Electronic Arts is preparing to remove nine games from the EA Play Pro catalog on December 10, including FTL: Faster Than Light and several titles that have been available through the service for more than eight years. While EA’s on-demand content catalog is leaving them behind, all of the departing titles will remain available through many other channels.
EA Play Pro is the publisher’s premium PC gaming subscription, with its catalog officially called the Play Pro List. Formerly called Origin Access Premier before a 2020 rebranding, the service includes access to premium editions of select EA releases as well as a broader library of third-party and older titles.
EA Play Pro Confirms Big Removal Wave for mid-December 2026
According to an early November refresh of EA’s official service updates pages, December 10 will see its content catalog leave behind nine games: AO Tennis 2, FTL: Faster Than Light, Into the Breach, Cosmic Star Heroine, Dungeons 3, Halcyon 6, Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus, Project Highrise, and Sudden Strike 4. The batch consists almost entirely of titles that entered EA’s PC subscription ecosystem between 2018 and 2020, back when the service was still known as Origin Access. One wrinkle concerns AO Tennis: EA’s current notice lists the game under that name, while historical Origin Access records indicate that AO Tennis 2 is the title that is currently available through the service, having originally joined it in April 2020.
All EA Play Pro List Games Leaving in December 2026
|
Date |
Game |
Added |
Stint Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Dec 10 |
AO Tennis 2* |
Apr 23, 2020 |
6 years, 7 months |
|
Dec 10 |
Cosmic Star Heroine |
Oct 18, 2018 |
8 years, 1 month |
|
Dec 10 |
Dungeons 3 |
Nov 16, 2018 |
8 years |
|
Dec 10 |
FTL: Faster Than Light |
May 14, 2019 |
7 years, 6 months |
|
Dec 10 |
Halcyon 6 |
Sep 14, 2018 |
8 years, 2 months |
|
Dec 10 |
Into the Breach |
May 14, 2019 |
7 years, 6 months |
|
Dec 10 |
Project Highrise |
Oct 18, 2018 |
8 years, 1 month |
|
Dec 10 |
Sudden Strike 4 |
Oct 18, 2018 |
8 years, 1 month |
|
Dec 10 |
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus |
Apr 23, 2020 |
6 years, 7 months |
*EA’s support page lists only “AO Tennis,” though historical Origin Access records indicate that AO Tennis 2 is actually the title available through EA Play Pro and set to be removed.
Five titles from the December 10 wave of removals have spent over eight years on the service. Even their newer counterparts have all been part of the EA Pro Play List for over six and a half years. The longest tenure belongs to space station management game Halcyon 6, which has been available for eight years and one month, having originally joined in September 2018, less than a year following its original release.
The vast majority of the soon-to-be-departing batch consists of strategy games, with AO Tennis 2 and Cosmic Star Heroine being the only exceptions. The former’s genre is obvious, while the latter is a turn-based JRPG first released in April 2017.
EA removes games from the Play Pro List relatively infrequently, typically only several times per year. The most recent batch of departures occurred on August 13, 2026, when Rebel Galaxy and Ghost of a Tale were pulled. Precedent hence suggests that the December 10 catalog update will mark the final wave of departures for 2026, with another round unlikely before late winter or early spring 2027.
