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Origin Changelog

What's new in Origin 10.5.50

Oct 16, 2019
  • We squashed bugs, fixed crashes, and made Origin that much better.

New in Origin 10.5.49 (Oct 16, 2019)

  • We squashed bugs, fixed crashes, and made Origin that much better.

New in Origin 10.5.48 (Oct 14, 2019)

  • We squashed bugs, fixed crashes, and made Origin that much better.

New in Origin 10.5.47 (Oct 4, 2019)

  • Patch updates appeared stuck during the Preparing phase, but downloads are now running as intended: smoothly.

New in Origin 10.5.46 (Sep 13, 2019)

  • Windows & Origin were vying for control over the “Run Origin when Windows Starts” setting, so we held a Light Cycle race to determine a winner. Origin’s orange Light Cycle won.
  • Game files affected by certain patches and updates can take up space on users’ drives, so we hired a gang of newsies to call out when your disk space is getting low. They may or may not break out in choreographed dancing & singing.
  • Ultimate Chicken Horse froze when users opened a browser window from the game menu (e.g. Twitter). We plugged all the space heaters, a toaster oven, and even an air purifier into the same power strip and Ultimate Chicken Horse is now unfrozen.
  • Users could not accept invites to a game they had quit after a partial download. Those games were given an etiquette lesson and are now much better hosts.

New in Origin 10.5.45 (Aug 20, 2019)

  • We squashed bugs, fixed crashes, and made Origin that much better

New in Origin 10.5.44 (Aug 8, 2019)

  • Windows & Origin were wing for control over the "Run Origin when Windows Starts" setting, so we held a Light Cycle race to determine a winner. Origin's orange Light Cycle won.
  • Game files affected by certain patches and updates can take up space on users' drives, so we hired a gang of newsies to call out when your disk space is getting low. They may or may not break out in choreographed dancing & singing.
  • Ultimate Chicken Horse froze when users opened a browser window from the game menu (e.g. Twitter). We plugged all the space heaters, a toaster oven, and even an air purifier into the same power strip and Ultimate Chicken Horse is now unfrozen.
  • Users could not accept invites to a game they had quit after a partial download. Those games were given an etiquette lesson and are now much better hosts.

New in Origin 10.5.43 (Jul 16, 2019)

  • We squashed bugs, fixed crashes, and made Origin that much better.

New in Origin 10.5.42 (Jul 9, 2019)

  • Someone in the DJ booth has been switching on the “on air” sign all willy-nilly, tricking players into thinking they’re broadcasting gameplay when they’re not. We should’ve anticipated this kind of behavior when we hired a giant, robotic mouse for the job.
  • Players using the MacOS Mojave can now successfully build their own bundle of The Sims 4 and its various Packs without a hitch. We can’t guarantee your Sims’ adventures will go as smoothly.

New in Origin 10.5.41 (Jun 18, 2019)

  • We squashed bugs, fixed crashes, and made Origin that much better.

New in Origin 10.5.40 (Jun 3, 2019)

  • We squashed bugs, fixed crashes, and made Origin that much better.

New in Origin 10.5.39 (May 28, 2019)

  • We squashed bugs, fixed crashes, and made Origin that much better.

New in Origin 10.5.38 (May 28, 2019)

  • What's the point of an awesome gift if you can't find it? Un-opened gifted games now appear in a user's Vault library.
  • We applied Pym particles to Origin shopping cart buttons so they now adjust on screen properly when resizing your browser or client.
  • We popped that overzealous notification bubble that shows up in your chat window after sending a message to another friend.
  • You could buy The Sims 4 Seasons for yourself more than once but it really is a one-time purchase sorta thing, so we fixed an issue enabling users to buy the same thing over and over and over and over.
  • We unclogged our filters so certain options and games correctly appear in searches again.

