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Cities: Skylines, Darksiders, Rime join EA's Origin Access

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EA has added another helping of non-EA games to its PC subscription service Origin Access, including popular construction sim Cities: Skylines and beautiful adventure puzzler Rime.

The well-received Darksiders: Warmastered Edition is also now included, as are indie games Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, Mad Games Tycoon, "action-explorer" Jotun, "chaotic side scroller" Ghost 1.0 and role-player Crashlands.

There's some delightful irony in Cities: Skylines now being part of EA's subscription offering - after the indie game bettered the publisher's own, much-maligned Sim City several years back.

It's not the first time EA has added non-EA games to Origin Access, although it's probably the best crop added yet. As before, these games are only for Origin Access on PC, and not Xbox One's EA Access.

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As ever, Origin Access costs £3.99 a month or £19.99 a year. Around 110 PC games are currently included in the subscription, with all major EA franchises present and correct. You also get the Play First trial and a 10 per cent discount on Origin games and expansions.