Origin coming to Mac, adding achievements

by John Keefer, Aug 14, 2012 8:45am PDT

Related Topics – Electronic Arts, Origin, Gamescom 2012

Origin already has 21 million users, according to Electronic Arts, and it is hoping to bring in more people with the announcement that EA's answer to Steam and other online stores will be expanding to Mac, Android and Facebook.

Peter Moore, EA's chief operating officer, told Gamescom 2012 attendees that Origin will also be adding achievements and free-to-play games, as well as more improvements in an effort to continue the growth of the service.

Moore mentioned no time frame other than the upgrades would be coming later this year.

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John Keefer posted a new article, Origin coming to Mac, adding achievements.

Electronic Arts is expanding Origin to more platforms, including Mac, Android and Facebook, while adding such things as achievements and free-to-play games.

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Electronic Arts is expanding Origin to more platforms, including Mac, Android and Facebook, while adding such things as achievements and free-to-play games. : Shacknews
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- Maybe we can get the Mass Effect 3 app on Android now then? : SilverSnake
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  Origin is shit. The only reason anyone had it installed was because it was required for a couple AAA game... : vertdang
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    origin itself doesn't suck. on some aspects, it's even better then steam. of course there are no decent s... : Dagger Man
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      Dude with steam you can just copy the steamapps folder too. : nukewinter
      
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      Not to mention the back-up utility built in the client. : TheEmissary
      
      I think he is saying you have to use that back-up utility which is a) incorrect b) not the worst thing in... : g3dHorse
    - - Steam works great just copying Steamapps, you can even share games with your friends this way - Who ha... : g3dHorse
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      uhh...all you have to do is copy the entire steam folder and delete the clientregistry.blob and all is well. steam still wins.
      
      Aug 14, 2012 12:57pm PDT
      
      uhh...all you have to do is copy the entire steam folder and delete the clientregistry.blob and all is we... : the Undone guy
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    What is so shit about Origin? It's like the cool thing to say these days. I loathe EA as much as the next... : Pettytheft
    - It's slow, clunky, and devoid of useful features. It's been out for more than a year and hasn't improved ... : Wisp!
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    Exactly the way I feel about it. As well as that OTHER abomination that shall not be named. : Techy007
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      You probably mean Battlelog, is which case you are completely wrong Sir. : g3dHorse
      
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      I meant games for windows live :(. : Techy007
      
      I thought you meant Uplay. : hirosushima
      
      Ah, in which case you are completely correct, haha. Apologies for making you state its name. : g3dHorse
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    What exactly is wrong with the Origin client itself? : DrWaffles
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      It isn't bad but it isn't great by any stretch. It is missing lot of polish and integration of features i... : TheEmissary
      
      Does it need to go head to head with steam? Or does it just have to be "good enough" so that people will ... : Haxim
      
      yeah, it is a bit bizarre to load the client then load battlelog and have features shared between them. I... : g3dHorse
    - It is basically just another thing you need to have running. There are no benefits to having it. Patch... : Beady
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    thank you, that sounds like a very educated opinion. : Korban
    - I use Origin all the time and it's absolutely true. : Wisp!
  - Luckily nothing I care for uses it. Unless EA puts out System Shock 3 I can probably avoid it for the for... : Conan
- Maybe this will make Valve finally fix Steam on OSX. Or not because there's no way they give a shit. : singlespace
- Another Mac virus out in the wild. Steve must be rolling. : dmason
- While Origin isn't amazing, if this ends up bringing more games to the PC market then I'm all for it. : atom519

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