Is there a way to gift Battlefield 3?

Is there a way to purchase Battlefield 3 and/or Battlefield 3 Premium online and be able to give that copy to a friend? (buy it online without binding it to your own account)

For instance, just get ahold of the game's product key and give that to them so that they can activate the game on their Origin account?

There doesn't appear to be any option to do so via Origin.

Solution 1:

You can purchase the game from another retailer and simply give the key to the recipient. There are many sites. Here are a couple Battlefield 3 Premium Edition links:

• GamersGate.com (this site has a 'gift' option which allows you to gift a game to a fellow user on GamersGate, or email it to someone)
• Amazon.com
• GreenManGaming.com
• GameFly.com

With Premium Edition, usually you will get 2 keys: one for Limited Edition (with karkand) and one for Premium.