EA has confirmed that they will be including an pass with 3 which is no great surprise.

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Alan Kertz, designer at DICE confirmed on his Twitter that the online pass would be included in mint versions of Battlefield 3.

The online pass system has now become a fixture in all of EA's new releases with only Partners titles like 2 and opting out of the programme.

Anyone who decides to wait to pick up second hand and ins not lucky enough to get a copy with an unused online pass will have to shell out around 8 GBP to play online.

Battlefield 3 is out on October the 28th on PC, and 360.

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By Ewan Aiton