PSN and the Online Pass: What have we learned?
[Editor’s Note: Mortal Kombat no longer requires a Kombat Pass to play online over the PSN until the Playstation Store goes live again. Thanks to Miguel for pointing out the error.] The Playstation...
View ArticleCodemasters joins the Online Pass movement with ‘DiRT 3′
Here at the VGW office, we recently obtained our review copy of Codemasters’ rally racer DiRT 3 (spoiler: it’s fantastic) and discovered that the publisher has joined the Online Pass movement. Each new...
View ArticleUbisoft gives ‘Driver: San Francisco’ free online for those missing UPlay Passes
The concept of the “online pass,” where players who buy a game new are given a one-time use code to allow them to access the online portion of the game, is often a touchy one for gamers nowadays. What...
View ArticleCatwoman unlockable via ‘Batman: Arkham City’ VIP pass
Much has been made about Catwoman’s presence in the upcoming Batman: Arkham City. Confirmed as being a playable character, to balance out all that darned “goodness” of playing Batman, Warner Brothers...
View ArticleClarification on ‘Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning’ online pass DLC
38 Studios came under fire this week as it was revealed that their upcoming RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, will include an online pass for a quest-based DLC. While the game toted that the offering...
View ArticleEA shutting down servers for ‘EA MMA,’‘Burnout Revenge,’ and more
In a move that surely won’t help Electronic Arts’ argument for its use of the Online Pass system, which requires gamers that don’t buy the game new to pay an additional $10 to access the online...
View Article‘Ninja Gaiden 3′ online passes not working for players
If there’s anything that gets people more riled up about Online Passes, it’s them not working. Gamers and critics alike are taking to the internet to voice their complaints on being unable to access...
View ArticleTeam Ninja announces solution to ‘Ninja Gaiden 3′ Online Pass issues
After fans of the series (as well as several members of the media) tore open their launch-day copies of Ninja Gaiden 3, many were dismayed to find that the Online Pass, which had been bundled with the...
View ArticleVGW’s Top 10 Biggest Flops of the Generation
We’ve already discussed the best this generation had to offer, but what about the opposite end of the spectrum? What about the biggest flops that this generation brought the gaming community? You might...
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