Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
Electronic Arts Sending Beta Invites For Its Access Subscription Service
Announced this morning, the EA Access subscription service is exclusive to Xbox One. You can find full details about the program here. By subscribing, players will gain access to discounts, access to download games from a library of Electronic Arts titles, and the option (with caveats) to download and play new Electronic Arts releases up to five days early.
In an e-mail sent to Xbox One update preview members, Electronic Arts and Microsoft thanked preview members for their help, and detailed how to dive in and test the access program. Beta testers will have unlimited access to Madden NFL 25, FIFA 14, Peggle 2, and Battlefield 4. The other aspects of EA Access, like getting to play truncated versions of certain titles early, and assorted discounts, are also included in the beta. When the program moves out of beta, it will $29.99 to purchase a year subscription, or you can pay $4.99 per month.
If you are eligible to participate, check your e-mail, or sign onto your Xbox One and check your messages. It's there that players will be able to find a code to download the EA Access app.
Our Take
One of the nice things about Sony's comparable service, PlayStation Plus, is how diverse the collection of titles are every month from an assortment of different publishers and developers. Electronic Arts has impressive diversity in its library – more than most publishers – but I don't know if it will be able to justify the cost of subscribing. I'm curious to see how many and which titles, are available each month.
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
