DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 31pcworld.com/prxc). More titles are coming
to this service, Microsoft said: Dragon Age:
Inquisition, Madden NFL 20, Mass Effect:
Andromeda, and The Sims 4, among others.
If we’re skeptical of anything in Microsoft’s
new announcement, it’s that Spurr didn’t use
the word “all” to describe the titles coming to
Game Pass for PC. But, honestly, $10 per
month for Game Pass for PC, or $15 per month
for Game Pass Ultimate, is still a fantastic deal.
Even if you have taken advantage of Microsoft’s
“trick” for buying three years’ worth of Ultimate
for just peanuts (go.pcworld.com/pent), you
can simply sign up for Microsoft Rewards and
start using it to pay for Game Pass for PC
forever (go.pcworld.com/mswr).December 15, Xbox Game
Pass Ultimate and Xbox
Game Pass for PC members
will be able to download
and play games from the
EA Play library on Windows
10 PCs via the EA Desktop
app currently in beta!”
said Megan Spurr, the
community manager for
Xbox Game Pass, in a
blog post (go.pcworld.
com/mgsp).
Microsoft has tried to
make sure that owners of its
new Xbox Series X (go.
pcworld.com/mxsx) and
Series S consoles have
reason to cheer. Though the console’s launch
lacks some of the high-profile AAA titles that
gamers may have hoped for (sorry, Cyberpunk
[go.pcworld.com/cybe]), Microsoft has done
its usual fantastic job of establishing the
console as a platform. Virtually its entire
catalog can take advantage of its fantastic
Quick Resume feature to quickly get you back
in games, and most of its library dating back
to the original Xbox is playable on the new
console. The new additions to Game Pass for
PC ensure that PC gamers don’t feel left out.
If that’s not enough, remember that Game
Pass Ultimate brings with it the ability to play
games via Microsoft’s cloud gaming service,
formerly known as Project xCloud (go.
If there’s a catch, it’s that the new games won’t be accessible from the
Xbox Game Pass app for PC, shown here, but from a new EA Desktop
app that’s currently in closed beta.