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Origin Adds Games From 11 More Publishers

By TechTaffy Desk

[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

Origin, Electronic Arts’ direct-to-consumer gaming platform, is adding games from 11 more publishers, and will soon feature PC downloadable games from Trion Worlds, Robot Entertainment and nine other game publishers. Trion’s MMORPG Rift is the first new title added to Origin.

Additional titles from publishers CD PROJEKT RED, Freebird Games, Recoil Games, Autumn Games, 1C Company, inXile entertainment, Paradox Interactive, Core Learning and N3V Games will be available on Origin in the coming months.

Origin offers digital downloads of more than 100 PC titles from EA and other leading game publishers.

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