For a long time, EA games could only be purchased, downloaded, and played digitally via EA Origin (at least on PCs).

After 14 years, EA will retire its controversial Origin game distribution app for Windows, the company announced. Origin will ...

EA's Origin PC client has officially reached the end of the line. The gaming company had previously announced its plans to ...

Origin Is Being Discontinued . Origin is a 32-bit game launcher for Windows released by EA in 2011. The 32-bit architecture ...

EA is officially shutting down the old and creaky Origin PC app because it runs on such old code Windows no longer supports ...

Electronic Arts has officially discontinued the Origin store and launcher, and will now require users to make the transition ...

Origin, EA's universally-disliked PC storefront and launcher launched back in 2011, will finally shut down this year, ...

EA will shut down its Origin app on April 17, 2025, due to the end of Microsoft's support for 32-bit software. Origin users ...

The EA App is as clunky and frustrating as Origin ever was, a completely unnecessary obstacle between you and just double-clicking the icon for the game you want to play, but when you want to play ...

EA is ending support for the 32-bit Origin app just as Microsoft is ending support for the 32-bit Windows operating system.

Due to clunky UX and frustrating login processes, many PC gamers chose to outright avoid using Origin as much as possible.

EA is closing Origin on April 17, 2025, switching to the EA App due to Microsoft's 32-bit abandonment. Games and accounts ...