New in Origin 10.5.37 (Apr 16, 2019)

  • We played around with one too many mirrors and caused “Related Products” and “You Might Also Like” recommendations to show up multiple times on game pages. The mirrors (and the doubles) have been removed & returned to the stranger who lives beneath the opera house.
  • The privacy links & policy documents in the Origin sign-up process got scrambled after someone rolled a 6 and sent a stampede through the site. We fixed the affected links, rolled a 10 and ended that wildly dangerous game.
  • There was a bug where voice calls continued after the Chat Tab was closed. Disembodied voices belong only in haunted houses, so we saged the place and now it’s in working order.
  • Enchanted arrows got mixed in with the arrows in active chat windows, causing them to disappear & preventing users from toggling. The boy responsible has collected his magic arrows & returned to hunting with his heavily tattooed father.
  • The Apex installer appeared disabled during downloads after Caustic dropped one too many nox grenades in the break room. The installer has been decontaminated and Caustic’s weapon pack will now be checked at the door.
  • The Voice Settings menu displayed a Voice Chat Indicator setting that had no function. Mirage or phantom, the inert setting has since disappeared…spooky.
  • Put away your monocles and opera glasses because we’ve got you taken care of: the zoom level is now automatically adjusted to fit your browser window size, even on 4K monitors!
  • It took dodging some spiky blades and other booby traps, but the game library now accurately reflects ownership of The Sims 4 Standard Edition for Premier users who own The Sims 4 Vault Edition. Take that, giant rolling boulder!

New in Origin 10.5.35 (Feb 26, 2019)

  • All Origin Access members can now receive gifted DLC from friends, family, significant others, BFFs, interdimensional beings and class V or lower spectral entities.
  • We slayed the beast blocking players from completing their purchase of the Ultima Online King’s Collection Theme Pack after placing the DLC in their carts.
  • The Final Hours DLC no longer directs players to the main Origin Titanfall homepage and now appears in players’ libraries upon being purchased or added.
  • We fixed the crossed wires causing lapsed offers to remain visible and linking to 404 error pages upon being clicked.
  • You’re supposed to play hide and seek with your friends, not downloadable content. The Final Hours DLC will now appear in players’ libraries after adding Titanfall Deluxe Edition through their Origin Access membership.

New in Origin 10.5.33 (Jan 8, 2019)

  • We squashed bugs, fixed crashes, and made Origin that much better.

New in Origin 10.5.32 (Dec 13, 2018)

  • Because life moves pretty fast we’ve introduced a new drawer design that gives you everything you need to know in a clean, little dropdown when you click on DLC whenever there are awesome sales events. Ain’t nobody got time for new windows or tabs.
  • Love having the freedom to move files from one place to another for fun or just to free up space on the ol’ computer then locate them after? We do too, and now you can move and locate your Origin purchases.
  • We’ve made it way easier to do your homework and see what games are included in Origin Access Basic and Origin Access Premier membership.
  • Everyone hates drawing a blank. We fixed an issue where the Manage My Membership on-screen window opens up empty after clicking on the EA Account link.

New in Origin 10.5.30 (Nov 6, 2018)

  • We got rid of a bunch of real creepy crawlies that ran amok after we tried to use them as Halloween décor. We went a little overboard with our haunted house.

New in Origin 10.5.29 (Oct 30, 2018)

  • We gave our ratings much needed dance lessons because they kept overlapping and stepping on toes of other content it shares the page with.
  • The download queue finished watching The Sopranos and decided to end its messages mid-sentence. The download queue has since agreed to display full messages as long as we make ziti and rewatch all 7 seasons with them.
  • Origin updates got some very necessary ninja training and will now be very, very quiet and work in the background when you start up Windows.
  • Imagine sampling an ice cream flavor, ordering it and being told they don’t have that flavor. The imaginary frustration you’re feeling was experienced by some users trying to upgrade from the Madden 19 trial to the full game. Both the full game and the hypothetical ice cream have been restored.
  • It’s that time of year to binge scary movies and the Origin Access banner is a more than a little jumpy, hiding when you come back from offline mode. We explained to the banner scary movies aren’t real and it’s not going anywhere.
  • Nope, you’re not experiencing déjà vu when changing your Origin Access membership plan from Basic to Premier, it was just a few nuts and bolts that needed some tightening.
  • The CTA on some DLC pages mastered being able to move so incredibly slow it became invisible to the naked eye. Okay, not really, but it is back where it belongs; nice and visible.
  • You may have noticed the awesome new layout making it easier to bundle games and DLCs at checkout. No bugs or anything, we refreshed that because we HEART you.
  • You know that face you have to practice when you’re gifted something you already own? Well, you won’t have to practice that because of Origin – we shook out some bugs that allowed friends to gift you stuff you already own.

