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Xbox One] EA Access Free (for 5 days) For Xbox Live Gold Members (Jan 19th - 24th)

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Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Entertainment

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BuzzDuraband

14 Jan 16

Did you get a shiny new Xbox One this holiday? Or maybe you’ve already got one, but are itching for something new to play. Either way, EA Access has you covered. With EA Access, you get a lot of games for a little bit of money, and you're about to get a taste of what members can always enjoy in The Vault with EA Access Free Play Days*.

From January 19 – 24, all Xbox Live Gold members can play every game in the EA Access Vault, all for free. Take the streets with your crew in Battlefield Hardline. Feel the game in FIFA 15. Drive it like you stole it in Need For Speed™ Rivals. Lead the Inquisition in Dragon Age: Inquisition. Defend Crazy Dave’s tacos in Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare with your friends, and put your skills to the test in EA SPORTS™ UFC® career mode.

All of these games -- and more! -- in The Vault are yours to play, totally free. Just launch the EA Access Hub app, and play as much as you want until January 24.

Of course, this is just a taste of what EA Access has to offer. In addition to the growing collection of games in The Vault, members also get to play new EA games before they're released for a limited time, and enjoy a 10% discount on all EA digital purchases on Xbox One. And it's all just $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year.

If you love what you play during EA Access Free Play Days, sign up for EA Access and keep on gaming.

*LIMITED TIME TRIAL

Top comments

Houstieboy to anunemusperson

15 Jan 16 4 #35

Your sexual preference has nothing to do with this deal.

All comments (90)

BuzzDuraband

14 Jan 16 #1

Major Nelson has just recently Tweeted this. I assumed it could be a US thing only, but after a long (3 minute) search, I found it on the page above, which is the EA (GB) link.

mudstuff

14 Jan 16 2 #2

Thanks buzz, got a 12 month code but haven't redeemed yet. This'll be good for a little SW blast

chrisfloyd82

14 Jan 16 #3

Will 5 days be added on if you already have a current subscription for this do you think?

repouk to chrisfloyd82

14 Jan 16 1 #7

I doubt it greatly.

Tatwamasi to chrisfloyd82

14 Jan 16 #10

No, I don't think it will be.

nathan3007 to chrisfloyd82

14 Jan 16 #11

I think the 5 days is like a taster in the hopes you'll get a subscription, so I doubt it'll add it onto existing memberships.

mrmcdermot

14 Jan 16 #4

wonder when they'll announce a new addition to the vault?

BuzzDuraband to mrmcdermot

14 Jan 16 #6

There is only NHL 16, Fifa 16, Madden 16, NBA Live 16, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour, Need for Speed (doubtful) & Star Wars: Battlefront (highly doubtful) that can now enter the vault.

FIFA 16 was added in May of last year, so I think it could be a long wait until the next addition. Of course, that's my theory. I'm wrong 97% of the time.

IvoShandor123

14 Jan 16 1 #5

Thanks a lot mate as I would like to try Inquisition.

oUkTuRkEyIII

14 Jan 16 #8

NBA Jam could be added with the amount of times it has been on sale or one of the other EA BC games. (is there any?)

nathan3007

14 Jan 16 1 #9

I think skate 3 is gonna be BC at some point soon

jimmy2015

14 Jan 16 #12

Where's the cheapest place to get a 12month sub?

eayragt to jimmy2015

14 Jan 16 #14

EBay

DCFC79 to jimmy2015

14 Jan 16 1 #23

I got mine from 1 of the foreign Xbox stores, can't recall which 1 but I found out about it on the Star Wars battlefront offer on Hukd.

BubaMan to jimmy2015

15 Jan 16 1 #27

I can't find anything cheap on eBay atm but if you change your region to Romania, it works out at about £14.

steve23094

14 Jan 16 #13

So that would mean there is a 97% chance you're wrong about being wrong 97% of the time, no?

skik08

14 Jan 16 #15

Is this ever coming to PS4?

exhausted to skik08

14 Jan 16 #16

Doesn't look like Sony want it on there

Mac007 to skik08

14 Jan 16 #17

Never 3 years ago on ps3 we got games you would play now if you want to play them on ps4 you have to rent them

chrisfloyd82 to skik08

14 Jan 16 1 #18

I wouldn't worry there's nothing on there worth playing really apart from Battlefront which has a ten hour limit.

Lebdude

14 Jan 16 1 #19

it muddys the market which is probably why Sony don't want it.

It launched strong but Now it's value is questionable. Dragon Age and need for speed you can Pick up to keep forever for About £10 each

Last years sports games are practically worthless at about 4 quid a pop second hand and most people don't want.

