Origin Access Premier is Launching Next Week

EA announced a new subscription service called Origin Access Premier during their EA Play 2018 presentation at this year’s E3. The new service will allow subscribers access to full games at launch or even a few days earlier. These include announced upcoming titles such as Madden NFL 19, FIFA 19, Battlefield 5 and Anthem.

EA has now revealed that Premier will become available starting July 30. CFO Blake Jorgensen made the announcement during an earning’s call to investors

From here on out, the existing Origin Access subscription will become the ‘Basic’ tier of the service. Pricing will remain the same for the Basic subscription, while Premier will be $14.99 monthly or $99.99 yearly (no Euro prices announced yet). Here’s how the new help article from EA’s website compares the Basic and Premier subscriptions:

Premier

• Full, unlimited access to our games, starting five days before they launch.
  • That’s right, no more limited-time trials. Play the full game starting five days before launch without purchasing it separately, until you cancel your Premier membership.
• 10% discount in the Origin Store on full games, pre-orders, expansions, FIFA points, and more.
• Access to The Vault, a library of games that keeps growing.

Basic

• The same 10% discount in the Origin Store on full games, pre-orders, expansions, FIFA points, and more.
• The chance to try out our new games for up to ten hours, starting five days before launch, with Play First Trials.
• Access to The Vault, a library of games that keeps growing.

Unfortunately, EA has discontinued the “On the House” portion of the service which gave away full games for free that users could keep in their library for life.