The EA Play subscription is now finally available to PC users who have an Xbox Game Pass membership, Microsoft has announced. The service allows Xbox Game Pass members access to a library of over 60 games including Need for Speed Heat, Battlefield V, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and others at no additional cost. EA Play will be available with Xbox Game Pass PC and Ultimate members using Windows 10. In addition, Microsoft has also shared that it brings Auto HDR feature to Windows. The company introduced this feature with the Xbox Series X / Series S in November last year.
The Xbox Game Pass Team shared via post on their website that EA Play will be available to Xbox Game Pass PC and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members starting Thursday at 2pm PT (2:30 am IST, Friday). EA Play offers more than 60 PC games like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Command, Titanfall 2, Need for Speed Hear, FIFA 20, Madden NFL, Battlefield franchise, and more. Xbox Game Pass members will also be able to play Star Wars: Squadrons on PC and tokens from day one.
Additional benefits of EA Play include monthly rewards. This month, they will receive Fantasy Gold Team MUT packs, N7 Weapon Charm for Apex Legends, and an EA Play Celebration Pack for Madden 21. They will also have access to exclusive member-only content, a special in-game challenge and rewards, as well as discounts on digital purchases from the EA Desktop app. Xbox Game Pass for PC costs Rs. 489 per month while Xbox Game Pass Ultimate costs Rs. 699 per month.
PC users need to download the EA app Desktop which is currently in beta and sign in with an EA account. Once logged in, you will be prompted to link your Xbox account and EA account. Once the process is complete, you will be able to download EA Play games to Windows.
Electronic Arts (EA) decided to rebrand EA Access and Origin Access as EA Play back in August last year. Then in September, it was announced that EA Play will join Xbox Game Pass for PC and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for free starting “the 2020 holidays.” With the launch of Xbox Series X / Series S consoles, EA Play has been added to Xbox Game Pass for consoles with the PC version that was said to be coming together on December 15. However, that did not happen as before expect and Microsoft later announced EA Play on Xbox Come Game Pass for PC in 2021. Now, finally, it is coming to PC today. Xbox Game Pass was released for PC in June 2019.
Additionally, through a post on the developer ‘s blog, Microsoft Program Manager Hannah Fisher shared that the company has released a preview of the Auto HDR feature for Windows Insider Program members. This feature was introduced with the Xbox Series X / Series S consoles in November 2020 and will allow the consoles to convert old standard dynamic range (SDR) titles to high dynamic range (HDR) on the iteig.
Auto HDR does not require developers to add HDR to their games
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The post reads, “When enabled on your HDR capable gaming PC, you will automatically receive HDR visual images on an additional 1000+ DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 games!” Of course, you will need a compatible HDR monitor to use this feature.
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