If EA make any announcement in a country that has local laws regarding contract law a promise is a formal contract with obligations-in the uk you are entitled to the contract stipulated by EA and if not realised you are entitled under law to chase from them the cash equivalent. In the uk a promise of anything if provable is a binding contract. They may say they are a US company but under GDPR that’s a false claim “any printed provable contract that appears in your country via the web applies to local laws and can be acted upon” this is known as reciprocal rights under GDPR.