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Ace on 25/11/2011 - 06:03 store.origin.com (4887 clicks)
Last edited 25/11/2011 - 06:05

PC Digital Downloads only. Purchase must be a full game and excludes pre-orders, points, timecards, Warhammer and Ultima Online in-game items. Only one copy of each game is allowed per account.

Expires Monday.

The following 10 games are currently available to receive as a bonus free copy:

Game Regular Price
Mirror's Edge $9.99
Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight $19.99
Mass Effect 2 $19.99
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 $19.99
Medal of Honor Digital Deluxe Edition $52.98
Dragon Age II $79.99
DARKSPORE $39.99
The Sims Medieval Special Edition $79.99
Battlefield 2: Complete Collection $14.99
SPORE $49.99

From what I understand, you can buy any game from the Origin store and get any 1 of the above 10 games for free.

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    • abc on 25/11/2011 - 11:20

      download them NOW if you can just in case ;-)

  • IsometricBacon on 25/11/2011 - 11:02

    It would be nice if they could honour these, but the logistics of doing so probably won't work. Especially since it's been ozbargained and I'm sure they've had thousands 'sold' so far.

    I assume that there are clauses in their digital downloads that x percentage of each sale needs to go to publishers, development companies etc. I don't think EA could give them out for free, without fronting those costs themselves. Which they won't do.

    The keys have been mailed out though - I wonder if someone will just have to go through the process of banning each one of those keys sold.

    • wisc on 25/11/2011 - 11:03

      also could you use these keys with steam?

      • ozb-442 on 25/11/2011 - 11:04

        I've tried, it doesn't work.

  • konakona on 25/11/2011 - 11:08

    Ubisoft honored their accidental free games, so hopefully EA will too..

  • ulan on 25/11/2011 - 11:10
    +1

    Worked for me.. I added 800 Bioware points ($13) to my order as well so at least I can say that they have billed me something for the entire order..

    • ulan on 25/11/2011 - 11:10

      Update: cdkeys are in my inbox for every game :)

      • ozb-442 on 25/11/2011 - 11:13

        Got all mine in the e-mail, wrote them all down.

        If I hadn't stayed up all night I wouldn't have found this. Wow what a coincidence.

        I've got all the CD Keys in a txt document :)

        • thinkv on 25/11/2011 - 11:31

          if you didn't get these added straight to your origin account, the keys will not validate on existing accounts.

    • bigosmallo on 25/11/2011 - 11:55

      I did the same thing too. Bought some points just to see if it'll improve my odds. I've been meaning to buy them anyway.

  • MetalPhreak on 25/11/2011 - 11:12

    http://i.imgur.com/kzNFB.png

    It's a secret plan to get people using Origin for anything besides BF3 :p

  • Vladdo on 25/11/2011 - 11:14
    -1

    Apparently all the keys are already in use… (well, some of the people that got in early got the keys to work), but now apparently they don't work… Tho, they do still work if you download the game individually from another source and use the key inside the game.. You just can't add them to origin..

    • pilchard on 25/11/2011 - 12:14

      source?

  • Postulative on 25/11/2011 - 11:16
    +1

    I actually meant to purchase a game. Figured I'd purchase Mirror's Edge, but stuffed around and accidentally ended up paying $0.00.

    Forgive me Origin for I have sinned. Oh, and please put your games back on Steam.

    • aacheney on 25/11/2011 - 11:18
      +1

      they are on steam and most are 50% off

      • _Bruce_ on 25/11/2011 - 11:37

        Some have been pulled, and more are likely to go that way.

    • Purt on 25/11/2011 - 11:46

      origin downloads way quicker than steam.

  • shawn_low on 25/11/2011 - 11:22

    Dragon Age II has been yanked from the list.

    • thinkv on 25/11/2011 - 11:27

      it's still there

      • shawn_low on 25/11/2011 - 11:36

        Stange. I don't see it in (got a screen grab).

        Also, sometime the list shows games as $0.00. Sometimes it shows the full price.

  • bonus999 on 25/11/2011 - 11:23
    +1

    My Christmas will be busy on gaming!

  • blaze on 25/11/2011 - 11:25

    this should be fun to see the response from EA. my bet is it's going to be a lot like the coles beer deal.

    downloading my new purchases at 1.8mb/sec so it's safe to say their servers aren't overloaded yet.

  • tsunamisurfer on 25/11/2011 - 11:28

    I'm tired, sick of work but its become a DAMN GOOD FRIDAY.

    YEAHH!

  • wisc on 25/11/2011 - 11:34

    I've got all my downloads started then paused them all, am at work at the moment, so cant download them from here. but interesting to see they atleast start downloading from origion…

    might be good.

    might be some good word of mouth for EA if we can keep them. if not id assume you'll have many people uninstalling the installer and not using it again!

    • thinkv on 25/11/2011 - 11:37

      Dragonage downloaded for me and is running :)

    • _Bruce_ on 25/11/2011 - 11:38

      Probably not enough people uninstalling to hurt them.

