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Want to Play Battlefield Hardline Five Days Early? Here's How

EA Access members on Xbox One can play the game for 10 hours starting March 12.

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Following some initial reports, developer Visceral Games on Wednesday officially announced that EA Access members on Xbox One will get to play Battlefield Hardline on March 12, a full five days before the game launches to the public on March 17.

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Starting on March 12, anyone with an EA Access membership ($5/month or $30/year) can play Hardline for 10 hours. The version of Hardline available through EA Access the full version (with one caveat), meaning you can play single-player and multiplayer.

Multiplayer is fully unlocked, and all your progress will carry forward to the full game. However, for single-player, only Hardline's prologue and first chapter will be available to play during the pre-release period. But like multiplayer, your progress will move with you to the full game, meaning you won't need to replay those chapters.

EA Access members also save 10 percent on all EA digital content, meaning they'll be able to buy Hardline for around $54 instead of $60.

In other EA Access news, Electronic Arts this week added NBA Live 15 to the service's growing library of free games.

Currently, EA Access is available only on Xbox One. Sony initially said EA Access did not offer a strong enough value for PlayStation 4 owners, though the company has since explained that it the service could one day show up on PS4 if certain business requirements are met.

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Ill play it when the game comes out because thats how long the download will probably take

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I really hope this game tanks (its not going to have tanks) just give me SW:BF and hope EA and Dice dont mess it up.

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Huh? I play month earlier for free.

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i own both system and i'm glad SONY has standards; and told EA if you want it to be on our system you better step your game up and "EA service could one day show up on PS4<< LINK REMOVED >>."

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Standards as in ps now, ps vita and or ps tv?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> lol

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Every time I see that thumbnail pic, I think it's Duke Nukem at first... then I get disappointed.

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Reminds me of FPS Doug.

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Classic EA strategy: make everybody feel not valued unless they pay for all their DLC/services.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> It's just a perk of the subscription. I would love to have EA Access because it's pretty cool (minus their hard on for crappy sports games). If it weren't for most of the offered games being the lowest quality versions out there comparatively to PS4/PC though....

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Such a waste of oxygen.

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They're much better though, at least compared to PS4. It's been proven when you focus your entire programming around resolution the rest of the game tends to suck.

PC does seem to afford it all though.

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Gives me enough time to beat the single player campaign!!! And focus on Multiplayer when it releases ;)

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<< LINK REMOVED >> "Multiplayer is fully unlocked, and all your progress will carry forward to the full game. However, for single-player, only Hardline's prologue and first chapter will be available to play during the pre-release period."

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Well shit, lol oh well

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Why do I feel like the last beta was just a trick. It seemed to run well and be fairly balanced. I could get kills with any weapon with no problem. Its gotta be a trick. No way the launch goes that well.

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Pay for the privilege of extended beta testing XD


...although I'm sure that stage will last well past launch.

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10 hours? I can beat The Order twice...

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Wookies are dumb and aggressive beasts. Get nervous for nothing ...

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> That's just not healthy

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Already finish it, now I'm waiting for everyone else to get theirs so we can team up online.

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Already a member cant wait for march 12

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Never :)

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"Want to Play Battlefield Hardline Five Days Early"

You'd have to be a pretty sick masochist to want that after the infamous BF4 launch... and that's coming from someone who loves the BF series.

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No i don't. Game is an overpriced POS.

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Elaborate

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EA is soooooo generous.

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I'd rather wait and play it in HD...

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Are you that stupid that you dont know what EA access is?You dont stream the damn game you download it..Wow just when you think people cant go no dumber.I'm gonna take a guess and say your a sony fan

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> It will be 720p on Xbox One oh brilliant one. I plan to play it on PC at 1440p our holy savior jesus of the Xbox One cult. Who said anything about streaming you mor0n?

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