Battlefield: 3 Faces Lawsuit Over Game Promotion…

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Story by: CritiKiL

 

Electronic Arts*is facing a class-action lawsuit over a recent*Battlefield 3*promotion.*Legal firm Edelson McGuire has filed a complaint against the studio on behalf of customers who were promised a free copy of*Battlefield 1943*when they purchased the PS3 version of the game.*EA later changed the terms of the promotion, announcing via Twitter that those who preordered*Battlefield 3*on the Sony console would receive early access to DLC expansion packs instead.*In the filing of the lawsuit, it alleges that EA “misled and profited from thousands of their customers by making a promise that they could not, and never intended, to keep.”</p>According to the lawyers, all that those signed up to the class action want out of EA is the free copy of 1943 that they were originally promised.*The customers affected are said to only be seeking their free copy of*Battlefield 1943, reports*Kotaku.Battlefield 3*was released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in October. The game sold almost 2 million copies in its first month in the US alone.*EA as of yet, has not responded to these allegations.

 

 

 

 

 

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