General Gaming News.

[meiam]

EA Origin is shutting down.

Well more like just being merged with their other system

 

[BrawlMan]

EA Origin is shutting down.

I did not expect that!

And I should know, because as part of my Master's program, one of the courses I took was regarding consulting. Consultants are supposed to advice their clients on how to better improve their products/solutions. They are supposed to be in line with clients values and visions, and you can't just bully/gaslight your client to make the games YOU WANT.

Of course a major change is needed if the situation calls for it, but SBI seems to use scare tactics on every projects regardless of the needs.

TBF. I do think some of the games that they were involved in that failed hard would've done so regardless of their involvement; The suicide squad game still would've failed because of the live-service bullshit. Also, these companies that goes on about "we're progressive and accepting of all" only has bare minimum understanding of DEI.

So in the end, it's the culmination of publishers that doesn't understand what DEI really means, and on SBI for using such tactics. GOW: R and HL were rare exceptions.

You have your points, but the guy uploading these clips. I am looking at their upload history, and it's bordering on fringe right, so he can fuck off otherwise. With that said, that is stupid and unnecessary move the leader of the company is making.

 

[BrawlMan]

Captain Blood - May 6, 2025

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[FakeSympathy]

EA Origin is shutting down.

I mentioned this in my Jedi Survivor review, but the replacement, simply called "EA app", is no better. I think only recently they added a offline mode, but you need to start the app online first, and then you can go offline. No joke, EA Origin was a saint compared to this shit

Not to mention, they are cramming down your throat with EA Play subscription. Seriously, it's plastered everywhere.

While EA has been getting better at releasing their games on Steam, the issue is the inconsistency; Some EA games can be bought and launched on steam no problem, while others require you to open this stupid app.

 

[ExtraWildGames]

I mentioned this in my Jedi Survivor review, but the replacement, simply called "EA app", is no better. I think only recently they added a offline mode, but you need to start the app online first, and then you can go offline. No joke, EA Origin was a saint compared to this shit

Not to mention, they are cramming down your throat with EA Play subscription. Seriously, it's plastered everywhere.

While EA has been getting better at releasing their games on Steam, the issue is the inconsistency; Some EA games can be bought and launched on steam no problem, while others require you to open this stupid app.

Piece of fucking shit EA

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

EXOK, the indie studio behind Towerfall and Celeste, officially cancelled development on Earthblade today. They'd been at it for 4 years now. Damn shame.

Extremely OK Games, Ltd.

Purveyors of digital amusements.

exok.com

Apparently this was mostly due to some in-fighting over the IP rights to Celeste. Team came undone, work became too much like work and not enough like one of those Google internships where you bounce around on yoga balls and play foosball.

I called it last year though when the lead dev posted their first update in 2 years and it read more like a Tumblr rant about haters and how their life was a mess rather than a developer's progress update.