The beta for Electronic Arts’s “Battlefield: Bad Company” on Xbox 360 doesn’t start until tomorrow, but controversy hit last week when users discovered weapons that must be purchased over the Xbox Live Marketplace.
The weapons were discovered in a menu detailing the game’s unlockables, each one padlocked with a note asking players to “buy this weapon on Xbox LIVE marketplace.”
Multiplayer contacted Electronic Arts for an explanation, which they provided this morning. At launch, there will be ten weapons available through XBL or PlayStation Network that aren’t in the box.
Before you panic: five will be free. Five retailers offer an “exclusive” pre-order weapon in the months to come. Each of those weapons will become available at launch for free.
Another five, however, will not.