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.

Electronic Arts (EA) announced Thursday that it’s officially replacing Origin with a new EA app. The app, which has been in development for about two years, recently left open beta to become ...

After the announcement in 2020 that the EA Origin marketplace would be shutting down, EA has released its next PC platform: the EA app. Origin was EA’s exclusive PC launcher for its titles first ...

Origin will soon retire as EA's new desktop launcher has been fully released and is ready to replace the older platform.

The days of launching Electronic Arts games on the PC platform via the Origin app are coming to an end. EA announced this week that the company’s new app (referred to imply as the “EA app ...

TL;DR: EA has officially discontinued its Origin store and launcher, requiring users to transition to the EA app by April 2025. This will mostly apply to Mac gamers, who still used Origin as the ...

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EA Play is available to download from EA's website, and Origin users will also be pointed to install the new launcher via the app.

Electronic 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 months away.

Don’t get too excited, though, Steam faithful: you’re still going to need the Origin launcher in order to play your games. Around 2011, EA shifted gears from Valve’s storefront over to Origin.

EA’s Origin desktop app is getting a rebrand and a visual refresh. The client is now set to be called the “EA Desktop App,” and it will be faster, simpler, and include more cross-platform ...

On Thursday, Electronic Arts launched over 25 games on Steam. For years, many EA games were exclusively available on Windows PC via EA’s own Origin launcher and storefront.