New in Origin 10.5.27 (Sep 19, 2018)

  • The subscriber information text decided to play hide and seek. We found it in the rafters and put it back where it belongs.
  • Some Terms and Conditions messaging got turned around and ended up in a completely wrong location. After giving it a better map it found its way back home.
  • We let a bunch of Sims intern for us and they added a few of the same product within itself in the Extra Content sections. We took their plumbobs away and fixed it.
  • Our Sims let us know it needed to be easier to create a shin dig using Game Packs and Stuff Packs, so we made sure to make it easier to take advantage of The Sims 4 BYOB options.
  • The Screenshots and Videos section cut in line making it impossible to see the MORE drop-down menu when clicked. After giving it a stern talking-to, it apologized and jumped to the back of the line.
  • We zapped some moths that got into Battlefield I causing it to clog up and not un-pause the game when in OIG.
  • A bunch of rowdy Krogans got into a brawl with some Turians, leaving some structural damage to a few Origin modals causing them to exit and crash. We got them to cool off, talk things out and fix everything they broke.
  • We’ve got the information you’ve been looking for. Game landing pages now show you if the game is available with Origin.com’s Basic or Premier subscriptions.
  • Language isn’t a Sims’ strong suit, which is why no warning message would pop up when upgrading from The Sims 4 Limited Edition to Digital Deluxe Edition. It’s ok, Sims, we’ve got it from here.
  • We repaired some broken article links that were knocked loose by some plants trying to nail a horde of zombies.
  • We found some bugs, but they weren’t very cuddly or good on leash so we zapped ‘em.

New in Origin 10.5.26 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • We noticed the navigation bar kept vanishing after looking at Origin Access subscription information so we super-glued its feet to the ground to keep it from running off.
  • We fumigated some DLC mites that knocked out a few plugs preventing Origin Access Basic members from adding the DAI DLC to their account.
  • We fixed a wonky plumbob that tipped over and prevented users logged in with a child account from viewing their The Sims 4 DLC.
  • Some gremlins moved things around causing the wrong messaging to display when trying to pre-download Battlefield V with Origin Access Premier. Our cryptozoologists wrangled them so our engineers could clean up their mess.
  • A tachyon surge caused a paradimensional rift to open, leaving some blank spaces on the Madden NFL 19 Origin.com page. Both the portal and spaces have been closed.
  • Say goodbye to long load times and buggy results - Origin.com’s filters now run on kyber crystals.
  • We had to clean up a bunch of necromorph corruption that clogged up the Origin.com cogwheel when trying to upgrade games. We should have left that Unitology Marker where we found it.

New in Origin 10.5.25 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • We guess our linebackers got a little carried away but, don’t worry, the refs threw a flag so now nothing’s blocking your Play First Trial of Madden NFL 19.
  • Our cornerbacks caught and squashed a bug that was showing incorrect upgrade messaging.
  • We discovered and flattened a new species of insect, Refugium Decipio Aranea, that was putting out incorrect refund messaging.
  • We said ‘da svidania’ to some bugs causing issues with how Russian prices would display on Origin.com.
  • It turns out that jittery feeling we got from launching Premier wasn’t just from us being excited; so we shook out digital ants from our proverbial pants.
  • Our last cleanup left behind some icky, sticky, pulpy bug goo that prevented purchasing here and there, but we got some really good squeegees and cleaned up everything.
  • We found some weird, six-legged beetle looking things that loved to chew on Tiberium pages causing them to 404. We did some fumigating and they’re gone now. Whoopie!
  • Some ants got into our TOS links and moved a few characters around causing them to load incorrectly. After writing an angry letter to their queen the drones put things back and everything is working fine.
  • The Cloud Sync conflict error message had a little too much coffee causing it to overzealously pop up for some games. Don’t worry, we gave it a chill pill and now it’s working as it needs to.
  • Our engineers rubbed a magic lamp and asked a genie to nix some bugs preventing users from removing things from their wishlist.
  • We sprayed some pesticide on some creepy crawlies that made it hard to bundle titles here and there. Now you should be able to add bundled title purchases without any problems.
  • Our boots are super slimy after squashing a bunch of bugs that removed Premier specific Vault games from the Vault list.
  • We saw you were having trouble viewing your library after adding a Play First Trial and trying to see it in your collection. We found, caged and sent the insectoid culprit up river.
  • We called in a raid on all those bugs who crashed your Origin Access Premier party to better your good times.

