drdaeman on Humble Bundle releases EA/Origin bundle

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They do, although indirectly. I mean, through mandatory advertisement and data collection using Origin.

These are available on Steam, so you don't even run Origin:

  Crysis 2 Maximum Edition
  Dead Space 1
  Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
  Mirror's Edge
  Medal of Honor

TsiCClawOfLight 13y

AFAIK, the steam versions also run trough Origin. I no this for a fact with Uplay, I think it's the same here.

tomku 13y

This is absolutely incorrect. Valve puts up with Uplay because they aren't a competing marketplace, but when EA wanted to make their new games sold on Steam require Origin installation as well, Valve told them to go fly a kite. That's why games like Battlefield 3 are not available on Steam at all.

teamonkey 13y

I think it's more that EA don't want platform-selling titles like BF3 on Steam, not that Steam told them to get lost.

drdaeman 13y

Judging from Steam forums it seems that they are mostly Origin-free and do not chain DRM schemes like it was the case with U-play.

yareally 13y

Some may require "EA activation" which pops up at the first run of the game, but they don't require origin if they have a Steam key.

drdaeman 13y

Anyone knows which games do this, and which don't?

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