EA’s Origin is among the youngest of distribution platforms we have on the PC, and there’s been a few less than positive opinions about their support at times. The latest, however, seems like it could be the worst of them yet. Some users of Origin have been reporting troubles logging in, and it seems the hackers are gaining access by changing the victim’s email address by way of Origin’s live chat support feature.

According to a thread over at gamin clan, GSN Gaming, more than one user has experienced the issue — with one claiming that he had, as result, lost his Origin account altogether. Apparently the exploit is achieved by attaining a user’s email address, as well as date of birth, which can often be found on various game community forums and such. Once this information is found, the hacker uses Origin’s live support feature and requests a change of email address.

GSN forum user, Anointed_Soldier, states:

“[Origin Support] said that my account was still in good standing and couldnt figured out what was going on with it, …they couldnt find my original email that I created my account with anywhere.. and because of that, they wouldnt give me access to my account to change things around for security reasons even after I gave them my name and DOB. They said I HAD to verify the new email address, but duh…I couldnt give them something that I didnt have… they said they had to forward my issue to tier 3 email support…It was like talking to a brick wall with them about this whole ordeal. I was not happy with them or with what was going on with my account. I was notified by email yesterday from EA email support requesting me to create a new account…and im like….are u kidding me??? They said it would be safer to create a new account with a different ID and unique password that would make it difficult for others to obtain, and they are still working on resolving the issue with my original account.. then they add….” We appologize for any inconvience this may have caused”.

He also adds:

“EA did mention that I am not the only one this has happened to here recently, so you might want to consider changing your password, and hope this doesnt happen to you… because this has not been a fun experience at all!!”

Further down in the thread, others admit to having had, or heard about, others who’ve experienced similar issues. We have reached out to EA for an official comment on the matter.

source:http://ironhammers.org/?p=9326

4 words ♥♥♥♥ off EA origin

jackthebomb talking about online passes,

David Jaffe said it best when he spoke out against PSN Pass being forced on his game Twisted Metal. Sony, Activision, EA all are publishers. They are the ones who are implementing Online Passes. They are forcing their Published Games to contain Online Passes.

Online Passes restrict your rights as a Consumer, The First Sale Doctrine protects you as a consumer. Online Passes do not help nor support Developers. Online Passes do not help pay for the Servers. Servers are added as New copies are sold. There can NEVER be more Used copies Online than New Copies Sold. In order for there to be a Used copy there had to be a New one sold. They made there money already, who died and said they deserve a second income from used sales.

watch this video on youtube.com hes tell truth forever

source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PzVXPipYTw

Yesterday, we reported that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will make use of EA's Online Pass system, and that used copies of the game will not include access to a specific quest line, similar to Catwoman's Online Pass exclusion from used copies of Batman: Arkham City. Initially, it looked as though the pass granted access to data already on the disc, however this was later clarified by a post made on the 38 Studios Forums, where community manager Muse informed the public that the quest line is in fact day-one DLC, rather than content actually on the disc.

38 Studios founder Curt Schilling has written his own statement regarding the situation, and it's just about as frank and honest as we've come to expect from Schilling over the last couple of days: "You can argue the merits and effectiveness of it, but right now it's how it's done and as someone that's as invested as I am in this company, I stand by what has happened."

Schilling goes on to say that the free DLC is intended to be an incentive to early adopters and a reward for "fans and gamers who commit to us with their time and money when it benefits the company." He does, however, realize that the situation could have been handled differently: "It is my responsibility as the leader to know of things like this and be aware that it would become an issue, I failed on both accounts. No one else is to blame, but at the same time there is no nefarious attempt to do anything under handed here."

source:http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/28/38-studios-head-curt-shilling-elaborates-on-kingdoms-of-amalur/

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a single-player game, but that hasn't stopped Electronic Arts from cramming an online pass into the game. We knew the pass was going to hide the game's Mass Effect tie-in armor, but now we know that it's holding seven full quests to ransom, too.

This is what greeted me when I opened my review copy, anyway. No manual or anything, just an online pass. Also, the code on my pass is currently invalid, so I cannot get to the content and see what it's like. The sheet tells me I'll get an entire quest line though, made up of seven individual quests.

It's pretty sad that single-player games are starting to chuck online passes around. You know what that says to me? That a publisher is not confident that its game is worth keeping. That's really not the kind of message you want to send your consumers before they even put the disc in.

It's a shame, because Amalur might actually be worth keeping ... but EA clearly doesn't think so.

source:http://www.destructoid.com/kingdoms-of-amalur-hides-seven-quests-behind-online-pass-220459.phtml