EA Origin Client Overview. Let’s start by explaining a bit about the parent subject, which is the Origin client itself. For starters, Origin is a dedicated client of Electronic Games (EA).

If you ever used EA Origin to play games, you need to do this to avoid losing your games and data. By Laura Pippig and Joel Lee. Jan 21, 2025 11:22 am PST. Image: Sergei Elagin / Shutterstock.com.

EA, which owns the likes of Battlefield, The Sims 4, Mass Effect, and myriad sports games, is about to shut down its Origin launcher.This means existing users are being forced to migrate to the EA ...

EA is busy putting the final nail in the coffin of Origin, its longstanding game launcher for Windows. Here's what you'll need to use going forward to access your library of EA games and the EA ...

But by 2016, EA was once again on a public "journey to regain trust of the PC gamer" after a series of poorly received game launches on Origin. EA also tried competing more directly with Steam by ...

Origin has a tool available that allows users to download older EA games to their library. Click on Activate , then enter your registration code. Currently all EA games released in 2009 or later ...

EA has implemented a new policy called the "Origin Great Game Guarantee", allowing users to return game they're not happy with for a full refund. As detailed in an announcement post, the offer ...

Earlier today EA introduced the "Origin Great Game Guarantee," which means that if you buy an EA game on Origin and decide you don't like it within 24 hours of first launching it (or seven days ...

EA introduces refunds on Origin full games. Refunds available on EA full games; DLC, third-party publisher content, and some promotions ineligible. By Dan Chiappini on August 20, 2013 at 4:47PM PDT.

Electronic Arts is trying to salvage its reputation with gamers, and it’s starting with its Origin digital distribution platform.Earlier this week, it donated millions of copies of high-quality ...

The Origin Great Game Guarantee, as they're calling it, is a much clearer and farther-reaching policy than that employed in the wake of SimCity's implosive release – which saw EA both generously ...

Origin appears to be Electronic Arts’ response to Steam, an online service that currently offers download access to more than 1,000 games from a broad range of developers—including Electronic ...