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EA's move into the freemium market appears to be working, with the company boasting yesterday that it now has a total of 25 million registered players across all <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/play4free">Play4Free</a> titles. Of course, that number is far less impressive if those people aren't actively playing, but that hasn't stopped EA from patting itself on the back and calling the number a "remarkable achievement." For those keeping score at home, that's 25 million registered players combined in <em>Battlefield Heroes, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/need-for-speed-world">Need for Speed World</a>, Battlefield Play4Free, Dragon Age Legends, Battleforge </em>and <em>Lord of Ultima</em>.<br />
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<em> Battlefield Heroes </em>and <em>Need for Speed World</em> are the top dogs, each with a registered base of players exceeding ten million.The remaining five million comes from the total players registered in the other four games. "Developing a community of 25 million players is a remarkable achievement. It is a testament to the explosive growth of the free-to-play market and a reflection of EA's commitment to spearheading the digital transformation," said Play4Free VP Sean Decker in the press release.<br />
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As a thanks to the community for taking time to at least register for its games, EA is offering some free in-game bux for its two heavy hitters: entering promo code <strong>EQ9M-TYYT-TXR3-5GU3</strong> will net players 300 Battlefunds in <em>Battlefield Heroes</em>, while promo code <strong>EWPD-3KGA-VBVF-9HYS</strong> is good for 750 SpeedBoost in <em>Need for Speed World</em>. Codes expire on January 17, 2012 at 12:00 AM GMT.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/13/ea-now-has-25-million-registered-play4free-accounts-worldwide/">EA now has 25 million registered Play4Free accounts worldwide</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/13/ea-now-has-25-million-registered-play4free-accounts-worldwide/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20147355/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/13/ea-now-has-25-million-registered-play4free-accounts-worldwide/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>battlefield-heroes</category><category>battlefield-play4free</category><category>ea</category><category>free-to-play</category><category>freemium</category><category>lords-of-ultima</category><category>mac</category><category>need-for-speed-world</category><category>pc</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>