New in Origin 10.5.24 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • We cleaned up a nest of bugs after they got into some lab equipment causing a slight telepod mix up that cronenberged a few employees. We got them sorted out - all good now!

New in Origin 10.5.23 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Our search feature really wanted to display game results in English…which is great for folks who understand English. It's not so great for those who don't. After a little tinkering, it's back to it's normal, multi-lingual self.
  • Added an "Are you really sure?" message for when you hit "Cancel" while installing the client. Great for those times when your button-clicking finger is moving a little bit faster than your brain.
  • Have your Mass Effect 2 DLC downloads been stalling out lately? We sent Garrus over to perform some calibrations and get things working properly again. Now you can take on the Shadow Broker, team up with Kasumi, investigate that mysterious Cerberus base and more!
  • We squashed a bug that was making players' achievements pages look a little bland. Now the game art's back where it belongs - making your achievements look even more stunning!
  • Some of our text badges were wandering off their game tiles and following players around from page to page. We left a trail of (virtual) breadcrumbs to lead them back home again.

New in Origin 10.5.22 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • We know our game trailers want all your attention, but our screenshots were getting jealous. So now the arrows to slide from video to screenshots respond after you've clicked the “Watch the Trailer” button and want to peruse through a gallery.
  • Safari users can now add STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ to their wishlist to be ready for the day when they find a magic lamp or a special someone makes their wishes come true.
  • We've optimized our installation process to make it better…stronger…faster…less cluttered. Ok, mostly less cluttered.
  • Let your loved ones know they can sleep peacefully now that we’ve stomped on those creepy crawly bugs that webbed up some DLC and kept some downloads stuck at 0%. They mostly come at night. Mostly. Welp, not anymore.
  • If you experience the visual equivalent of a 4.5 on the Richter scale every time you tried to scroll down The Sims 4 Build Your Own Bundle page, we apologize. Our engineers have done some behind-the-scenes seismic reinforcement to keep those pages nice and stable from now on.
  • A knotty little bug was making it tricky to add the Unravel Two trial to your game library. It took some time to untangle, but we managed to weave together a solution.
  • Our +2 Sword of Bug Smiting got a good workout this week as we sent a bunch of those little pests to their just rewards. Now Origin looks better, runs smoother and takes you where you want to go faster. And we racked up some sweet XP - next level, here we come!
  • If you renewed your Origin Access membership recently you may have noticed that either origin.com or the Origin client wasn't getting the message…at least not without a reload. We've improved their communication skills so now they both recognize you as one of our awesome members - no reload required.
  • We've optimized some of our trial messaging so the right words get to the right people at the right time. It just seemed like the right thing to do.

New in Origin 10.5.21 (Jun 19, 2018)

  • The "Learn More" button for the FIFA 18 trial was super broken. Like take-you-to-an-Error-404-dead-end broken. Now it's super fixed. Like take-you-where-you-want-to-go fixed.
  • We thought you might want to scroll through the videos and images on the Play First Trial page so we fixed the buttons that will let you do that.
  • If you're an Origin Access member and you tried to play a Vault game offline recently you may have seen a "Your membership has ended" message. It hasn't, so we turned that off. Sorry if we accidentally spiked your blood pressure there.
  • Warning messages only work if you see them. Now we've made sure you can. So the next time you try to download a game to a full hard drive or invalid folder, you'll know why and what to do about it.
  • Did you feel a great disturbance in Origin? As if dozens of bugs suddenly cried out in terror and were just as suddenly silenced? That was entirely thanks to our brilliant engineers and not that huge space st-…we mean, moon. Definitely a moon.

New in Origin 10.5.20 (Jun 5, 2018)

  • Do you have DLC hanging around on your wishlist that shouldn't still be there? And did you only find out about it because friends told you that they can see it but can't gift it to you? Were you deeply confused? Not gonna' lie, we were too, so we spent some time investigating and fixing this weird little bug and now the DLC you already own won't be cluttering up your wishlist anymore.
  • We noticed that extra content in the download queue just kept right on downloading even after the base game had been uninstalled. We admired their never-say-die attitude, but this was going a bit too far. From now on if you uninstall a game the DLC downloads are canceled immediately.
  • Mac users who've tried to install the client recently have spoken of a restless spirit lingering on their screens. This helper tool "Permission Required" pop-up stubbornly refused all attempts to dismiss it. Luckily, we've reworked the summoning spell on that particular apparition so now instead of haunting your screen for all eternity, it can be banished with the simple click of a button.

