Microsoft’s Game Pass for PC may be the best deal in gaming, and we’ve previously listed five reasons (go.pcworld.com/5res) to back that up. Now we can add a sixth: Even more games from EA Play are joining Xbox Game Pass for PC on December 15.
If you’re an Xbox owner, you already know what we’re talking about: Over 60 games from EA Play became available to Xbox owners on November 10, including sports titles like the latest Madden NFL 20, FIFA 19, UFC 2, and Fight Night Champion. Other titles included the Battlefield series, Mass Effect, and more. Now, at least some of them are coming to the PC, too. At press time, there were a whopping 229 titles available for you to play on Game Pass for PC—and that’s before EA adds the new titles.
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