Exactly what the Dr. ordered Starting today, drinkers of the tasty beverage Dr. Pepper can now enjoy free DLC from EA games such as Battlefield Heroes™, Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2, Mass Effect™ 2, Spore™ and The Sims™ 3.   The promotion will continue on until 12/31/10.

According to EA, the rules are simple: 

1.  Enter your favorite convenience store
3.  Purchase a Dr. Pepper
2.  Pop top of said Dr. Pepper
3.  Underneath the cap is an exclusive DLC code
4.  head to http://www.drpepper.com/promotions/
5.  Enter code, get phat lewtz, it's that easy

There are all sorts of goodies that you can get for your favorite EA games.  Yes, you saw that right, Mass Effect 2, which hasn't even been released yet and you can already get DLC for it! So start digging through your neighbors trash, shove as much change into your local vending machine, and empty out your local convenience store because DLC from buying a Dr. pepper that your going to buy anyways is awesome!

Other examples of exclusive downloadable content include the following:

  • In Spore, a dozen Cyborg-themed body parts – such as eyes, heads and arms – can be redeemed and used in the Spore Creature Creator. These parts allow players to mix robot and organic creature body parts to design their own Cyborg creatures. The exclusive Cyborg parts will be usable by all owners of the Spore PC game and anyone who downloads the free Spore Creature Creator Trial Edition from the Spore.com website.
  • In Mass Effect 2 (shipping January 26th for the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system, PC), a shooter RPG from EA’s award-winning BioWare™ division, there are three unique pieces of armor: two helmets and a visor. The game was recently named by The New York Times as one of 2010’s most anticipated games.
  • In Battlefield Heroes, there are four sets of unique character clothing, and consumers get a pair of outfits per download, one for each side.
  • In Battlefield: Bad Company 2 four kit upgrades allow you to become a unique Special Activities soldier, with new camouflage and a modified weapon. Kit upgrades also contain new awards and an additional achievement.
For Official Rules see here