New in Origin 10.5.19 (May 24, 2018)

  • Now you can add The Sims 4 Digital Deluxe Edition to your bundle on our Build Your Bundle page instead of just the Standard Edition. If you've ever wanted to create a Sims rave at a tiki bar, and save money doing it, this is your lucky day.
  • What happened to some of those crash bugs, stability problems and performance issues that have been hanging around here lately? Well, we sent them away to live on a nice farm…upstate, where they can run and play. We're sure they'll be much happier there.
  • Do you love Ubisoft games? Would you like it if buying and playing them on Origin was a little easier? It's your lucky day! Now you can to connect your Ubisoft Account and EA Account with just a few clicks. Isn't technology great?
  • Improved the Origin client's stability so it no longer throws a tantrum and stalls out when you try to shut down Windows - because nobody likes a big crybaby.
  • We were told to post the following: "We've made some changes to reflect the requirements of the new General Data Protection Regulation in the EU". And we did it. Why? Because you don't tug on Superman's cape. You don't spit into the wind. You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with EU regulations.

New in Origin 10.5.18 (May 12, 2018)

  • Are you an Origin Access member? Would you like to know that there is a higher edition of one of your games in The Vault? Yeah, we thought you might, so we fixed a problem that caused our "Oh hey, you can upgrade your game" messages to disappear.
  • We've made some site stability improvements so now when a web browser process crashes it won't take Origin In-Game navigation out with it. Yay stability!
  • If you signed into Origin recently with a 4K resolution display you may have asked yourself questions like, "Where has the navigation gone?" and "Why is everything so big?" Turns out our system was accidentally doubling up on zoom, so we dialed that back to normal and quietly filed away our plans to design and build a shrink ray...for now.

New in Origin 10.5.17 (May 5, 2018)

  • Origin Access members who bought Sims packs recently may have noticed our system prompting them to buy the base game too…even though it's already in The Vault. Sorry about that. From now on, no more sales pitches for games members can download and play whenever they want.
  • We'd like to let everyone who received the error message "We can't seem to find that gift" know that we have, in fact, found the gifts. A hamster-based gift delivery system may not have been our wisest choice. We've learned our lesson - it's squirrels for us from now on.
  • The Details button on game extra content is working once more. Now you can read all the words. All of them!
  • Our notification assembly line was getting jammed up when players were unlocking more than 3 achievements at a time. We built it a nice new queue to keep things humming along smoothly from now on.
  • The Origin Helper service has been a little less than helpful recently, at least on PCs. Switching it on in Application Settings seemed to work, it even showed a nice little message saying it was working, but without a client restart it was all an illusion. Fortunately, our team saw through the smoke and mirrors and got that slacker back on the job - no restart required.
  • Clicking "Cancel" on a window shouldn't cause your download queue to have a complete panic attack and get jammed up. Unfortunately, that's exactly what was happening to our Mac users who tried to download games requiring external installation applications. After a little work (and a lot of therapy) the download queue is calm, cool and working normally again.

New in Origin 10.5.16 Build 29299 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • The download manager needed some serious attention this week: the progress bar wasn't displaying properly for games with progressive installation, some of the controls weren't clearly labeled and if you made your Origin client window very small the download manager would shove the profile tile on top of the notifications tile. The bar's been tweaked, we used our label maker to take care of the buttons and gave the download manager a stern talking-to about respecting others' personal space.
  • You can now resize Origin chat windows when they're popped out, instead of having to accept whatever default size they feel like being that day.
  • Have your text-to-speech messages sounded alittlelikethisrecently? It's hard to hear anything when people are talking too fast or interrupting each other, so we've slowed things down a bit. Now messages should sound more like a conversation and less like an auction.
  • Now the Origin installation window shows off more recent games in its image loop, because we love our children and want to brag about them.

