37 articles tagged as origin

Why every hardware company should have a flagship product

The Asus Maximus Impact, Corsair 1000D, and even Intel's Core i9-7980XE - they're all expensive flagship products, but they're also extremely important for marketing and brand image.

19-6-18 // 6:30p.m.
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Review Razer Mamba and Firefly HyperFlux Review

A sub-100g wireless mouse with unlimited play-time. And a £250 price tag.

19-6-18 // 3:00p.m.
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WHO adds 'gaming disorder' to latest ICD

Industry unimpressed.

19-6-18 // 11:07a.m.
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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries delayed to 2019

Piranha boss talks of 'responsibility'.

19-6-18 // 10:55a.m.
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EA announces Origin Access Premier

Unlimited access to new games for £15 a month.

11-6-18 // 10:05a.m.
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EA jumps into cloud gaming with GameFly acquisition

Picks up Israel-based subsidiary.

23-5-18 // 11:27a.m.
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EA signs Warner Bros. up to Origin Access

Brings Batman into The Vault.

9-3-18 // 10:21a.m.
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EA launches Origin Access subscription service

£3.99 a month.

13-1-16 // 3:26p.m.
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EA gives Jade Empire away On The House

Free for all Origin users, new or old.

2-12-15 // 11:53a.m.
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GOG releases System Shock Enhanced Edition

Includes 'high-res,' widescreen support.

22-9-15 // 12:12p.m.
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EA's On The House releases Syndicate for free

Another back catalogue gem for Origin.

4-3-15 // 11:12a.m.
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Ubisoft reactivating some fraudulent Far Cry 4 keys

Origin-sourced keys returned to owners.

3-2-15 // 12:40p.m.
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EA adds Theme Hospital to On The House deal

Free for all Origin users, new or old.

21-1-15 // 11:39a.m.
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EA gives SimCity 2000 Special Edition away for free

On The House offers continue.

10-12-14 // 12:03p.m.
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EA gives Wing Commander III away

Classic overacting game free on Origin.

6-8-14 // 10:40a.m.
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EA upgrades all The Sims 2 owners to Ultimate Edition

The last update the game will ever get.

17-7-14 // 12:24p.m.
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EA launches free games promotion with Dead Space

Space horror title Dead Space is free to download on Origin as part of a free games promotion from EA.

28-3-14 // 3:00p.m.
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Origin, Steam downed by alleged DDoS attacks

Both services struggling to stay up.

3-1-14 // 10:12a.m.
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EA's Origin gets bad-game refund option

Buy with confidence, company says.

20-8-13 // 8:56a.m.
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EA gets the Humble Bundle treatment

The Humble Bundle returns with a slew of EA titles.

15-8-13 // 9:43a.m.
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EA trims workforce, cuts hundreds of jobs

Up to 900 staff members shown the door.

26-4-13 // 10:14a.m.
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EA's Origin hit by remote code execution flaw

Takes a leaf from Valve's Steam book.

19-3-13 // 9:45a.m.
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EA denies Origin hack

Several Origin users are receiving emails to tell them that their email addresses and passwords have been changed without them requesting such changes.

15-11-12 // 9:16a.m.
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Origin looted with infinite voucher

A $20 Origin voucher that was given out by EA as thanks for participating in a survey was quickly discovered to be bottomless, resulting in a large scale digital game-grab.

16-10-12 // 8:03a.m.
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Review Steam Sales and Devaluation

Are constant sales devaluing the games industry? Joe has a ponder.

1-8-12 // 5:17a.m.
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EU court rules second-hand sales of digital goods legal

CURIA has ruled that digitally distributed software is not exempt from the doctrine of first sale.

4-7-12 // 10:35a.m.
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E3: "Steam sales cheapen intellectual property"

EA will resist the sales which typify digital rival Steam.

7-6-12 // 12:22p.m.
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EA denies Origin spies on Battlefield 3 PC players

EA has refuted claims that its download service Origin spies on PC users.

2-11-11 // 10:30a.m.
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Why We Need Origin

6-10-11 // 11:42a.m.
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EA: Games won't be Origin exclusive

EA has promised that it won't be making games exclusive to Origin.

30-8-11 // 11:35a.m.
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EA's Origin to delete inactive accounts

A clause in Origin's Terms of Service indicates that two years of inactivity will lose users their DLC.

3-8-11 // 10:48a.m.
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EA: 'Dragon Age 2 DLC caused removal from Steam'

EA has confirmed that disagreements with Valve over some DLC has caused removal of games from Steam.

29-7-11 // 11:05a.m.
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Mass Effect 3 Origin edition detailed

EA has detailed an exclusive version of Mass Effect 3 just for EA's Origin Store.

11-7-11 // 10:42a.m.
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Steam not listed in Battlefield 3 release plans

EA has explained why it may not sell some of its games on Steam in the future, including Battlefield 3.

11-7-11 // 10:17a.m.
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Free Shift 2 DLC announced for Origin

Electronic Arts has announced it will release free DLC for Shift 2 via Origin.

28-6-11 // 10:23a.m.
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EA: 'Valve removed Crysis 2 from Steam'

EA has blamed Valve for Crysis 2's disappearance from Steam.

16-6-11 // 10:50a.m.
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EA to launch new digital distribution platform

EA has announced plans to launch a new digital platform, dubbed Origin.

3-6-11 // 11:48a.m.
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EA trademarks classic gaming titles

Electronic Arts has filed a bunch of new trademarks for some classic gaming licenses, including Wing Commander.

12-8-09 // 10:37a.m.
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Top 10 UK PC games chart

Can Dawn of War II take a chainsword to Football Manager? We take a look at the retail PC games chart in the UK, as well as the Steam download chart.

24-2-09 // 2:14p.m.
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Review Games to Watch in 2009

2008 is over and a new year looms over us like a storm-cloud of awesomeness. Now we turn into meteorologists, scanning that coming thunder to try and forecast what 2009 might hold for gamers.

7-1-09 // 9:44a.m.
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UK developers need government support

Should the UK government offer more support to games developers? Free Radical thinks so.

29-5-07 // 10:37a.m.
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