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EA introduces one-time-use 'Online Pass' for sports games
EA just announced the next step of its "Project Ten Dollar" initiative, one that's likely to affect a lot of people much more deeply than the allure of some extra DLC. Starting with Tiger Woods PGA...
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'Online Pass' specific to EA Sports, 'no announcement' on Medal of Honor
Listen, we get it. You're a "pre-owned" type of game buyer. To us, and your online comrades, we're equals in the game owning world. To EA, well, you're sucking its server's bandwidth. Defending EA...
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Analysts discuss impact of EA Sports Online Pass
Over at IndustryGamers, several analysts have chimed in on EA's latest assault on used game sales: The EA Sports Online Pass. The pass will offer players access to online features -- up to and...
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LGJ: EA Online Pass a Ticket to FTCville?
Filed under: FeaturesMark Methenitis contributes Law of the Game on Joystiq ("LGJ"), a column on legal issues as they relate to video games: By now, I'm sure everyone has seen the copious discussions...
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EA's Ramsdale: Project Ten Dollar 'not a defensive measure against pre-owned...
Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture An MCV interview with Electronic Arts UK General Manager Keith Ramsdale took a turn for the Munchausen fantastical when the executive claimed...
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EA Sports Online Pass redeemed by 60% of users, says EA
Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture During EA's Q1 financial conference call, COO John Schappert discussed the success of the company's "Online Pass" initiative. According to...
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EA hasn't seen 'significant' backlash to Online Pass
Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture Though comments on our posts regarding EA Sports' Online Pass program haven't been the sunniest reading material to pore over, Electronic Arts...
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PSA: Dead Space 2 DLC workaround for non-Gold members
If you're an Xbox Live "free" member ready to "strategically dismember" bits of EA because you can't redeem the DLC included in the Dead Space 2 "Collector's Edition", just go ahead and put away the...
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Battlefield 3 'probably' shipping with online pass
The confusion regarding EA's plans for Battlefield 3's multiplayer access is palpable. GamerZines reports that Battlefield 3 Executive Producer Patrick Bach stated in an interview last week that the...
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EA has made $10 - $15 million off Online Pass
You may know EA as simply a company that creates and publishes games, but we're pretty sure the company is full of wizards. How else can you explain conjuring up between $10 and $15 million dollars?...
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EA: Online Pass can expire for new-game purchases, but it shouldn't
A NeoGAF member posited that his new copy of EA's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit contained an Online Pass that was expired, blocking him from accessing online content -- others on the forum came forward...
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning locks out questline via online pass [update: 38...
It looks like the House of Valor faction in Amalur's various kingdoms will be joining Catwoman in the limbo-like world of online passes. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning's House of Valor faction...
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38 Studios head Curt Schilling elaborates on Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning...
Yesterday, we reported that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will make use of EA's Online Pass system, and that used copies of the game will not include access to a specific quest line, similar to...
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SSX to feature online pass
In today's least surprising headline, it appears that the upcoming SSX will use an online pass. In an SSX video posted by Giant Bomb, an option to acquire an online pass can be seen clearly in one of...
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SSX online pass doesn't lock out multiplayer
The online pass for SSX will not lock players out of multiplayer competition. Instead, it is used to lock players out of obtaining in-game credits used to unlock content.EA tells Game Informer that...
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No online pass for Fuse, demo 'closer to release'
Insomniac Games will present a demo prior to Fuse's launch on May 28, for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 players, the developer has confirmed in an online FAQ. Fuse will support split-screen and...
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EA puts an end to its Online Pass program
EA has announced it will discontinue its Online Pass program. "Yes, we're discontinuing Online Pass," EA's senior director of corporate communications John Reseburg told GamesBeat in an e-mail. "None...
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EA eliminating Online Pass on existing games
As EA discontinues its Online Pass system for future games, existing passes are also getting the axe, making some content and even full games free, first on Xbox 360. Over the coming weeks, EA will...
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EA: Online Pass staying dead after PS4 reveal, program's expiration not tied...
"It's dead, it's dead, it's deep-sixed, it's at the bottom of the Mariana Trench," Electronic Arts' President of EA Labels Frank Gibeau stated plainly yesterday about the company's Online Pass program...
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Ubisoft announces five new MMOs "in development"
EA recently announced their controversial Online Pass program, a business model that looked pretty appealing to Ubisoft. CEO Yves Guillemot says that they are "looking very carefully at what EA is...
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