  • Redmo0n on 25/11/2011 - 11:47

    Mine now shows as full prices, deleting a game or deleting CNC4 doesn't help ;(

    • CarbonTwelve on 25/11/2011 - 11:49

      Yeah, it's not working for me either. Hopefully they fix it up as I actually do want to get Darkspore (don't really care much about the others).

    • KoalaTeaPuns on 25/11/2011 - 11:51

      As mentioned before, try putting CNC4 and another game from the list into ur cart, when u look at ur cart they both will be $0.00, worked with me

      • Redmo0n on 25/11/2011 - 11:56

        Didn't work for me, only time it's showing a free game is with mirrors edge + others but as soon as I remove the other games mirrors edge goes back to $9.95.

        In the end I'm not too disapointed, was going to give sims to my sister and the other games to random people that missed out.

  • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 11:50

    Only some coming up as 0.00, ive added them all, any tips?

    • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 11:51

      PS i only want BF BC2

    • willyum on 25/11/2011 - 11:55

      try not to add the upgrade things that they offer with some of the games

      *edit…as others have said, seems they fixed it up

  • coxymla on 25/11/2011 - 11:52

    It was working for me when I added games to the basket, but checking out didn't work.
    Now when I try again I can't get any games to show up as free so I suspect this has been taken down?

  • ThePump on 25/11/2011 - 11:57
    +2

    How are you guys doing this? Tried to follow the instructions you guys posted but not working, do I need to do it via the client?

    • CptTerry on 25/11/2011 - 13:45

      I did it in the web browser. The first game you add will show up as not free. But when you add another they should both become free and so on. Does that help?

  • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 12:00

    It looks like its finished, made another account as i forgot to add Mass effects two (even though i already own a copy) and all show up as full price except mirrors edge.

  • GPhil on 25/11/2011 - 12:00

    It does not seem to work anymore, no free games and no 2 for 1.

    • tsunamisurfer on 25/11/2011 - 12:03

      Just tried again…the 2 for 1 still works but when you take off the 'priced' item, the free item ceases to be free.

      2 for 1 - still there.
      K!ck @ss explo!t - Goneski.

  • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 12:00

    Confirmed EXPIRED. Already got them all, but trying now doesn't work with the same method

    • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 12:02

      DAMN! I just wanted BC2 Nothing more!

      • kirt on 25/11/2011 - 12:14
        +5

        My BC2 key is yours if it is as simple as sending you the key ; )

        Can anyone confirm it's possible to simply gift these?

        • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 12:16

          Thanks so much! I will definitely grab it if it is possible.

        • kirt on 25/11/2011 - 12:25
          +3

          Done - check your mail :D

        • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 12:42

          Thanks so much! I got it,

          Will give it a shot when I get home from work

        • kirt on 25/11/2011 - 12:48

          Happy days!

        • Purt on 25/11/2011 - 13:03
          +1

          anyone want the keys to mass effect 2, battlefield 2, sims and dragon age? not sure if it will work because i can already see them in origin but I haven't downloaded them and I can't see how i can delete them…

          probably better for someone who already has a origin account to just test it and see.

        • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 14:22

          Sadly didnt work, I guess it is because it is associated with your account. Sigh, will just buy it on steam.

          I'll also try with a mates game discs using kirts cd key. Anybody know if that will work or will the key work in Origin only?

        • kirt on 25/11/2011 - 15:38

          Damn : (

      • coxymla on 25/11/2011 - 13:01

        heh, I was only after BC2 as well. If some kind soul has a free BC2 key they didn't really want then I certainly wouldn't object :)

        [email protected]

    • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 12:06
      +2

      Woops, cant really count as expired as the deal isnt meant for them to be free. But only the orignal "Buy 1 Game, Get Another Free" works ^_^

  • gaaraa on 25/11/2011 - 12:01

    I've downloaded and played Dragon Age 2 and Sims medieval and both worked. So will see if they disappear from my account when ea notices all the freebies.

  • vash12 on 25/11/2011 - 12:07
    +2

    Noooo, missed it

    • bigosmallo on 25/11/2011 - 12:12

      I've been really lucky so far. With the Ubisoft free games I managed to get in 20 minutes before they fixed the error, and this time I got in about 30 minutes before it was fixed.

      Only problem now is I don't think I'll ever have time to finish all my games.

      • KoalaTeaPuns on 25/11/2011 - 12:38

        Did u manage to install ubisoft games ? because when I did I had to update the DRM system, which I couldnt due to an error. So now I can't play Conviction

  • GerrardLFC on 25/11/2011 - 12:12
    +5

    Damn too late :(

  • bigosmallo on 25/11/2011 - 12:47

    Anyone else's order not showing up in Origin or on the website?

    When I go to recent orders and order history it says no orders to display.

    I still have my email and games though.

