Launched in 2011, Origin is EA’s digital distribution platform. It’s widely considered a rival to Valve’s Steam service, which came to the Mac a couple of years ago.

We test out Electronic Arts' new Origin PC gaming service, which introduces many questions about the future of digital game distribution. Rich was the editorial lead for CNET's Home and Wellness ...

A little over two years ago, I hammered Origin, EA’s then-new digital distribution platform. I slammed it for their tiny selection, high prices, lack of indies, lack of sales, lack of marketing ...

Origin, EA’s rival to Steam, is to undertake a serious reworking according to EA Sports EVP Andrew Wilson. The client software will be “re-established as a service” as opposed to its current ...

Origin is snake oil; it's just a storefront and an online login service, as far as I can tell externally. Maybe it does multiplayer authentication, I don't know, but that's obviously how EA is ...

GamesIndustry International sat down with Wilson at E3 to talk about the Origin service and how it will evolve. Wilson's history with Origin actually goes back to the early days of the service.

Originally released in 2011, Origin amassed over 50 million users by 2013, though the service has been slowly phased out in recent years as EA shifts to its EA Play subscription service. Game Rant ...

Fresh from the launch of Battlefield 3, Electronic Arts has issued a new update for its digital Origin service. The new Version 8.3.7 update brings a number of fixes that will likely be invisible ...

EA Sports Executive Vice President Andrew Wilson's tasks now include management of the publisher's digital distribution service, Origin, and he's taken it upon himself to give it a makeover ...

EA Sports EVP Andrew Wilson said the firm is looking to “re-establish Origin as a service," instead of a means to "drive transactions" from its 40 million customers.

More often or not, issues tend to come up with online servers that can result from corrupted files or administrator problems. Unfortunately, Origin is no stranger to these situations, with many ...