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EA waits for Crytek comment on Crysis 2 Online Pass status

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EA is waiting for Crytek to comment on a report that Crysis 2 is set to skip EA's Online Pass program when it releases near the end of the month.

Gamertag Radio claims that a Crytek developer confirmed the shooter would not include the system, saying that Crytek chose instead not to be a "testbed": the system was offered to the developer early on in its development.

The site also claims that the German developer wasn't looking "to put a wall up to keep people away from the multiplayer."

EA has included the Online Pass system in all of its titles, including fellow EA Partners title Bulletstorm from Epic-owned People Can Fly.

EA hasn't commented on the matter yet, but has told VG247 that it's waiting for an official comment from Crytek.

Online Pass is a system EA uses to make buyers of secondhand games pay an extra fee for online services.

Crysis 2 releases on March 22 in the US and March 25 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC. Multiplayer demos for PC and 360 launched today, with a PS3 version coming soon.

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Johnny Cullen

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Johnny has experience at a wide range of games media outlets, having written for Eurogamer, Play Magazine, PC Gamer, GameDaily, and more. He worked at VG247 pumping out news at an astonishing rate for several years. More recently, he founded the games website PlayDiaries.
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