EA has begun the process of eliminating Online Passes from its existing catalog of games. On the heels of news that it will not use Online Passes in future games , EA has now made Online Passes for the following games free or has removed them altogether:

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Battlefield 3

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Bulletstorm

Dead Space 2

Dead Space 3

Dragon Age 2

Dragon Age: Origins

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Mass Effect 2

Mass Effect 3

Medal of Honor

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

Need For Speed: The Run

Need For Speed: Shift 2

Skate 3

The Sims 3

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An EA representative provided the following statement about the change to IGN:

“As we discontinue Online Pass for our new EA titles, we are also in the process of eliminating it from all our existing EA titles as well. We heard the feedback from players and decided to do away with Online Pass altogether.

Players will see it first with some EA Sports titles, where a prompt to enter an Online Pass code will no longer appear in-game; with other titles we are simply making Online Passes available free of charge online.

These are rolling updates that are taking effect over the next several weeks. We hope players continue to enjoy our games and online services for a long time to come.”

In a new FAQ on its official site , EA explains that the changes will apply to both PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace.“We listened to the feedback from players, and decided to do away with Online Pass,” the site says. “We hope that eliminating Online Pass will allow more people to play and enjoy EA games for a long time to come.”

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