You can now pre-load Battlefield Hardline on PC

With Battlefield Hardline releasing next week, Electronic Arts is giving you time to prepare for the onslaught of cops vs. criminals. Starting today, those of you who have already purchased the game can now start pre-loading it on PC via Origin. This will assure that you can jump right into the action the second the game is release on March 17.

Pre-loading is pretty simple; just launch Origin, click "My Games", and then click on the Battlefield Hardline tile in your games library. When it finishes downloading, you'll be ready to go.

As a reminder, here are the PC specifications for the game:

Minimum:
OS: Windows Vista SP2 64bit (with KB971512 Update) or newer
PROCESSOR: 2.4 GHz Intel Core i3/i5 / 2.8 GHz Athlon II/Phenom II
RAM: At least 4 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: nVidia GTX260 with 896 MB VRAM or better / ATI 5770 with 1GB VRAM or better
HARD DRIVE: At least 60 GB of free space
DIRECTX 11.0

Recommended:
OS: Windows 8 64bit (with KB971512 Update)
CPU: Intel Quad Core i5/i7 / AMD 6 Core
RAM: At least 8 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: nVidia GTX760 or better / AMD 290 or better
HARD DRIVE: At least 60 GB of free space
DIRECTX 11.0

Those of you playing on Xbox One who are also members of EA Access, not only can you download the game today but you can even play it for a full 10 hours before it releases.

[EA]