There's nothing on the horizon too so it's probably a bad time to sign up hence the free weekend to try and get a few more sign ups.

WalkerboyUK to Lebdude

15 Jan 16 #30

It will take you 5 days just to download the games...

By April/May all the sports games will be updated to the 2016 versions. Saying that, they've made the control system on NBA & Madden a little too complex for my liking.

I've got 2 weeks left on my 1 month subscription.
£20 for a year isn't bad, but at the same time, with the backwards compatibility and free Games with Gold, I'm not sure I'll dip into the vault games enough over a year, seeing as I really only use my console for a couple of hours per week.

Just looking on ebay for a cheaper 12 month. There's nothing.
In fact, the only thing I could find was one for £29.99
Why would anyone pay that on ebay when you can get it direct from EA/MS for £20???

WalkerboyUK to Lebdude

15 Jan 16 #37

Prices from CEX:

Battlefield 4 - £20
Battlefield Hardline - £18
UFC - £20
NBA Live 15 - £15
NHL 15 - £15
FIFA 15 - £5
Plants v Zombies: Garden Warfare - £25
Madden 15 - £15
Dragonage Inquisition - £15
Need for Speed Rivals - £18

That's £166 in total, or 8 years of EA Access subscription, where they will inevitably add the 16 versions of Fifa etc at some point, and you get Beta access to new games ahead of launch, plus 10 hours of play time on new titles.

It's a no brainer, unless you like just throwing money away.

reckoning to Lebdude

15 Jan 16 1 #39

I found it perfect for things I wasn't sure on, Titanfall for example. £3.99, played it a week, decided it wasn't for me.. I'd have hated to have paid £10-15 even and had to sell/mess around.

It was also brilliant for trying out Need for Speed (newest one) and Battlefront, full game 10 hour trials, saved myself £40-50 on Need for Speed as again it wasn't for me, and bought Battlefront on PS4.

MEDICGUY

14 Jan 16 1 #20

Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare is worth it alone!

Coth

14 Jan 16 1 #21

It's decent. Battlefield games are there. I'm quite enjoying titan fall all the maps and season pass are included. Great laugh with some mates.

gemvis

14 Jan 16 #22

Personally for £20 for 12 months you cant go wrong even cheaper if you look around possibly ebay i recall paying £12 just before xmas but the point is you pay £20 for right now 14 full games not to mention the 10 hour trial of battlefront etc also anything that might get added surely is a no brainer even if like me who hates sports games its still worthwhile.

johnwillowlfc

14 Jan 16 1 #24

Nice one buzz, I already have EA access but a great deal for people to try it if they are in 2 minds :smiley:

MarkT1967

14 Jan 16 #25

Looking forward to trying this, got my revalout card today so on the lookout for a decent live deal as well! Thanks op

Sizzlestick

15 Jan 16 #26

I'll have money on there servers crashing please.

BubaMan

15 Jan 16 1 #28

Yawn, yawn, yawn, yawn, meh, meh, got :disappointed:
I think I'd prefer another odditly like PvZ GW tbh.

Heat for the deal BTW... EA Access is well worth the money for the Battlefield games, Titanfall, DA:I and pre-release trials (and even better if you're into sports games).
This trial should secure quite a few new subs :smiley:

LonelyDuvet

15 Jan 16 #29

very true

spanjones

15 Jan 16 #31

Best game in the vault is Peggle 2.

davej1710

15 Jan 16 #32

**** Stupid question alert! Be warned! ****
I know it says xbox one EA access all over the listing, but as its Xbox live Gold/ EA Access related, is this available for the 360 aswell or are these definitely xbox one games/ access only?
Is there a similar EA promo equivalent for the 360?

anunemusperson

15 Jan 16 #33

Not to be a bummer, but shouldn't this be in the freebies section?

BuzzDuraband to anunemusperson

15 Jan 16 1 #34

Well no, Xbox Live isn't free. If it was in Freebies they'd be stating it should be in deals.

Houstieboy to anunemusperson

15 Jan 16 4 #35

Your sexual preference has nothing to do with this deal.

WalkerboyUK

15 Jan 16 #36

EA Access is only available on the Xbox One.

NSA

15 Jan 16 #38

Thanks for the post. I might give this a try...

Fingers crossed the guy on Ebay releases the 12 month subs again for £12...

BlockEight

15 Jan 16 #40

lol

chrisfloyd82

15 Jan 16 #41

PlayStation users got that free back in December 2014

davej1710

15 Jan 16 #42

Ah, OK, thanks.

