Nathan Drake’s next adven­ture will require a code to go the extra mile.

Sony’s España Software Manager Juan Jiménez has revealed that Uncharted 3 will require a one time code to unlock mul­ti­player fea­tures:

“Yes, we’ll con­tinue work­ing with the PSN Pass in order to make a defin­it­ive stand against pir­acy, which basic­ally means we can expect every import­ant Sony release to fea­ture the afore­men­tioned code.”

Online passes have been mak­ing their round lately with EA, Ubisoft, THQ, Bethesda, and (recently) Sony all releas­ing their own ver­sions of online passes. These passes are a dir­ect attack against the used gam­ing industry. See, used games sales don’t gen­er­ate rev­enue for the publisher/developer, which they don’t take too kindly towards. David Jaffe, David Cage, and other developers have been vocal oppon­ents against the industry.

So far, the online passes have only locked down the mul­ti­player. Bethesda is going the extra mile and is lock­ing out cer­tain single­player con­tent. Activision is also tak­ing their own jab with Call of Duty Elite; the first mon­et­ized mul­ti­player exper­i­ence. Sony just recently intro­duced the PSN Pass with the release of Resistance 3. Uncharted 3 will be the second Sony title to require the pass.

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will release November 1, 2011 exclus­ively on PS3. If you don’t buy the game new, then the PSN Pass will cost $10/£7.99.