Category Archives: Origin

EA and Gracie Films have been working on a freemium title based on Fox’s The Simpsons annimated series called The Simpsons: Tapped Out, and it will be the first free-to-play title released based on the franchise.

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Earlier this week, EA was offering Battlefield 3 as a free digital download to those who pre-ordered Mass Effect 3 through the firm’s Origin service. The offer wasn’t supposed to expire until March 5, but it looks as though EA ended the deal a bit early, around 2:00 PM EST on February 16 to be exact. Those who got in on the deal before its early demise will receive a code to download the shooter via email by by March 8, which two days after Mass Effect 3 launches in the US. Thanks, Joystiq.

Casey Hudson, executive producer on Mass Effect 3, has said those playing the game through Origin need not worry about any intrusive DRM, and furthermore, they can absolutely play the game offline.

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EA COO Peter Moore has said criticism of Origin is already dying off, but the service needs time to grow and evolve, just as Steam did.

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Origin is offering a free copy of Battlefield 3 with US pre-orders for Mass Effect 3, along with the previously-announced bonus weapons, the M55 Argus Assault Rifle and Origin-exclusive AT12 Raider Shotgun. While you’ve got EA’s digital dsitribution client open, note that the PC demo is now live. BioWare’s anticipated RPG hybrid release for PC on March 6 in the US, March 8 in Australia and March 9 in Europe.

Thanks, CheapassGamer.

Oh happy day, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. BioWare delivers unto you the biggest MMORPG of 2011.

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Reviews for 38 Studio’s first foray into the market, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, have gone live and below the break are many a link to click full of opinions on the RPG.

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EA’s announced this afternoon a new list of partners for Origin, the main one being Alan Wake developer Remedy. The Finnish studio will bring the upcoming PC version of Wake to the service when it launches. The others who’ve also also signed up to Origin alongside Remedy are Iceberg Interactive, Strategy First, Macro Games, Selectsoft and Legendo Entertainment, who join initial third-party partners Warner, THQ, Capcom, Trion and Robot Entertainment.

EA announced last night that 9.3 million active Origin accounts for the marketplace.

EA’s sounded the bargin siren, pricing the original Mass Effect and Dead Space for £3 on Origin, while its sequels are £10 and £7 respectively. Dragon Age 2 and Mirror’s Edge are also in on the deal at a fiver a pop, while Spore’s available for £6 and Bulletstorm at £7.50. The deal’s available for a limited time, though, so get to it.

Via EG.

38 Studios has clarified details regarding what the online pass included with Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning entails, and as it turns out, it’s actually DLC new buyers get for free before it’s released as paid content.

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“I would love every company to be involved in the project. Are we going to get every company? Probably not. We are getting data that publishers and developers and IP owners themselves have. So if you’re a publisher or developer selling on Steam, those publishers and developers are giving us those sale figures. So they’re coming directly from the intellectual property owner and not from Steam.” – UKIE‘s Sam Collins, speaking to GI.Biz on the recently-announced UK digital chart, set to be introduced next month.

EA has announced the addition of 11 new publishers to Origin, as well as Trion World’s MMO RIFT, which is available on the service starting today.

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Bioware has announced the minimum PC requirements and recommended specs needed to demo Mass Effect 3 come Valentine’s Day.

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EA will release a four-player co-op demo for Syndicate “at the end of January” on PSN and XBL.

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Bioware’s Chris Priestly has confirmed on the firm’s forum that Mass Effect 3 on PC will, as suspected, require Origin and will not “initially” be made available on Steam.

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EA has announced a new sale, following on from its holiday season splurge. Running through January 16, Stock Up And Save grants purchasers 10% off any Origin game; 20% off any two; 30% off any three; and 40% off any four. Plus, make a purchase before January 23 and you’ll receive a voucher for $20 off a future game prices at $49.99 or more. Nice.

EA and DICE have told Ausgamers that there are no plans to release PC patches for Battlefield 3 outside of Origin. After a recent 3.6GB patch, fans had requested the updates be released as stand-alone files to allow for faster, unmetered download speeds from ISP-hosted mirrors, but to no avail.

Cyber Monday, Thanksgiving’s other major US sales day, kicks off in a few hours. Here’s a run down of some of the best deals, including a number of dirt-cheap Xbox 360 consoles.

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Just a quick reminder to let you know that Batman: Arkham City is now available on PC, Steam, OnLive, Origin, and GameStop’s Impulse in the US. The Robin Bundle packs is also available today on the aforementioned platforms, along with PSN and XBL for $6.99/560 Microsoft Points. In the Robin Bundle Pack, the Boy Wonder comes with his own unique gadgets and special moves, and is playable in all challenge maps, as well as two additional challenge maps included with the pack: Black Mask Hideout and Freight Train Escape. The pack also contains two alternative Robin character skins.

In case you haven’t seen the 30-second Robin video before, we went ahead and posted it for you again below. The game will land on PC in the UK Friday, and the Robin Bundle will be made available in the region tomorrow.

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EA has responded in an ambiguous manner to permanent bans doled out on the EA forums, which have also resulted in users being unable to access their Origin accounts.

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