Fresh from announcing that its subscription service is coming to Steam, Electronic Arts is changing the name of the service as well. EA Access on PlayStation 4, Steam, and Xbox One, and Origin Access on PC, will be announced as EA Play starting Tuesday, August 18th.
OK. But why? “EA Play puts you at the center of the experience,” the company said Friday in a blog post. “Moving all the benefits to one brand is an important step in streamlining our services to ensure that being an EA Play member is the best way to play.”
If you had noticed in June, you might have noticed that EA Play, the publisher’s gala event during E3 week, was called EA Play Live. It will continue with that name going forward.
Earlier this week, EA announced that EA Access – sorry, EA Play – will launch on Steam later, as part of the publisher’s year-long reunification with Valve’s marketplace. The service is $ 4.99 per month or $ 29.99 per year. EA also offers the subscription through its Origin launcher and storefront, which includes a more expensive tier of service that includes non-EA games. That subscription will also be known as EA Play, with its top tier called EA Play Pro.
In addition to a library of more than 100 Electronic Arts titles to download and play, subscribers will receive a five-day trial of new games the weekend before they launch. They also get a 10% discount on everything they buy from EA – full games, DLC and expansions, like microtransactions.