New in Origin 10.5.15 Build 44004 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • If you tried to purchase BioWare DLC recently you weren't seeing double - our system was duplicating purchases. The glitch has been fixed, but if you believe you were affected please visit help.ea.com and click "Contact Us" to speak to one of our advisors.
  • Origin will now run in the background on system start-up - that means it can sign you in, install updates and more without throwing a sign-in or update window in your face.
  • Origin no longer turns game art in your library into gray blocks when you load a game (because it thought you weren't looking).
  • After broadcasting on Twitch you might want to grab a snack or take out the trash before someone reminds you *again*. In the past, when you tried to change your status from "Online" to "Away" Origin wouldn't let you. We've addressed its separation anxiety, so feel free to go do what you need to do. And can you grab us a soda while you're up?
  • Origin is supposed to sign you into the Origin forums automatically when you visit from the client, but for a while, it was making you sign in manually out of paranoia and/or laziness. Whichever it was, we fixed it.
  • When you earn a bunch of achievements you probably want to know it. Unfortunately, our notification system gave up after telling you about just one. We hung a few motivational posters around the office, gave the system a good old-fashioned pep talk and it's now brimming with team spirit. It can't wait to tell you all about every last one of your latest achievements.
  • You might've noticed that scrolling on Origin with your Mac trackpad has…been…a…little…slow. Well, we noticed too and gave the scrollbars an espresso or two. They're moving a whole lot faster now.
  • The old "one to open, one to keep in the box" rule doesn't really apply to digital games, so we figure when you buy the same game twice it's a mistake. Now Origin knows that too, so it stops you if you accidentally try to buy a lower edition of a game you already own.
  • What do Ouija boards, the Voyager space probes and our game invite system have in common? All three were attempting to reach the unknown. We can't be sure about ghosts, or aliens, but we do know that offline players absolutely can't join your game, no matter how many times you invite them. Now the system knows it too.

New in Origin 10.5.14 Build 38647 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • We geared up and went full exterminator on bugs of all sorts - bugs that rearranged pages, broke buttons, twisted up text or just wouldn't let you do what you wanted to do. We squished them all with extreme prejudice.

New in Origin 10.5.12 Build 32066 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • Now you can see if your friends are online or not even if their real name appears on your friends list, because apparently, Origin couldn't handle that level of intimacy for a while.
  • The scroll bar on download queues seemed to get stuck going in only one direction. We added the coding equivalent of a little WD-40 and now it's back to moving up and down smoothly.
  • If you've poked, prodded, tapped and jabbed at the "Add to Order" button on our bundles page to no avail, we apologize. Now if you try to add a bundle to your order from your phone or touchscreen device, a single, gentle touch should suffice.
  • Now you can shut your PC down normally even when Origin is on the sign-in page without bringing the whole process to a screeching halt.
  • The download option went AWOL in some users' game libraries. We sent out the MPs, gave it an official reprimand and now it's back on duty.
  • Searching for a game with a number in its title briefly deleted the "View All in your Game Library" option. Now it's fixed and you can marathon every single Ultima game with ease.

New in Origin 10.5.11 Build 27978 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • Origin used to pretend that everything was under control when it got a cloud sync error and wouldn't tell you about the problem. It's more open and communicative now.
  • Triangles are awesome, one of our all-time favorite shapes. But they're not so great when they block half your window. Especially when you're trying to play some of the SteamWorld games. We've…ironed this issue out.
  • Need for Speed Payback fans, The House hasn't been messing with your cloud saves. That was on us, sorry. Now you should be able to get back to your cartel-fighting, street racing and car chases without any more cloud save problems.
  • Origin now actually accepts MyCard like it was supposed to all along, instead of replying to MyCard purchases with a cryptic error.
  • Our game invites wouldn't take "Yes" for an answer and stuck around way longer than they should have. We told them you don't have to go home but you can't stay here.
  • If you were trying to buy some Need for Speed Payback Speed Points and you got nothing but red lights you'll be happy to hear the fast lane is now re-opened. Hit the gas and grab all the Speed Points you want.
  • You used to be able to set your Origin in-game menu shortcut to just Shift...and then open and close the menu over and over again by typing normally. Whoops. Unplugged that one.
  • Steamworld Dig is a good-looking game, and now your fans can see that for themselves because Origin doesn't display a black screen when you try to stream it anymore.
  • Some of our extra content has not only been budging to the front of the download queue, they're also making it tough to then download the base game. We took care of that because it's all about that base, 'bout that base, 'bout that base game.
  • You didn't really need to see that download start, did you? That's what Origin thought, so it would bring you back to the top of the page any time you clicked 'Download' on a tile in your game library. Now it lets you stick around.

