Tag: Origin
EA Origin cock-up gives thousands of gamers free games
A wayward download code has seen Electronic Arts give away thousands of free games by mistake over the weekend. EA had initially intended to distribute a few games for free to gamers who had taken part in a survey, letting…
Q&A: Gamefly co-founder Sean Spector on digital subscriptions, Steam and the indie gaming boom
Gamefly, the USA's leading videogame rental service, has made the jump over the pond and are looking to take old Blighty by storm with their digital PC games download platform and forth-coming digital subscription service. We caught up with…
OFFICIAL: Battlefield 3 will not be available through Steam
It's official; EA will not be distributing their massively anticipated war shooter Battlefield 3 through Steam, Valve's digital game store that has become by far the most popular PC online game purchasing platform. EA have made this decision as they…
Steam PC game keys will work with EA's Origin platform
The online-PC-game-downloads-platform-war (phew!) takes an interesting turn this morning after some unexpected features have made themselves known on EA's new Origin service. According to PC Gamer, some game activiation keys nabbed through rival service Steam will work with Origin,…
Tomb Raider 2011 reboot will go back to Lara's roots
The next adventure in the long-running Tomb Raider series will apparently wipe the slate clean of all previous ideas of heroine Lara Croft. A brand new origin story developed by Crystal Dynamics (responsible for the recent and excellent Lara Croft…
Origin launch EON 17 gaming notebook
Not content with putting together the monstrous Big O gaming desktop, Origin are now preparing to launch a new high-powered gaming notebook. Customisable down to the last detail, the EON 17 has a price tag as hefty as its…
Origin Big O fuses top-spec gaming PC with an Xbox 360 Slim, leads to heart-attack inducing price tag
Are you a mega-rich gaming nut with more cash than you know what to do with? Then you'll almost certainly want to take a look at Origins latest gaming PC, the Big O. One of the most powerful gaming rigs…