38 Studios has clarified details regarding what the online pass included with Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning entails, and as it turns out, it’s actually DLC new buyers get for free before it’s released as paid content.
Newcomers get the DLC free
According to a statement handed to Joystiq (via Ripten), the House of Valor questline was isn’t locking anyone out, but “created as stand-alone content, and was always intended to be the first DLC.”
“Instead of holding onto it and charging for it later, we opted to give it to everyone who purchases the game new, for free, on launch day,” read the statement.
EA responded to the hoopla as well, stating it will be available to all new purchasers whether through retail or the digital versions purchasable through Steam and Origin.
The fact that it is being called an “online pass” instead of “bonus DLC” for new adopters, well, it’s no wonder so many were a tad upset over the situation, especially considering how online pass is a hot button issue with gamers at the moment. But, all is well in Amalur for now, it seems.
Schilling takes to GAF to apologize for demo
38 Studios founder Curt Schilling took to NeoGAF (via Ripten) to apologize to those who found the demo for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning a bit “buggy,” promising the forum’s users the sampling was not “representative of the final code or product.”
“Let me start by apologizing, he said. “The demo? Ya, ...