New in Origin 10.5.10 Build 24870 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • Text-to-speech is now available for Origin chat messages!
  • The Origin game launcher got a tune-up so now launching games is smooth like butter.
  • Origin no longer crashes if you open and close Farming Simulator 17 or Syberia 3 multiple times in the span of a few minutes. So click away!
  • Origin used to be convinced that you would never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever change your mind when you declined a party invite so it would deactivate the “Join party and game” and “Join party” buttons. We took away it’s button-breaking privileges.
  • We tuned Origin's focus capacitors so it stops zoning out and forgetting to process in-game purchases.
  • About to miss the bus? Need to leave for work? Discover that the aliens are homing in on your position and you won’t let them take you alive? Now Origin always closes when you tell it to and does it faster, so you can shut your computer down and get the heck out of here.
  • Your real name will now appear on any gifts you send if you set it up that way, so you get full credit for how freaking awesome you are.
  • Really love Ubisoft? THQ Nordic? Some revolutionary indie publisher only you know about? Now you can click on the name of the publisher on a game page and go somewhere only the two of you exist.
  • Origin was trying to start drama by telling players that their friends were revoking game invites, when really their friends had just left the games they were playing. We had a talk with it and it's very sorry.
  • The base game should always be at the top of the download queue, but sometimes DLC would get a little unruly and cut in line. "But we have friends at the top of the queue," they said. "Back of the line," we replied.
  • Now when you try to friend someone after reaching the maximum, Origin will helpfully pull up your friend list so you can see if you want to swap your new buddy in. Also, 2000 friends? How are you this popular?!
  • Some people hate spiders. Our system apparently hates a trailing parenthesis in game install paths. Seemed kind of silly to us - when's the last time you walked into a trailing parenthesis web, or had a trailing parenthesis drop out of the sky onto your head? That's right, never. We put 'em back in. The parentheses, not the spiders. *shudder*
  • We figured you want to see the whole web sign-in window when you go to use it, not just parts. So we made the frame bigger.
  • Until now, resizing your browser window while in your game library broke your ability to add new games. We figure you like buttons that work, so we fixed that.

New in Origin 10.4.14.21968 (Jul 13, 2017)

  • Download throttler improvements have been made. If you start playing a progressive install game that hasn't finished downloading, it will be excluded from throttling.
  • Keyboard navigation in chat has now been fixed - great news for those who prefer keyboard commands to mouse and mousepad.
  • General bug fixes and performance improvements are now all yours - because you deserve nice things.

New in Origin 10.4.13.6637 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • You asked, we answered - this week was all about listening to your feedback and implementing some of the features you want most, plus fresh quality of life improvements:
  • Download speeds can now be throttled--players get to decide how much bandwidth a game download should take up, both when they're playing a game and when they're not.
  • An FPS meter (for tracking frame rate) is now accessible in-game, so game settings can be optimized.
  • Interface improvements had been made to the party invite system.
  • Friend recommendation bug fix to update "You have [#] friends in common" dialogue.
  • Clicking a friend tile now redirects to their profile.
  • Networking performance and load time improvements.
  • And, as always, miscellaneous bug fixes and performance improvements to make your life better.

New in Origin 10.4.12.59996 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

New in Origin 10.4.11.52733 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

New in Origin 10.4.10.46586 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

New in Origin 10.4.9.38188 (May 2, 2017)

  • Updated social interface for better game invite display.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

New in Origin 10.4.8.36918 (Apr 18, 2017)

  • Improved Origin stability during video card driver updates.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

New in Origin 10.4.5.30491 (Apr 4, 2017)

  • Added friend recommendations to My Home.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

New in Origin 10.3.3.1921 (Dec 6, 2016)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in Origin 10.3.2.64935 (Nov 22, 2016)

  • Added the ability to buy and send gifts to other users.
  • Added the ability to create and share a personal wishlist.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in Origin 9.12.1.43352 (Apr 27, 2016)

  • Miscellaneous bugfixes.

