EA Play: Star Wars Squadrons, NFL 21 and NHL 21 join the service

EA Play: Star Wars Squadrons, NFL 21 and NHL 21 join the service

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In the coming months, users of Electronic Arts' EA Play service will have access to three new games: Star Wars Squadrons, Madden NFL 21 and NHL 21, arriving between March and April.

The first ad added to the catalog will be NFL 21, scheduled for March 2. Also during the next month, although at the moment without a precise date, the last game dedicated to Star Wars will also arrive (to learn more here is our review of Star Wars Squadrons), which made its debut on the market last October. It's up to NHL 21 to close the dance, when it debuts on EA Play in April on an unspecified day.

In addition, starting March 26, Pro subscribers will also be able to play It Takes Two, the new co-op title from Josef Fares, former author of A Way Out.

In addition to the new titles coming, EA Play members will also have access to some rewards for specific games in the following days:

March 2: 3 Team Fantasy Gold Packs for Madden NFL 21 MUT (will be 6 packs for Pro subscribers) March 8: N7 Weapon Charm for Apex Legends March 26: XP Boost for FUT Season 5 for FIFA 21 Subscribers have recently doubled after the agreement between EA and Microsoft that put the EA Play catalog in the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Another sign of the great success achieved by the subscription service created by EA.






Star Wars: Squadrons and NHL 21 to join Xbox Game Pass and EA Play soon

EA has announced that Star Wars: Squadrons and NHL 21 will be coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play soon.According to the EA, Star Wars: Squadrons will be joining Game Pass and EA Play in March, while NHL 21 will be added to both rosters in April. Unfortunately, EA hasn't given specific dates for when these games will come to the subscription services.

In Star Wars: Squadrons, you play as both a Galactic Empire and New Republic pilot in a campaign that sees you engage in epic first-person dogfights across the galaxy. The game's story is set not long after the Battle of Endor and the Death Star's destruction, with the narrative alternating between the two pilots. There are also a couple of multiplayer modes: Dogfight, which is basically a 5v5 team deathmatch, and Fleet Battles which gives each team a capital ship they must attack and destroy. Star Wars: Squadrons has been received well by the TA crowd and sits with a 3.82/5 community rating.


EA also recently announced that Madden NFL 21 would join EA Play and Xbox Game Pass next week.