Maybe you missed out on the recent Battlefield 3 alpha test and want to ensure you play the game as soon as possible. Maybe you didn’t pick up a Limited Edition copy of Medal of Honor last year. Either way, looking past the recent alpha — which was “a highly tech focused test period” anyway — there is a new way to get yourself early access into the upcoming beta, giving you a chance to play it before the vast majority of people: pre-order on Origin.
Origin, the name of the rebranded EA Store, has a listing for Battlefield 3 outlining the pre-order perks for buying it from there. Early access to the open beta is the first of the bunch; it says that Origin pre-orderers “will be granted early access to the Open Beta for Battlefield 3 when it goes live in September 2011.”
