Entries in 'online pass' (36)
EA decides to ditch the online pass
It was once heralded as a significant step forward by a number of publisher execs, but now EA’s Online Pass is no more.
Co-op mode means no Online Pass for Syndicate
Every Electronic Arts game over the past two years has included an Online Pass, but the upcoming Syndicate reboot will buck this trend.
Activision reveals first Online Pass
Upcoming action title Prototype 2 will be the first Activision title to include an Online Pass type system.
SSX Online Pass doesn't lock out multiplayer
EA has announced a different approach toward the implementation of its Online Pass in the upcoming SSX.
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Assassin's Creed: Revelations Online Pass detailed
The Online Pass found within copies of Ubisoft’s grants access to the game’s online mode and use of an exclusive character.
Saints Row: The Third uses Online Pass
Upcoming THQ title Saints Row: The Third will implement the complete digital arsenal current available to modern publishers.
Obsidian says Online Pass 'is a gimmick'
Feargus Urquhart, the CEO of developer Obsidian, has criticised the use of the Online Pass in the industry’s battle against pre-owned video games.
Second-user charges are 'less than ideal'
The schemes have their critics, but Codemasters says publishers had no choice but to introduce Online Passes.
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OPINION: Shadow of the Bat
The release of Batman: Arkham City last Friday marks, by all accounts, the arrival of the best game produced for 2011. For retailers, it will be a cash cow. For consumers, ...
No shock as Online Pass confirmed for Battlefield 3
Battlefield 3 will ship with an Online Pass code in the box that will be needed to access the game’s expansive multiplayer features.
Arkham City's Online Pass grants access to Catwoman
Publisher Warner Interactive has confirmed exactly what content is has locked behind the Online Pass included in new copies of Batman: Arkham City.
Mass Effect 3 gets Online Pass
EA has confirmed that BioWare's next sci-fi RPG will continue the publisher's one-time code strategy.
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Sony fully adopts Online Pass system
Publisher Sony has confirmed that all future SCE Worldwide Studios game will require the buyer to use the in-the-box Online Pass code to access online functionality.
£20.50 Season Pass for Forza 4
Microsoft has announced a Season Pass for upcoming Xbox 360 racer Forza 4.
Online Pass generates $10m-$15m for EA
Electronic Arts may have invited negativity over the past year with its divisive Online Pass system, but it has turned out to be a nice little earner for the firm.
This is how Rage does the Online Pass
id Software is integrating a slightly different approach to the Online Pass system in its upcoming shooter Rage.
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Ubisoft’s Online Pass named, priced
Starting with the release of Driver: San Francisco on September 2nd, Ubisoft is to introduce its own version of EA’s Online Pass.
Ubisoft confirms Uplay Online Pass
Yet another publisher has announced plans to introduce and EA Online Pass type system into its future releases.
Ubi setting up paid-for online pass?
Ubisoft is the latest publisher rumoured to be introducing an online pass that charges pre-owned buyers extra for in-game content.
OPINION: Honesty Pass
This latest few hundred words of early-morning, blurry-eyed ranting may come on the back of Sony's confirmation of the PSN Pass. But it's not aimed at Sony. Well, it is, ...
PSN Pass is official
Sony has officially confirmed its intentions to debut the PSN Pass with September's shooter release Resistance 3 on PSN.
Dirt 3 receives Online Pass
Codemasters' upcoming Dirt 3 comes bundled with a code that lets users play online and unlock five new vehicles.
No Online Pass for Crysis 2
Upcoming EA release Crysis 2 will break with the publisher's recent tradition and not require a user to input an Online Pass code to access key features.
EA: We dropped the ball
Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco, EA CEO John Riccitiello has admitted that the publisher has made mistakes in the last few years, but ...
Dead Space 2 DLC announced
Publisher EA has announced Dead Space 2: Severed – a DLC download for the soon-to-be-released Dead Space 2.
