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They started it and now they're ending it. First introduced in 2010 and originally intended to be exclusively for EA games, the online pass has grown into a quick and easy way for developers to make money from used titles. In an attempt to capitalize on the used market, EA introduced the online pass which forced players to pay up if they wished to have access to the online features of a game they'd bought second hand. Some weren't too happy with this new feature, particularly those strapped for cash and unable to buy a game brand new at full price.

Gran Turismo Creator Kazunori Yamauchi revealed today – at an event to celebrate 15 years of the 70-million-selling franchise- that the sixth entry in the series will be released in time for Christmas 2013. GT6 for Playstation 3 will see many improvements over GT5 (released in 2010). New tracks, more cars and an overhaul of features will make the already robust simulator the biggest Gran Turismo game ever. A new engine will improve game operation and the social and community…

Square Enix have today released a fresh batch of screens for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Showing off some beautiful landscapes, you can tell XIV is a Final Fantasy game regardless of its MMO-status. If nothing else comes of A Realm Reborn and it releases to another round of "meh," at least those who enjoyed the original release and are looking to continue supporting Square will have some nice things to look at.

EU PlayStation Plus members may be getting something a little more strategy-based over the coming months, maybe as soon as in the July content update. As an IP that’s spent quite a while out of the limelight, it would make sense to expose as many people to the XCOM franchise as possible before 2K start pushing The Bureau towards its August release date, and releasing Enemy Unknown through the Plus service would be a great way to accomplish that. It…

As usual the Playstation Plus content for June adds 5 free games to the Instant Game Collection. 3 for PS3 and 2 for PS Vita. Complaints about the lack of RPG games in the IGC seems to have gotten through to the people that matter and this month 2 RPGs are given for free to subscribers of the excellent service. Even though this is the June update much of the additions will get added on May 29th.

Dutch website PSX-Sense has recently received an anonymous tip which includes the teaser trailer for the PS4, persumably intended to be showcased at E3 next month. Within the 44 second trailer the PS4 is clearly shown from multiple angles. Sexy, sleak and extremely stylish as you’d expect from the Sony giant. As of yet nobody knows for sure if said video is real or fake although it does look to be very polished, professional and official. See below for screenshots…

On path to beating Bioshock Infinite for the amount of time it’s been in first place on the UK software charts, Dead Island: Riptide only needs to stay in first place next week for it to be the only game to last four weeks at the top in 2013. Bioshock Infinite itself has dropped down to number 6, with a lot of familiar faces filling the gaps between. Black Ops II, which had previously dropped out of the top ten,…

Every MGS fan knows you can't have a Metal Gear Solid without a good opening cinematic. It's a staple of the series just like the Bond opening minutes. Thankfully we can probably rest easy as the Unofficial Metal Gear Solid website recently reported that game director Hideo Kojima revealed he was...

The search giant is dipping its big toe into the world of mulitplayer gaming. The full suite of Google Play services was inadvertantly released by the Google Glass team alongside their new MyGlass app.

It took 6 years for developer Polyphony to build and release Gran Turismo 5 for the PS3. Released in November of 2010 the most recent addition to the popular racing franchise is now only in its 3rd year. So some may be surprised and excited to hear the sequel might come sooner than you think and (if rumours are true) it's coming to Sony's current console.