RIP EA’s Origin launcher: We knew ye all too well, unfortunately
After 14 years, EA will retire its controversial Origin game distribution app for Windows, the company announced. Origin will ...
Nobody is going to miss EA's Origin game launcher when it shutters in April
E lectronic Arts' Origin app has been around since 2011, but this year will be its last. The often-reviled game launcher is ...
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EA is killing its Origin PC app soon, so it's a shame the EA app that replaced it isn't that much better
Origin, the original PC app for publisher EA, will be ceasing operations on April 17, 2025. Origin was EA’s first foray into creating its own PC store, back when it was common for major ...
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EA Is Shutting Down Its Origin App, Here’s How to Secure Your Game Library
Origin Is Being Discontinued . Origin is a 32-bit game launcher for Windows released by EA in 2011. The 32-bit architecture ...
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EA Is Killing Off Origin, But Also Your 32-Bit Gaming Collection
EA’s Origin app has always topped the charts of things no one wants to have, alongside venereal diseases. It’s finally being closed down forever, but sadly it’s not a clean, liberating break ...
EA Origin To Shutdown Later This Year
EA is closing Origin on April 17, 2025, switching to the EA App due to Microsoft's 32-bit abandonment. Games and accounts ...
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EA Origin is shutting down. Here’s how to keep all your games safe
For a long time, EA games could only be purchased, downloaded, and played digitally via EA Origin (at least on PCs). Eventually, some titles became available on Steam. Now, EA is altogether ...
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EA is ditching Origin, which means you could lose access to your games
EA is closing down the Origin PC client, and players with software past a certain age will be unable to play their games when it’s gone. EA is telling players on both Microsoft and Apple ...
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EA Origin app shuts down in April, will not be missed
Origin, EA's universally-disliked PC storefront and launcher launched back in 2011, will finally shut down this year, on 17th April. EA has, of course, long since replaced Origin with the EA App ...
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EA Origin to shut down in April 2025
EA Origin will shut down on April 17, 2025, as a result of Microsoft no longer supporting 32-bit software. Players that use Origin will need to download and install the EA app, available from EA's ...
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EA to Sunset Origin Launcher This April
Electronic Arts (EA) has announced the end of Origin, its 14-year-old game launcher. The company will sunset Origin this April, forcing gamers with EA titles to open them via the newer EA app.
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Nobody is going to miss EA's Origin game launcher when it shutters in April
Origin is 32-bits, and guess what? Windows requires 64 bits, which means Origin is dead in the water, hence the EA app that replaced it, which is 64 bits. Now, the move to the EA app was not a ...