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EA Play Box Twelve-Month Pass is a subscription service offered to the owners of some Xbox consoles (Xbox One and Xbox X/S), some PlayStation consoles (PS4 and PS5) and PC gamers. PC players can access the service through the Origin link on the EA site or through their (free) Steam account. About For your annual fee, you will have full access to hundreds, if not thousands, of games from EA’s back catalogue. This alone is worth the price of the subscription, and taking out a year long member is possibly the minimum you need just to discover what games you like, let alone begin to rack up a good score. But this is not your only benefit. Members, regardless of their subscription level have access to members-only content, which includes free points-packs, access to DLC, early pre-release access to some games, and eight or ten free hours of play on the latest releases. This is not a test game, it is the actual game, so your progress will be saved, even if you do not pay for the game on its release – it will be waiting for you when the game hits the back catalogue. Just as your game progress will be waiting for you, even if you can’t access the game in between the free period and the game making The List (as the back catalogue is known), any DLC you score during your subscription period remains yours afterwards. The modest fee, teamed with the huge array of games that you can access, means that you will not regret splurging on the full year package! The Nitty Gritty While you can opt for a monthly subscription – this is ideal for those who cannot afford to pay for a full year in one go - taking the service for a year gives you a cheaper monthly price once it is averaged out. Should you need to cancel at any point, you can change the setting so that the payment is not automati