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Being labelled as the Worst Company in America two years on the trot caused EA to alter the way it operated. Although Peter Moore’s public tte–tte with The Consumerist in April was probably ill advised, head of console and PC games development Patrick Soderlund told Kotaku that it has led …
Read More »Single-player ACIV: Black Flag features locked behind Online Pass
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag locks away one of its single player features to those who have not registered an Online Pass. Ubisoft is one of the last remaining publishers to stick with the Online Pass system. ACIV sticks with the tried and tested method of requiring a code before …
Read More »Codemasters drops online passes for F1 2013
Upcoming racer F1 2013 will not require users to input online passes, MCV can reveal. Codemasters first introduced online passes into its games in 2011. It’s not yet known whether this is the end to online passes in all Codemasters titles, although with all and sundry now distancing themselves from …
Read More »EA’s Online Pass won’t return
Xbox One, PS4 announcements doesn't mean publisher will reinstate program
Read More »EA Sports: Online pass was impeding our games
EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson says that the firm ditched online pass because it damaged the games. Speaking to MCV at E3 last week, the label VP said that forcing gamers to put codes in to access content had become too big an impact for fans. And he denied that …
Read More »E3 2013: Sony clarifies used games stance
PS4 free of first party restrictions, but third parties free to implement their own pre-owned defenses
Read More »Online Passes still possible on PS4
The PS4 will share the PS3’s ability for publishers to lock certain content behind a paywall. This opens up the possibility for the continuation of online passes but will not lead to Xbox One style content blocking. "The Online Pass program for PlayStation first-party games will not continue on PlayStation …
Read More »EA removing Online Passes from all titles
Publisher scrapping scheme from existing games as well as new releases
Read More »EA scrapping Online Pass from existing titles
Publisher EA has removed all Online Passes from existing games. Eurogamer reports that titles that had previously required the purchase or activation of an Online Pass to access either additional content or online multiplayer are now free of such restrictions. Titles that until now prompted users to enter a code …
Read More »EA scraps Online Pass program
Publisher cites poor user feedback as a reason for cancelling scheme
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