Tag Archives: Origin

Origin’s announced the world’s first gaming laptop that features both dual graphics cards and enabled 3D support.

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EA’s began a buy two or more and get 50% off deal with Origin on some of the games from the publisher. Those offered in the deal include Battlefield 3, FIFA 12, Need For Speed: The Run, Sims 3, Sims 3 Pets, Sims 3 Generations, Sims 3 Ambitions, Mass Effect 2 Digital Deluxe, Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Alice: Madness Returns.” Go mental for it here.

Battlefield 3 PC version requires the most up-to-date version of EA’s digital distribution and management suite, Origin. If you’re wanting to have a crack at the shooter ASAP, you’ll want to update your client in advance.

Battlefield 3 unlocks at midnight for US residents, while Europeans and Australians have a few days left to wait.

Thanks, Gamefront.

Folks that pre-order Battlefield 3 through Best Buy can pre-load the shooter today. You’ll need to have Origin installed to do so. At midnight on October 25, Best Buy will provide customers with a code to unlock the game. Offering digital pre-orders is a move by the box retailer to counteract flat year-over-year revenues for the second quarter of its current fiscal year, which saw a decline in game’s sold. Thanks, Gamasutra.

Settle in for another large batch of shorts. Don’t be afraid. Hit the jump.

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Despite being a work-in-progress, EA’s digital distribution platform Origin has already attracted 5 million daily users, according to COO Peter Moore.

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According to an anonymous source speaking to BF3Blog, EA and Valve in late negotiations to try and release Battlefield 3 onto Steam.

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Two key EA executives have both opined that Origin and Steam aren’t in direct competition.

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Gabe Newell, taking a potshot at a rival? Never. No, really, never.

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Like Sony before it, EA has added a clause to its Origin EULA which would keep users from bringing a class-action suit against the firm. The updated terms-of-service agreement, once accepted by the participant foregoes the right to sue and have a jury trial, allowing only individual cases to be brought against it. Like Sony’s agreement, the Origin agreement includes an opt-out clause which much be submitted to EA in writing. You can thank AT&T and the Supreme Court for this.

EA’s offering a very temping incentive to pre-order Battlefield 3 from Origin for those who haven’t yet. If you decide to go with the EA service, you’ll get in return, as well as DLC and early access to the beta, a free download of Dead Space 2. But there’s a snag: there are only limited copies of DS2 left. This seems to be a US offer, by the looks of it. as there’s no similar deal on the UK storefront.

The DICE shooter launches at the end of October. Here’s its latest video. Thanks, Joystiq.

EA has reiterated its plans to allow other publishers to distribute games on its new digital service, Origin.

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In a bizarre move, EA’s Origin downloadable PC game service has started featuring game’s from their #1 rival in that space, Valve.
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Speaking to Ausgamers, DICE’s Karl Magnus Troedsson has laid out the studio’s opinions on a hattrick of Battlefield 3 design decisions which have proved controverisal with fans.

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EA has revised its EULA for Origin, and has removed the bits about using data collected for marketing, but in the end it will still collect your system data and there isn’t an opt out option available.

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A user over on The Escapist Forums has read over the end-user license agreement for EA’s Origin, and has found that the service doesn’t allow users to opt out of system information collection, nor data mining.

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Valve’s Gabe Newell has EA pulled its larger-named games from Steam due to “a whole complicated set of issues,” and regardless of the reason, it is not beyond reconcilable.

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At least one user has reported receiving a free game in response to pre-ordering Battlefield 3 through EA’s own digital distribution platform, Origin.

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DICE has confirmed via Twitter that those playing Battlefield 3 on PC will have their in-game solider name linked to their Origin accounts, which means that unlike previous installments of the series on PC, player won’t be able to create more than one profile or soldier.

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EA Sports has released a FIFA 12 video featuring Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, otherwise known as Real Madrid footballer Kaka, answering what looks to be fan submitted questions. Apparently, Kaka is very pleased to be one of the cover boys this year for the game. The video is posted below, courtesy of Ve3tro. FIFA 12 is out at the end of September for everything under the sun. PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Origin, Wii, PS2, 3DS, PSP, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

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