If you can bear to tear yourself away from MW3 or Skyrim this coming weekend, EA and DICE are holding a special sweepstakes weekend for Battlefield 3 from November 11th-November 13th as a thank-you to the fans for playing and supporting the game with their "passion and loyalty" since its release two weeks ago.

The 'Battlefield 3 Says Thanks' Sweepstakes weekend will give players the chance to win prizes if you play in multiplayer during the sweepstakes weekend, with three pretty big prizes up for grabs. Play Battlefield 3 online between 12:01am GMT on Friday, November 11th and 11:59pm GMT on Sunday, November 13th and you'll be in with a chance of winning.

First prize is a round-trip to visit Battlefield 3 developer DICE in Stockholm, Sweden with three of your squad buddies for three nights. You'll get a tour of the studio and introduction to the development team behind the game. The second prize is $5000 USD (or your equivalent local currency) in cash, while third prize is a brand new console with the complete back catalogue of Battlefield games for the system. You can find the full rules to the competition at www.battlefield.com/saysthanks, although the last time we checked the page had yet to go live.

Battlefield 3 will also be getting an injection of DLC with the Back to Karkand map pack in December, EA reminds us in the press release. It comes with four remastered Battlefield 2 maps, new weapons and vehicles. Here's the trailer in case you missed it the first time around.