EA Access is free this week - meaning 14 free games

Missed any of EA's offerings over the last couple of years? You may be in luck. The Xbox One-only subscription service, EA Access is going free this week - from 19-24 January - giving you access to 14 full games. As long as you're an Xbox Live Gold member, you'll get access to the following:

  • Dragon Age: Inquisition
  • Battlefield Hardline
  • Battlefield 4
  • EA Sports UFC
  • Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare
  • Peggle 2
  • Titanfall
  • Need for Speed Rivals
  • FIFA 15
  • NBA Live 15
  • NHL 15
  • Madden NFL 15
  • FIFA 14
  • Madden NFL 25 (2014)

Apart from anything else, if you're looking to buy any EA game digitally this week, just signing up to Access gives you a 10% discount. After that period, the service costs £3.99/$4.99 per month or £19.99/$29.99 for a year.

EA really wants to tempt you into paying up by offering exclusive early 10-hour trials of its new games - Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, Unravel, EA Sports UFC 2, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst have already been confirmed for the taster treatment.

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Joe Skrebels
Joe first fell in love with games when a copy of The Lion King on SNES became his stepfather in 1994. When the cartridge left his mother in 2001, he turned to his priest - a limited edition crystal Xbox - for guidance. And now he's here.
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