E lectronic Arts' Origin app has been around since 2011, but this year will be its last. The often-reviled game launcher is going dark for good on April 17th, which is only a few ...

The company will sunset Origin this April, forcing gamers with EA titles to open them via the newer EA app. The decision to shut down Origin is reportedly linked to a decline in 32-bit software ...

as EA—already not a beloved company by this point—began pulling titles like Crysis 2 from the popular Steam platform to drive players to its own launcher. Frankly, it all made sense from EA's ...

In a support document, Electronic Arts (EA) announced plans to shutter its Origin launcher in a few months, which raises the questions of what will happen to game libraries and accompanying mods.

And if you prefer the classics, EA recently released The Sims and The Sims 2 again on Steam and its own EA store, complete ...

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 ...

By then, you’ll need to switch to the EA app, which has been available since 2020 and serves as the new launcher for EA’s games. The switch is necessary to continue using purchased games and ...

EA, which owns the likes of Battlefield, The Sims 4, Mass Effect, and myriad sports games, is about to shut down its Origin launcher. This means existing users are being forced to migrate to the ...

SysWOW64 (the 32 bit codebase) is about 1.2GB on my Win11 box. The other issue is that it has to be maintained. (Yes, System32 is 64 bit and SysWOW64 is 32 bit, thanks to a series of compatibility ...

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.

The problem is that the Steam Deck runs Linux, so the new EA launcher didn't work at first, essentially breaking the games of its Steam customers who game on the Steam Deck, forcing Valve to fix ...