $60 on Steam, you could pre-order the beta card from EB Games and then cancel your pre-order after you've picked it up. You would have essentially have just 'bought' beta access for $30, and paired with the price of the game on Steam, paid no more than what you would have for a boxed version at EB Games. Given my enthusiasm for the game, I'm very seriously considering this.

What does everyone else plan on doing?

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Tags: bad company 2, battlefield, eb games

15 Comments

psyave - 23-01-10, 10:48 AM
if its not on steam, i wont be getting it. seriously... i just like everything tied to the one account.

ResLo - 23-01-10, 11:43 AM
Yup me too.

rec - 23-01-10, 11:50 AM
I'll be getting it regardless - I'm just not that stubborn. When the biggest shooter since TF2 arrives, I just buy it.

That said, every indicator points to it arriving on Steam. It may just not be in time for the beta.

Rip - 23-01-10, 12:26 PM
You can pre-order it on steam now. 49 bucks US

rec - 23-01-10, 12:34 PM
Holy-shit. It must have *just* gone up!?

Lothar - 23-01-10, 01:38 PM
Pre-ordered my copy. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Lothar - 23-01-10, 01:39 PM
Steam News

rec - 23-01-10, 01:46 PM
Already posted about it on the front page.

Joshuayu101 - 23-01-10, 02:27 PM
OmG. Thanks bro. I was going to buy it from cdkeys direct for $38 but steam is more convenient.

rec - 23-01-10, 02:30 PM
Don't do either: http://gamers-underground.com/conten...steam-now.html

mepm - 23-01-10, 10:22 PM
its been available for preorder for ages retail, at least a month.

Joshuayu101 - 23-01-10, 11:33 PM
Originally Posted by mepm

its been available for preorder for ages retail, at least a month.

For steam its only been a few days. Title is a bit misleading

rec - 24-01-10, 04:33 AM
The Steam pre-purchase was made available around 14 hours ago. And previously no specifics had been revealed about the beta in relation to physical pre-orders.