Origin News

Origin is now getting serious about being seen as a bona fide digital distribution platform, rather than a vanity project, signing up eleven publishers including CD Projekt RED, 1C Company, and Paradox Interactive.

Just in case you were wondering, Electronic Arts and Steam haven't made up yet. Mass Effect 3 is an EA game, and therefore will require Origin on PC, and will not be available for sale on Steam.

EA's Origin is offering a 40% off sale for Green Monday, bringing discounts to more than 200 games.

Steam is easily the biggest PC games portal on the web. However, can it maintain its success, especially with the growing number of competitors?

A new update to EA's Origin service launched today, and we break down what's included in the patch.

EA's Origin store will start offering third-party games next month. Electronic Arts had said that "forward-looking publishers" were looking to jump on board--those publishers include Warner Bros., THQ, and Capcom.

EA executives talk about Origin's place in the market, its perceived competition with Steam, and the trend of EA games being pulled due to Steam's terms.

EA own Terms of Service includes a clause that prevents binding arbitration, very similar to Sony's recently updated PlayStation Network TOS.

EA's Origin service has hit 4 million client downloads, and the company plans to expand the marketplace to include third-party content "very soon."

Through August, pre-orders of Battlefield 3 will net a free coupon code for Mass Effect 2, Dead Space 2, or Medal of Honor.

That mysterious part of Origin's terms of service saying EA could delete accounts left idle for two years? Nothing to worry about, EA says. No accounts with games will be deleted, only those left maliciously idle.

The Origin Terms of Service includes a previously-unnoticed bit, claiming that 24 months of non-use results in the expiration of entitlements and the possible cancellation of an account.

EA's controversial digital service, Origin, will be expanding its offerings beyond the publisher's games. EA CEO John Riccitiello told investors at a conference call today that "forward-looking publishers" have been asking to join the service.

Steam keys for certain EA games work to activate their Origin counterparts, though some older titles aren't so lucky.

EA's list of digital retailers for Battlefield 3 omitted Steam over the weekend, raising questions of whether the anticipated shooter will appear on Valve's service.