Electronic Arts has had a brilliant system for trying out its games for several years in the form of EA Access, a cheapish subscription that is finally coming to Steam. Until it arrives, EA’s expansion and return to Steam will kick off with a baker’s dozen of games that includes Dragon Age Inquisition and serene indie darling Sea of Solitude, as the publisher is finally ready to sell games on the biggest digital distribution platform once again.
The games will of course come with their own DLC and some chunky discounts to kick off the fresh arrivals. Here’s the full list of what’s on the way, via VG247:
- Burnout Paradise Remastered
- Crysis 3
- Dragon Age 2
- Dragon Age Inquisition
- Fe
- Mirror’s Edge Catalyst
- Need for Speed
- Need for Speed Heat
- Need for Speed Rivals
- Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
- Sea of Solitude
- Unravel
- Unravel 2
The aforementioned discounts will until July 9, with EA confirming cross-service play between Steam and EA Origin players. As usual, the pricing for EA Access on Steam will run you a bill of $4..9 a month or $29.99 for a year once it is live. Not bad, but adoption of EA Access will most likely be a slow one, due to the catalogue still missing a few heavy hitters (gimme some Mass Effect and Command & Conquer yo!) and people’s wallets being lighter than an anorexic feather due to everything being part of a subscription service lately.
Still, if you’d like to have EAccess to those games without having to drop some cash on them, maybe waiting for the service to launch isn’t such a bad idea.
Last Updated: June 5, 2020
SagatatiaRZA
June 5, 2020 at 07:59
Yisssss…. Down with Origin!
Lu
June 5, 2020 at 08:48
YEEEEAS!
Been hankering for inquisition for a while now.
You probably won’t be able to port games you own on Origin over to Steam though?
Cos if I buy Mass Erect on Steam, I will have bough the trilogy 3 times over. Not that I overly mind mind you. Especially if I can get the DLC at discount.
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 5, 2020 at 09:55
That’s an unexpected, yet welcome, move from EA. That was one of my main reasons behind not buying their games, out of sight out of mind made it pretty easy too.
Original Heretic
June 5, 2020 at 07:46
Many people’s wallets are lighter because they simply have been unable to work.
It’s so freakin’ sad trying to help people who have had to close their businesses down due to this damn lockdown.
Yet bloody Bezos has raked the cash in.
The rich get richer…
HairyEwok
June 5, 2020 at 08:34
Well they did place a newer brand spanking title on Steam as well…. Beloved CnC Remaster.
Also what price is $4..9? It’s EA so should we guess the numbers inbetween the numbers.