Sorry, I'm just a numpty dad trying to see if I can get my kid free access to any 360 related stuff.

Anyone know any equivalent / similar places running free/ promos/ access for the 360 please?

WalkerboyUK

15 Jan 16 #43

You mean PS Plus subscribers.... so not "free"
And it's been available on EA Access since October 2014

PsillyPseudonym

15 Jan 16 #44

Thanks for this. Only problem is, with my internet connection, by the time I've downloaded everything I want to try, the trial will be over!

BuzzDuraband

15 Jan 16 #45

No. It was nothing to do with PlayStation Plus. EA gave one game away for each format to PlayStation owners. Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (PS4), Need for Speed: Most Wanted (PS Vita) and Mirror's Edge (PS3) last December during the PlayStation Experience conference.

So yes, they were free :smiley:

adv

15 Jan 16 #46

Then just buy it on it's own :P

WalkerboyUK

15 Jan 16 #47

Fair enough...
Though £20 for 14 games for the year works out at £1.42 so not really too much difference to it being free.

Personally I'm no fan of PvZ anyway.

sdutton007

15 Jan 16 #48

A few of them did, yes. Unfortunately it was only free for less than a day!

chrisfloyd82

15 Jan 16 1 #49

Wrong pal check your facts

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/get-plants-vs-zombies-garden-warfare-for-free-on-p/1100-6424035/

That's definitely FREE

smegg

15 Jan 16 #50

Thanks op

WalkerboyUK

15 Jan 16 #51

And as the poster above you pointed out - it was only available for one day, so if you didn't have a PS4 on that day you didn't get it.

Illusionary

15 Jan 16 #52

Not quite - there's no need to own the console in question to redeem from the web store.

chrisfloyd82

15 Jan 16 #53

Ooooooooooooo

versusuk

16 Jan 16 #54

In the picture they added the said free games with pga tour on it so I expect that to be free soon

fcmalloy

19 Jan 16 #55

Not working yet! :disappointed:

ScarboroughPeel

19 Jan 16 #56

Just checked EA Access Facebook page and it says that the trial starts at 11am PDT which when I checked is 7pm GMT. Not sure if it will start at 11am GMT in the UK though.

Here is the quote from Facebook....

"EA Access: All Xbox Live Gold members can play the games in The Vault. If you have a Gold membership, you're in! EA Access Free Play Days begins at 11am PDT on January 19, so try again tomorrow, and let us know if you still have issues."

stelol

19 Jan 16 #57

Battlefront is getting downloaded at 7pm tonight then :smile:

WalkerboyUK to stelol

19 Jan 16 #59

Only if you have a paid account!
This offer is only giving access to the titles that are in the "Vault", not the trials of the newer titles.

11am PDT is 7pm UK, so you won't have access to it yet.

Like I said earlier in the thread, due to game size, and the fact you need to download in order to play, this is a pointless offer as you'll be downloading for 5 days!

peter6bee

19 Jan 16 #58

has anyone been able to get this yet? I'm seeing no free play and I'm signed into my Gold Account

PsillyPseudonym

19 Jan 16 #60

Exactly! Hardline will take me 7 hours to download and that's assuming my ISP is giving me my max speed continuously.

MarkT1967

19 Jan 16 #61

Anyone got it working yet? I can't get anything to work!

PsillyPseudonym to MarkT1967

19 Jan 16 #62

Going by the previous posts, it won't start till 7pm UK time.

littlebitsofgaming

19 Jan 16 #63

Anybody actually got this working yet?

Got the app installed but can't play any of the games. It just keeps sending me to the subscription screen asking me to pay.

I have linked my EA account and everything, but no free EA access at all.

Illusionary to littlebitsofgaming

19 Jan 16 #64

Wait until the promotion becomes active this evening and it should be fine. :stuck_out_tongue: That appears to be from (approximately) 7pm GMT.

stelol to littlebitsofgaming

19 Jan 16 1 #65

Can no one read previous posts or something???

IT STARTS AT 7PM TONIIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stelol

19 Jan 16 1 #66

Oh that sucks then, Battlefield Hardline it is :smile:

PsillyPseudonym

19 Jan 16 #67

I thought it was live a bit early but when I select Free Play Days, it still asks for me to sign up.

UPDATE

You can ignore the Sign Up, just navigate to the Vault and the games will be un locked.

