Origin News

EA's Andrew Wilson says that he wants to refocus its Origin platform on service for gamers, rather than transactions.

Origin seems to have few fans fighting in its corner, but surely everyone can be glad that the Mac is being taken more seriously as a gaming platform. Electronic Arts today launched the Mac client for its digital distribution platform with 45 Mac titles from EA and other pub...

Some users have reported recent Origin hacks, and EA support says it is "escalating" its look into the claims.

Origin has done little to distinguish itself from other digital distributors, beyond hosting fewer sales and being required for newer EA games, but it's finally getting a feature the competition hasn't had for yonks. A coming patch will bring built-in livestreaming through T...

Electronic Arts has made classic FPS Battlefield 1942 free as a "thank you" to Battlefield fans.

An updated policy document from EA confirms that you will need an Origin account to play EA games online on the Wii U.

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

The Origin client was in a sorry state when EA relaunched its digital distribution platform, but it has improved slowly. Thirteen months later, version 9.0 of the client is coming, and what can we expect from this revision? User interface changes, mostly.

EA Games president Frank Gibeau says the company intends to push into full digital distribution, and criticizes the NPD tracking data for being "irrelevant," since it doesn't give a full view of the market.

The head of EA's digital distribution platform Origin has spoken against offering big discounts, as Steam does, because it "cheapens your intellectual property."

Origin is offering to waive the first 90 days of distribution fees for any crowd-funded project, EA announced today.

EA has updated its Origin account suspension policy, allowing suspended players to access single-player content by going into offline mode.

EA has announced seven more third-party publishers joining Origin's distribution channel, including Remedy Entertainment and Iceberg Interactive.

EA shed some more light on its multi-platform strategy during its Q3 financial conference call for fiscal year 2012, including improvements for digital service EA Origin.

Whether you like it or not, EA's Origin client is not going away any time soon. Launched as a director competitor to Steam, EA's PC storefront has gained significant momentum since its debut.