    • wisc on 25/11/2011 - 13:15

      yeah, not on the web site but they came up in origin…no purchase history.
      they are still there…

      • bigosmallo on 25/11/2011 - 13:20

        Yeah that's what I meant. The games are all there to download and play but there is no record of the order anywhere.

  • pingMarky on 25/11/2011 - 12:49

    sigh missed out

    • Purt on 25/11/2011 - 13:22

      not the same. how do you play online?

      • Wildesy on 25/11/2011 - 13:27
        -2

        You think you're going to be able to play these games online? Not for long I'd guess.

        And how isn't it the same? Stealing a game through a loop hole on Origin or stealing a game through something like TPB. Semantics really, the end result is the same.

        • Purt on 25/11/2011 - 13:31

          well how long I play bfbc online depends on whether ea cancel all the orders, but downloading the game illegally will give me no chance of playing online…

          it's like saying why would you buy bf3 when you can just download it for free on tpb? it's because if you download it illegally you can't play mp online, singleplayer is completely shit, so really you're just wasting your time.

        • Wildesy on 25/11/2011 - 13:34

          Fair enough. I guess there are benefits of pirating it this way instead of through conventional avenues. My mistake, bad luck to you guys that missed out!

    • cmdwedge on 25/11/2011 - 13:51
      +3

      How will a viola help?

      • Wildesy on 25/11/2011 - 14:00

        Everyone knows that stolen goods are useless without a nice, bow stringed instrument to accompany them.

  • OpenAI on 25/11/2011 - 13:26

    sick got all games times 2 teach Origin for banning me for 24 hours for pointing out that BF3 is bugged.

    • Purt on 25/11/2011 - 13:28
      +1

      lol, never go on their forums. they can't take criticism. I'm lucky I got away with saying their patch was stupid.

      • OpenAI on 25/11/2011 - 13:48

        i was just telling them not to release the game till it playable and they banned me

    • kheob on 25/11/2011 - 13:41

      Funny if you get banned for doing this. I'm not going to try as SWTOR beta is tonight and the last thing I want is for them to ban my Origin account (linked to my SWTOR account).

      • OpenAI on 25/11/2011 - 14:02

        well they can't hack they can't polish their products lol what else can i say i am 2 weeks in and i am still having issue with BF3 tell you how good their troubleshooting is and its not just me look at their forums.

  • fieldafar on 25/11/2011 - 13:43

    Argh, missed out. This is what happens when I sleep in until noon.

  • dlcx on 25/11/2011 - 13:44
    +3

    Oh man, never thought something like this would come our way again (after the UBI deal)…
    Couple of games there that would have been awesome to try out, been wanting to play dragons age II for a while

    Teaches me for not watching ozbargain like a hawk :P

  • ItsMeAgro on 25/11/2011 - 13:45

    Missed out.

    If anyone has a spare Mass Effect 2 key they don't need, let me know!

  • Michaelz101 on 25/11/2011 - 13:48

    Ubisoft honured there a while back, i expect them to do the same….

  • Michaelz101 on 25/11/2011 - 13:50
    +5

    Medal of Honour can still be had for free

  • mightyboy on 25/11/2011 - 14:22
    +1

    If anyone has a spare Sims key, my girlfriend would be very grateful! but no.. you can't spend the night with her ;)

    • aacheney on 25/11/2011 - 14:24

      keys are linked to accounts

      • mightyboy on 25/11/2011 - 14:26

        Thanks for the reply, however there was some discussion above about people having recived the keys and sharing them. Is this not possible? Cheers.

        • cyrax83 on 25/11/2011 - 14:36

          can't you just give someone else your unlock code ?

        • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 14:55

          I received a code from a kind ozbargainer but couldn't get it to work with my account.

      • Michaelz101 on 25/11/2011 - 14:42
        +3

        lol keys and girlfirends remind me of this…..

        http://www.lamebook.com/locked-out/

        ROFL

  • ThePump on 25/11/2011 - 14:34

    There needs to be a OzBargain iPhone app that sends push notifications on new deals so no one misses out.

    • muzzamo on 25/11/2011 - 14:39
      +1

      But then they will just expire quicker and those without the push notifications will miss out

    • OpenAI on 25/11/2011 - 14:44
      -1

      nah first come first server

    • thinkv on 25/11/2011 - 15:07

      RSS ;)

      • OpenAI on 25/11/2011 - 15:12

        hahah don't let them know!

    • tebbybabes on 26/11/2011 - 16:55

      Follow Ozbargain on twitter so new deals show up on your twitter stream.

  • OpenAI on 25/11/2011 - 14:57

    Medal of Honour is still working btw

    • superforever on 25/11/2011 - 15:42

      Added but go to check out it said "Your shopping basket is currently empty."

  • r3volt on 25/11/2011 - 15:36

    How did you purchase MOH without inputting your cc details? I don't want them to have them incase they wish to charge me down the track

    • pilchard on 25/11/2011 - 15:45
      +1

      If it's asking for CC details then the bug has been fixed. Earlier it wasn't asking for any details besides address.

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