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Online Pass headlines

• EA's Online Pass damaged its games and impeded the consumer, says Wilson

  EA Sports EVP Andrew Wilson said the Online Pass system it had in place damaged its games, and impacted fans in a negative manner.

• EA won't resurrect Online Pass system following Xbox One policy change

  EA won’t bring back the Online Pass system it cancelled before Sony and Microsoft both adopted used game-friendly policies for next-gen consoles.

• Online Pass is "not coming back, it's dead," says EA labels president

  EA labels president Frank Gibeau has said the firm nixing Online Pass had nothing to do with Xbox One’s digital rights management system.

• EA did not lobby for Xbox One's used game DRM

  Disrupting the popular “EA and Microsoft are in cahoots to ruin used games” narrative haunting comment threads everywhere, EA chief operating officer Peter Moore has said EA had nothing to do with the Xbox One’s licensing policies and hasn’t even figured out whether to get involved.

• PS4: Sony dropping Online Pass system, expects others to follow suit

  Online Passes are old hat, says SCE Europe boss Jim Ryan, and Sony does not expect to see very many of them on the PlayStation 4 – let alone the kind of licensing system utilised by the Xbox One.

• EA discontinuing Online Pass starting today

  EA has made some of its Online Pass offerings free though Xbox Live today, a move the firm said will be rolled out across all of its existing franchises.

• EA will not include an online pass in any future games

  EA, one of the most enthusiastic early adopters of the online pass system, has elected to abandon the scheme.

• Tomb Raider doesn't feature an Online or Season Pass, no demo on the horizon

  Crystal Dynamics has confirmed a Tomb Raider demo isn’t on the cards, nor is the inclusion of a Season or Online Pass when the full game hits.

• Ninja Gaiden 3 online pass problem fixed

  Team Ninja believes it has remedied issues with redeeming Ninja Gaiden 3’s online pass.

• Ninja Gaiden 3 online pass for multiplayer confirmed

  Tecmo Koei has confirmed Ninja Gaiden 3 will require an online pass for multiplayer.

• SSX Online Pass not required for multiplayer

  EA Sports has taken an unusual stance with its Online Pass for SSX, letting you participate in multiplayer events – but not receive rewards for doing so.

• Reckoning contains online pass locking House of Valor questline

  Despite being a single-player game, EA has tossed an online pass code into the packaging of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. According to the insert included with review copies of the game, players are locked out of seven faction quests in the RPG called the “House of Valor” until they enter the code included with the […]

• Twisted Metal goes gold, may include online pass

  It looks as though Twisted Metal may include an online pass when released next month after all, according to a report on The Gamers Hub (via Joystiq). When the site asked the game’s QA lead Justin Trease during a hands-on demo at CES if the game would include an online pass of some sort, he […]

• UK retailers keen to strike pre-owned revenue share deal

  A couple of UK retailers have said they’d accept a revenue-sharing scheme for pre-owned games, if online pass systems are given the flick.

• Expired Online Pass codes found in new copies of EA games

  A NeoGAF user has discovered that the EA Online Pass voucher in his brand new copy of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit has expired, thus locking him out of the game’s multiplayer modes.

• Batman: Arkham City online pass grants access to Catwoman content

  New purchases of Batman: Arkham City will include a one-use code enabling access to playable Catwoman content.

• Battlefield 3's Online Pass confirmed

  A DICE staffer has revealed that Battlefield 3 will indeed use an Online Pass system.

• DICE: Battlefield 3 will probably feature some kind of online pass

  Battlefield 3 is likely to feature some kind of online pass, the game’s executive producer Patrick Bach has confirmed to GamerZines.

• Rumour – Resistance 3 to require online pass

  An unverified pack shot image has surfaced suggesting Resistance 3 multiplayer will require a online pass.