PLEASE NOTE: You don't need to buy Back to Karkand if you purchased the Limited Edition of Battlefield 3, you will just need to update the game. It is possible to buy Back to Karkand even if you already have access to it via the Limited Edition, so please be careful.
ALSO NOTE: If you have the Limited Edition of Battlefield 3, and you have updated BF3 in order to gain access to Back to Karkand, you will not see Back to Karkand in the "My Games" tab of Origin. Back to Karkand is included with the Limited Edition of BF3, so additional box art will not appear. If you purchase Back to Karkand separately, you should be able to see its box art in "My Games".
To Purchase and Download Back to Karkand:
- Open up the Xbox Marketplace and navigate to Battlefield 3.
- Find Back to Karkand in the EXTRAS screen, select it to begin purchasing.
- Select Confirm Download. If you have the Limited Edition of BF3, the purchase will be free. If not, you will need to pay for the content at this time. NOTE: a GOLD Xbox Live account is required to purchase and play Back to Karkand.
- Once both the update and the Back to Karkand update have been downloaded, Back to Karkand will be available to play.
- Open up the PlayStation Store
- Find Back to Karkand, select it.
- Select Download. If you have the Limited Edition of BF3, the purchase will be free. If not, you will need to pay for the content at this time.
- Download the file. It will Install once it has downloaded.
- You will receive a notice that the Back to Karkand content has been unlocked.
For those who did not receive a Limited Edtion of Battlefield 3, you can purchase and download Back to Karkand for the PC in any of these three ways:
- from the Origin Client Store
- from the Origin Web Store
- buy a key at retail or from a 3rd party to redeem in Origin
If you have the Limited Edition, you just need to update BF3 and the Back to Karkand content will be unlocked in your game.
Client Method:
- Open the Origin client on your PC, and open the Store tab. If you have the Limited Edition of BF3, skip to step 5.
- Find Back to Karkand in the store.
- Click Add to Cart, then select Checkout to purchase.
- Click Complete Purchase to confirm your order.
- You will now need to go to My Games and update Battlefield 3 to play Back to Karkand.
Web Store Method:
- Visit http://store.origin.com.
- Search for Back to Karkand.
- Click Add to Cart, then select Checkout to purchase.
- Click Submit to confirm your order.
- You will now need to go to My Games and update Battlefield 3 to play Back to Karkand.
Code-in-a-box and 3rd Party method:
- Open the Origin client on your PC, click Origin on the top menu bar and then select Redeem Product Code .
- Enter your code then hit Next.
- Confirm that the code is for Back to Karkand and hit Next again.
- You will receive a confirmation of your code redemption.
- You will now need to go to My Games and update Battlefield 3 to play Back to Karkand.