ScarboroughPeel

19 Jan 16 #68

Working now, current downloading Zombies. Looks like the trials don't work though such as Star Wars...bummer

cottontop74

20 Jan 16 #69

What a load of rubbish....I'm on standard fibre (40mb) and after starting the xbox at 7pm had already started playing Need for Speed Rivals and Garden Warfare....

WalkerboyUK

20 Jan 16 #70

Fine if you've got unlimited fibre then.... But a lot of people (myself included) are on standard broadband.
NFS & PvZ were also only at most 15Gb.
Battlefield Hardline and DragonAge are 46Gb.

PsillyPseudonym

20 Jan 16 #71

Exactly. My Internet connection is unlimited but nowhere near 40mb. Hardline took literally about 8 hours to download.

Bold_Seagull

20 Jan 16 #72

Anyone help?

My son has a 1 month trial Xbox Live Gold pass that expires on 05.02.16.
When we go through the EA Hub, click install from the Vault, we get taken to the Xbox page where we need to buy the game to install? Is this because we have a trial Gold membership, or are we doing something wrong?

PsillyPseudonym to Bold_Seagull

20 Jan 16 #73

Yeah, things like this don't work with a Gold Trial. Just like how you can't download Games with Gold with a trial.

Bold_Seagull

20 Jan 16 #74

We have downloaded Games with Gold on this trial. Just installed Zhero which is the latest Gold game to download.

PsillyPseudonym

20 Jan 16 #75

My mistake. It's the 14 day (or less) trial that you can't download Gold games with. Maybe you can try doing an online chat on the Xbox website to see what the issue is.

Bold_Seagull

20 Jan 16 #76

Just had one...it's because my son is 9, for EA Access he needs to be 13. Not sure if I can associate his remaining Gold to my account to gain access...going to try...

MS won't transfer his Gold (I figured), so I've edited his DOB in his MS profile to see if that works.

Going to be a lot of under 13's with Gold who are going to be scratching their heads as to why they can't access the vault and games in there suitable to their age. The 13+ should be larger print somewhere on the EA Access page.

WalkerboyUK

21 Jan 16 #77

That's because 13+is the Government imposed stipulation for online activities, to help prevent paedo's, grooming etc.
The terms and conditions for Facebook & Twitter state that you need to be 13.

Mind you, there's plenty of parents out there who couldn't give a toss what their kids are up to and accessing, which is why they are oblivious to the terms and conditions.

Bold_Seagull

21 Jan 16 #78

Not sure if you're having a vague dig or not there....his Xbox settings are controlled by me, and I set all the content he can view and see, who he can interact with etc. BUT I was able to use his Xbox account to sign up for a 1 Month Gold Trial (despite his age), the offer wasn't available to me as I'd previously had Gold on my account. So Xbox Live doesn't need you to be 13 but EA Hub does - obviously not enshrined in law as such.

theboyofwar

21 Jan 16 #79

Do you have to buy a month first as mine is saying it has unlocked the vault but then it's asking me for £3.99 before I can play?.

PsillyPseudonym to theboyofwar

21 Jan 16 #83

As I wrote before, you can ignore the Sign up button / message. Just navigate directly through to the Vault and you can install the games from there.

WalkerboyUK

21 Jan 16 #80

Not having a dig at you at all.
I have a 10 yr old and I also control all he has access to. When I got my Xbox One I wanted to link his Gold account and, because it was set up with his age, I had to also do some "fudging".
Just seems that a lot of parents are unaware regarding the 13+ online thing, and then wonder why there are issues.

paulaberdeen

21 Jan 16 #81

I have xbox gold yet how do you get on without subscribing?

buba2006

21 Jan 16 #82

I tried to get access to the free trial for my son to try out but its wanting you to sign up. is there a way around this?

Bold_Seagull to buba2006

22 Jan 16 #86

From the EA Hub, you click The Vault, click the game and choose Install, and it should take you to the Xbox store page where if you have a paid version of Gold, and the holder of the Gold is 13+, the install button of the game will appear pink and not have a charge - you can install it and play. You don't need to click the sign up, or join buttons.

Trial versions of Gold, and holders of Gold under the age of 13 won't be able to access this deal.

chezybezy

22 Jan 16 #84

Has anyone got the free trials to work, the 10 hour one's?

Bold_Seagull to chezybezy

22 Jan 16 #85

No, the Trial versions of Gold don't appear to work. There is a T&C about trials not working on external deals like this EA one.

J400uk

23 Jan 16 #87

Bit weird it needs Gold, as previously you could buy EA Access independently on its own without needing Gold

chezybezy

25 Jan 16 #88

Game trials (demo), not gold trials. Sorry for the confusion