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4 commentsHumble Origin Bundle Breaks Records
After two weeks online, the Humble Origin Bundle, which featured ten of our games, sold over 2.1 million copies and generated over $10.5 million in sales, with most of the funds benefiting six charities. Consumers who purchased the bundle named their own price and then determined how to distribute their donation across the participating organizations: Human Rights Campaign, watsi, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, American Red Cross, GamesAid and the American Cancer Society.
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The Humble Origin Bundle Is Here
Get eight great EA games, name your own price, and all the proceeds to go great charities. This one seems like a no brainer.
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4 comments30th Anniversary of Our First Games Shipped
Thirty years ago today, EA’s first employees—including founder Trip Hawkins--modestly packed and shipped EA's first five games.
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Origin for Mac is Here!
Today I’m proud to announce the official launch of Origin for Mac. Our vision with Origin is to connect your gaming universe online, and today we're taking a major step in expanding our service to reach Mac-based gamers worldwide. Now Mac gamers can enjoy many of the same features that have defined Origin for PC users: including cloud storage to save and continue games, social connectivity via friends list, and more.
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Sean Decker
VICE PRESIDENT OF PLAY4FREE
3 commentsPlay4Free Joins Origin, Launches Origin Free To Play
Several years ago, EA launched Play4Free.com to house some of the most innovative online free-to-play games that the industry had ever seen. Today, our titles like Need for Speed World, Battlefield Heroes, Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances and more are thriving with vibrant communities nearly 45 million users strong, and ongoing content updates giving players fresh new experiences. Free-to-play online games have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the games industry today, and we’re excited to announce the next phase of our growth today with our partners at Origin.
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44 commentsMedal Of Honor Warfighter Hits Stores Today
It's finally here - Medal of Honor Warfighter is now available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
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2 commentsFirst Crowd-Funded Title Hits Origin
We’re excited about today’s release of Ravaged, which marks the first time a crowd-funded title becomes available on Origin.
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10 commentsLive Q&A: Origin 9.0 And Beyond
Origin has seen a number of changes in the last few months. May’s update lightened the client’s CPU load, August’s update brought a revised UI and menu system, and to top it all off, we also announced plans for an Origin Mac client and a brand new set of social features during last week’s gamescom press conference.
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Origin To Expand Social Offerings
Not only is Origin coming to Mac, but the 21 million-strong gaming service announced yesterday that it will also be introducing a number of new social features.
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