- with a purchase of Dragon Age 2, of course. (You knew that there was a catch, did you not?). The folks at Bioware have put up a new scheme for April where a purchase of Dragon Age 2 and registration with Electronic Arts (EA) will get you the download code for Mass Effect 2.
Here is how to go about it:-
To qualify and get your Mass Effect 2 PC download code, please follow these steps before April 30, 2011 at 11:59pm PDT:
- Purchase your copy of Dragon Age II (if you do not already own one).
- Activate the Online Pass content that came with your copy of Dragon Age II (The Black Emporium).
- Start the game and log in using your EA Account or create a new EA Account.
- Visit http://social.bioware.com/me2offer/ and log in with that EA Account.
- Enter your Online Pass code and click “Submit”. You will then be provided the code for Mass Effect 2.
- Open the EA Download Manager and enter the code to commence download (if you don’t have the EA Download Manager installed, it can be found here: http://www.ea.com/1/download-manager)
NOTE: Please allow 72 hours between time of online pass activation and submitting your online pass code on http://social.bioware.com/me2offer/.
Quite swell, isn’t it? However, as Sathya in a moment of intelligence and wit that could not have possibly been his (
) said this of the offer somebody at Bioware needs to be shot. Most of the players of Dragon Age 2 are also Mass Effect 2 players. In fact, if Bioware was trying to get newer players to its epic franchise in the science fiction end of the spectrum, it should have given a free download code for the first Mass Effect game.
Perhaps that will come too, eventually. For now, follow the instructions and get a free copy of Mass Effect 2 if you already do not own it.
