WhiteWolf Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 This Friday, Electronic Arts will unveil its own take on the popular online PC shopfront Steam, with the launch of a service called Origin. According to a report on the Wall Street Journal, this service will function much like Steam, as a single store and gaming platform on the PC that will let customers "purchase, download and keep track of" their games. It's even lifting Steam's social features, and will also feature cross-platform notifications that will "let gamers on a variety of devices broadcast messages to online friends when they defeat online opponents or accomplish other gaming goals." So I can be eating dinner and an a**hole friend message me on my phone saying he scored some mad Dragon Age loot? Wonderful. A "hypothetical" example of this cross-platform integration would be Battlefield, with EA saying players could rack up experience points on a mobile version of the game that will count towards unlocks on the PC edition. EA is Launching Its Own Steam CompetitorWith the full reveal not due until tomorrow, expect more details (and a better idea of how it'll all work) then. One thing I can say now is, that name? That's one unfortunate brand revival if ever I've seen one. source:Kotaku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRch-0n Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Pretty gay logo, never used steam but seriously EA whats wrong with you didnt they already have their online download store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindoctor Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 they've just renamed EA DM to origin. that's it. there's no functional difference between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Unless it does something significant (massive price diff on EA games/no DRM etc) I dont see it working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtOmX Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 any freebies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRch-0n Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 any freebies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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