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Dirt 3 Multiplayer Gets The Online Pass Treatment

Dirt 3 due out Tuesday, will also include a single-use code to enable online access – a growing trend, if not the new norm, in console games with heavy online components. The “VIP Pass” also comes with a set of five vehicles, and it’s free in retail copies. If you get a used copy of the game and the code doesn’t work, you’ll have to pay Codemasters to get one over Xbox Live or PSN. [MCV]

January 7, 2011
PlayStation

Homefront Will Require Online Pass, But Renters Can Still Try For Free

The occupied-America shooter Homefront will require THQ’s Online Pass – a one-use code that comes free in retail copies of the game – to access the game’s online multiplayer. But accommodations will be made for renters or used-copy purchasers.

September 25, 2010
News

Take-Two Mum On Plans To Get A Slice Of Used Sales

Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of 2K Games, 2K Sports and Rockstar Games, has told investors it’s working on a way to “participate” in the used-games market but was tight-lipped about what specifically it has in mind.

August 24, 2010
News

Sony Considers ‘Online Pass’ For MLB The Show

Sony’s European president said the company is “broadly supportive” of measures like EA Sports’ Online Pass – which enables online features through a one-use code free in retail copies – and is considering them for titles like MLB The Show.

August 21, 2010
News

THQ Raises Price Of Online Multiplayer Pass To $US10

In May, THQ put UFC Undisputed 2010′s online access behind a one-use code, included free in retail copies or $US5 sold online. The same now goes for WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011, and the code’s price raises to $US10.

May 27, 2010
News

UFC Online’s One-Use Code A Lesson In How Not To Do It

THQ’s decision to put UFC Undisputed 2010‘s multiplayer behind a “Project $US10″ one-use code was controversial enough. Its slapdash implementation in the game couldn’t make the publisher look worse.

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