EA games are returning to Steam. The company announced that new releases like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be released on Valve’s digital storefront, while past games will be available through EA Access.

Today, EA has announced that EA Access will be available on Steam next year. This is a subscription service where for $4.99 a month, members can get unlimited access to a select library of EA games including Madden NFL19 and Anthem.Furthermore, upcoming releases like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be available directly from Steam. EA also announced that in the coming months other major titles like The Sims 4 , Unravel 2, Apex Legends , FIFA 20, and Battlefield 5 will be available on Steam as well.EA teased the news last week on Twitter when the company posted a steaming cub with an EA logo on its official Twitter account. Many observers correctly guessed that the picture had something to do with EA and Steam. That or EA would start selling mugs.EA hasn’t released a game on Steam since 2011, so today’s news is exciting for anyone who’s a fan of EA’s games but isn’t interested in its Origins launcher. EA was one of the first companies to put all of its games on its own game launcher, but since then companies like Ubisoft, Bethesda, and Activision have followed suit.One reason for ditching stores like Steam is that Valve demands developers and publishers to give them a cut of the revenue for selling their games. Steam has a 70/30 revenue split model, while Epic Games Store has an 88/12 percent model. But the benefits of selling a game on Steam is having access to its large customer base.

New Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Screenshots (October 2019) 7 IMAGES

As the number of digital storefronts for games continues to grow, EA’s decision to release games on Steam shows that there’s still interest in getting games out on as many stores as possible.

Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN. You can reach him on Twitter or at newstips@ign.com