User blog comment:Bovell/Battlefield 3 Alpha Trial system requirements/@comment-4052979-20110721100839/@comment-70.30.55.73-20110722203922

So it's like Uncharted 3 Beta, you buy a specially marked or limited edition copy of a game, you can play a beta for like 2 or 3 weeks before everyone can play. Hopefully, what happens in BF3 Beta moves on over to the actual BF3 unlike ND's bullshit "What happens in U3 Beta stays in U3 Beta".