You Didn't Think Battlefield 3 Wouldn't Require the Online Pass, Did You_

DICE confirmed, via designer Alan Kertz on Twitter, that Battlefield 3 on Xbox 360 and PS3 would require [[link]] the one-use “Online Pass” code included free in retail copies, but costs $10 for those who have a copy of the game without a code—i.e. those who buy it used.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Multiplayer for all EA Sports games have been placed behind Online Pass access for more than a year now, and titles such as Dead Space 2 and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit have employed it recently. As EA is using Battlefield 3 to drive PC gamers to its new Origin service, we [[link]] should expect them to give the console version the Online Pass treatment. MCV notes that the last EA-published games not to employ Online Pass were Portal 2 and Crysis 2, but those were produced under the EA Partners label, meaning Online Pass was entirely Valve’s and Crytek’s option, respectively. No shock as Online Pass confirmed for Battlefield 3 [MCV] You can contact Owen Good, the author of this [[link]] post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.