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Get EA Play with Xbox Game Pass for No Additional Cost

Xbox Wire: "When we created Xbox Game Pass, we did so with the vision of bringing you more great games to discover and play with your friends. Over the last three years, we’ve delivered on that vision by bringing more content to our 10 million members, and we’ve expanded the service to reach people wherever they play"

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Manic20141357d ago

That's a pretty big get for Gamepass.

Marquinho1357d ago

Having FIFA, Madden and NHL for "free" at some point in the year can be really big.

NeoGamer2321357d ago (Edited 1357d ago )

I have EA Play and it is not just the sports games. It also includes the regular EA games like PvZ, battlefield, NFS, star wars, titanfalls, and all bioware games.

I haven't bought a EA game in years now, but have played them all.

AngelicIceDiamond1357d ago

Great deal but there's no way in hell I'm playing Madden or any sports game. EA will have field day with microtransactions.

darthv721357d ago (Edited 1357d ago )

GPU is really turning into a real bang for the buck. I received an email from MS for being in the xcloud test program with this little bit of info: "Thanks to you, starting September 15 Project xCloud is graduating to Beta and will now be available for millions of players around the world, included as a part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription at no additional charge."

LordoftheCritics1357d ago

Ok that's a massive deal. I'll give them that.

crazyCoconuts1357d ago

And PC GamePass is still at it's introductory $5/month, and it includes EA as well... great value right now.

RazzerRedux1357d ago

Game Pass for PC just got a whole lot better. Exciting news.

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crazyCoconuts1356d ago

Darn, they just decided to stop the introductory price on PC. At $10/month it's not worth it imo

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roadkillers1357d ago

I'll read, but when does it drop on gamepass?

CYALTR1357d ago

It says "Holiday 2020" which I would read as November 10th, when the new consoles drop

CYALTR1357d ago

$4.99/month as of right now, unless PS offers some kind of deal. Doesn't seem likely right at this point, but probably will be something they will do down the road

rainslacker1357d ago (Edited 1357d ago )

So, maybe my math is wrong here, but isn't it still cheaper to get PSNow at the yearly rate, PS+ at the yearly rate, and pay the $4.99 a month for EA Play? Or at least an equivalent price? If you pay everything by the year, it seems that the PS combination comes in a bit cheaper by about $5-6.

Disregarding special promotional costs that may exist.

Edit: Forgot they raised the price of PS+, so it'd be about $5 more paying yearly for the various services. I don't care to figure the math for the monthly costs of these things because I don't think it's that important. My curiosity just got the better of me above.

Edit 2: So decided to do the math more, and seems that if you pay monthly, GPU is a better deal. If you pay yearly, and want all three, then you save about $30 on PS based on the yearly costs of the services.

Maybe I'm missing something though. Anyone feel free to correct me.

rainslacker1356d ago

Lots of disagrees, but no one is saying why my math is wrong.

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aragon1357d ago

I see you Xbox. You doing good but I still don’t like the series s . But good news

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slate911357d ago

Actually insane. Might push me over to get the pass for my computer.

phoenixwing1357d ago

I'd recommend it for outer worlds alone

MadLad1357d ago (Edited 1357d ago )

I went in early for PC. EA gets deserved flack, but that just added a lot of value to the service. Let's be real, they are A-holes, but they do have quality games to be had.

Getting their service tied into one I already had was pretty cool to hear.

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Summer Game Fest 2024 and games conference schedule: All conference dates, times and streams

A schedule for all of the currently announced game conferences in June 2024, including the Summer Game Fest 2024 date and times.

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Lightning7710h ago

For the first time in a long time I have a hard time feeling excited for these events. Maybe it's because of all these massive lay offs and closures there hasn't exactly been good news since the start of the year.

Maybe come next week I'll get a little more excited but I dunno I just can't get too excited right now

thorstein8h ago

Maybe it will be an indie showcase.

Cacabunga3h ago

Cancelling e3 and introducing some ridiculous events..
Times have changed.. to the worse

Lightning772h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Back then it was very exciting, great looking trailers, on stage live gameplay where yes things can and have went wrong but that's how we knew it was a real games being played instead of curated footage extra doctored up that didn't even represent the actual game half the time. Games would release 6 months to a year max not 3 years later.

I miss past E3's even the goofiness like Giant enemy crab or Riiiidge Raceeer. Xbox and Kinect glitching Nintendo's craziness. Again it was real, these days there so protective, clean, doctored sets, where nothing can absolutely go wrong. Too strict and professional with heavy PR babble with buzzwords that mean nothing. Being professional is not bad but when it's fake and corporate heavy where you're made to buy into the words rather than the game, that's how you know it's not real.

Now SFG is just sizzle reeling all the games at once. Plus past SGF events haven't been that great either. Maybe that's not Geoffs fault but the pubs and devs are simply never ready to show anything and have to wait. This gen we've been waiting and waiting for these games.

Plus lay offs as I Mentioned. I dunno Geoff needs to do what made E3 great back then, get funding support and do live stage gameplay he has the support and so why not? Pubs and devs need to do their own thing at the event again. No more doctored bull crap with PR diarrhea trying to sell the game show us with a controller in your hand instead of making empty promises.

Rant over.

Cacabunga1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Lightning

I will never forget the pre-e3 one year where Kojima was teasing MGS Rising.. and Peace Walker.

Such an incredible period where studios enjoyed what they were doing and teasing their work weeks before the event.

Nowadays is half baked games, cross gen titles, useless mid gen upgrades. There is no hype anymore.
Last great show I remember is the PS EXPERIENCE maybe 3 or 4 years ago in December

gleepot1h ago

Maybe it's because Keighley sucks and never puts on good showcases.

Lightning773m ago

They aren't geoffs games he's not makin it. Though you're half right, he has the stage and events and controls the pace, how the games are shown and presented. If I was him I would have devs have real gameplay with a stage like how E3 used to be.

No more of this curated pre done footage that we've had in the past 4 years.

Actually before that they've been doing that format for awhile. Cyber Punk being the biggest culprit of that format because you can easily deceive and lie to ppl.

Yeah Geoff is half to blame

isarai5h ago

Is it just me or is there little to no buzz or marketing leading up to this compared to previous SGF?

monkey6021h ago

Because they've been consistently boring for the last couple of years. Hard to get worked up for it now

bRuud832h ago

Where is Sony? Still no news about the next Playstation showcase.

VR22h ago

It'll be June sometimes no doubt, I'm guessing the Saturday 10th the day after Xbox showcase or maybe sometime the following week

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Boosteroid Plans On Adding More AAAA Titles Exclusively To The Service

The VP of Marketing at Boosteroid revealed that the company is in talks with major publishers to secure exclusive games on the service.

Relientk771d 16h ago

So they're adding Skull and Bones to their service? That doesn't seem exciting at all lol.

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The DevGAMM conference is returning to Lisbon (Portugal) on November 14th, 2024

"Following a great event in November of last year, DevGAMM Lisbon is coming back to the beautiful and sunny Cascais region to catch up with old friends, connect with game developers from around the world, hear from seasoned professionals, and have a great time all around." - DevGAMM.