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EA is finally ditching Online Passes so the three-year experiment clearly didn't work out quite as it had hoped, but how bad was it? "The amount of money that we made, it didn't replace the amount of frustration we put on our customers and it didn't offset the reputation damage it caused the company," EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has said at E3. Ah. So quite bad.

As is oh so hip, cool and trendy to do nowadays, Ninja Gaiden 3's publisher Tecmo Koei is locking its online multiplayer away behind a single-use code included with new copies. If you buy a used copy, you'll need to pay extra to cut up your pals.

Electronic Arts has told Shacknews its 'Online Pass' codes, which grant users access to the multiplayer components of select games, are not intended to expire.

Though EA has yet to respond to our inquires, the company did offer some explanation for expiring Online Passes in select titles available in stores.

Though Electronic Arts games regularly feature an "Online Pass" to activate multiplayer and other features, it would appear that the codes due have an expiration date.

EA's Online Pass scheme has brought in $10-15 million since it launched last year. It wrings money from used games sales by locking multiplayer off behind a single-use code included free with new copies or sold separately for $10.

Bethesda appears to be joining the throngs of publishers rushing to set aside specific content to gamers that decide to purchase new copies of games, beginning with Rage.

For the time being, NetherRealm Studios is waiving the required "Kombat Pass" for its new title Mortal Kombat on the PlayStation 3 as a temporary solution to the continuing PSN Store outage.

A tipster has shared an email with Shacknews stating that NetherRealm's upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot will include an one-use code to enable online...