EA launches Origin Access today — $5 for its Netflix of games and early trials Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 12, 2016 3 min Electronic Arts is bringing one of the best deals in gaming to PC players. The game publisher is starting a new service called Origin Access.... Continue Reading 3 min
Origin accounts getting ‘hacked’ as gamers find fraudulent purchases Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 30, 2014 2 min Recent hacks have exposed millions of emails and passwords, and Internet thieves are using that data to buy games . Continue Reading 2 min
Dragon Age: Inquisition finally gets 33% price cut at Origin Posted byby GamesBeat December 23, 2014 1 min Origin sale has 33% off Dragon Age: Inquisition and one dollar Battlefield 3. Continue Reading 1 min
Uplay & Origin begin summer sale ahead of Steam Posted byby GamesBeat June 8, 2014 2 min Ubisoft's Uplay and EA's Origin launches their PC Games Summer Sale ahead of Steam's. Continue Reading 2 min
GameStop dumps its PC games client — you can buy codes for Steam, Origin, or Uplay now Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 19, 2014 2 min GameStop is also holding a sale on PC games in part to promote its improved purchasing experience. Continue Reading 2 min
Well, duh: EA finds only 1 out of 100 customers bought actual discs on digital-game service Origin Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 31, 2014 1 min The company says that most customers only ever download games. Continue Reading 1 min
Ditching the physical: 16% of consumers play digital only Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 21, 2014 3 min As more gamers purchase the new consoles, analysts predict more will adopt digital as their primary method of purchasing software. Continue Reading 3 min
Valve would let Electronic Arts put the Origin store on SteamOS and Steam Machines Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 16, 2014 2 min Gabe Newell isn't afraid of letting EA on his new, open gaming platform. Continue Reading 2 min
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot sees big opportunity in the console transition (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 11, 2013 10 min Ubisoft CEO believes good properties -- the games -- are the key to lengevity in the game business. Continue Reading 10 min
EA squashes potential Origin exploit Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 25, 2013 1 min EA patches a theoretical exploit in the Origin digital-download service. Continue Reading 1 min