New in Origin 9.10.2.4863 (Nov 13, 2015)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in Origin 9.9.1 (Sep 17, 2015)

  • Improved security for account and privacy pages.
  • Improved the way Origin retrieves new configuration data.
  • Various voice chat improvements and fixes.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in Origin 9.7.2.380888 (Aug 6, 2015)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

New in Origin 9.6.1.5336 (Jul 14, 2015)

  • Expansion tiles for The Sims 3 now appear in the Game Details page instead of the My Games library.
  • Added the ability to uninstall DLC for some games.
  • Improved the quality of voice chat.
  • Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

New in Origin 9.5.6.731 (Mar 3, 2015)

  • Fixed an issue between Origin In Game and MSI Afterburner that sometimes caused FIFA 15 to crash.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Origin In Game from functioning while playing Dragon Age: Origins.
  • Improved performance of the Origin In Game browser.
  • Improved the downloader’s performance when resuming partially completed downloads.
  • Fixed a stability issue experienced by some OS X Yosemite users.
  • Fixed an issue that was preventing The Sims 4 from automatically downloading add-on content.
  • Fixed an issue with Origin In Game and fullscreen mode.

New in Origin 9.4.21 (Aug 23, 2014)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

New in Origin 9.4.20.386 (Aug 6, 2014)

  • Improved image quality on Twitch broadcasts.
  • Fixed bugs causing Origin In Game problems and crashes.
  • Updated account registration process to reject invalid email addresses.
  • Additional miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in Origin 9.4.12.2807 (Jul 25, 2014)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

New in Origin 9.4.7.2799 (Apr 30, 2014)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

New in Origin 9.4.6.2792 (Mar 12, 2014)

  • Fixed issues with social profiles and chat.
  • Additional miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in Origin 9.3.11.2762 (Dec 5, 2013)

  • Added an all-new group chat feature
  • Added messaging on your friends list that shows when a friend is broadcasting gameplay
  • Added tabs and keyboard shortcuts to the Origin In Game browser
  • You can now disable Origin In Game for individual games purchased through Origin
  • Added the ability to upload custom box art for non-Origin games, including animated GIFs
  • Added the ability to check installation progress for certain games from your web browser
  • Added a security question notification (for those who haven’t set one yet) to help protect your account
  • You can now make your Origin Points and achievement totals from BF3, ME3, and DS3 visible on your Origin profile for friends to see
  • Improved error handling for when you run out of disk space while downloading paid DLC
  • You can now uninstall games through Origin for Mac
  • Improved user feedback survey for PC; enabled user feedback survey for Mac
  • More efficient auto-patching (now only the changed parts of a file get downloaded)
  • Faster game download performance

New in Origin 9.3.1.4482 (Aug 2, 2013)

  • Added an all-new group chat feature
  • Added messaging on your friends list that shows when a friend is broadcasting gameplay
  • Added tabs and keyboard shortcuts to the Origin In Game browser
  • You can now disable Origin In Game for individual games purchased through Origin
  • Added the ability to upload custom box art for non-Origin games, including animated GIFs
  • Added the ability to check installation progress for certain games from your web browser
  • Added a security question notification (for those who haven’t set one yet) to help protect your account
  • You can now make your Origin Points and achievement totals from BF3, ME3, and DS3 visible on your Origin profile for friends to see
  • Improved error handling for when you run out of disk space while downloading paid DLC
  • You can now uninstall games through Origin for Mac
  • Improved user feedback survey for PC; enabled user feedback survey for Mac
  • More efficient auto-patching (now only the changed parts of a file get downloaded)
  • Faster game download performance

New in Origin 9.2.1.4308 (May 9, 2013)

  • Updated the look and feel of the Application Settings menu
  • Added a new launcher option for select titles
  • Added Origin In Game support for 64-bit games
  • Added existing achievements from BF3, ME3, and DS3 to your Origin profile
  • Added the ability to auto-archive your gameplay broadcasts
  • Additional miscellaneous bug fixes

New in Origin 9.1.2.2620 (Nov 22, 2012)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in Origin 9.1.0.2572 (Nov 15, 2012)

  • Improved client performance to allow for quicker startup.
  • Improved the speed of your friends list while loading.
  • Added the ability for you to broadcast gameplay on Twitch.tv.
  • Added a feedback survey that allows you to tell us what you think of Origin.
  • You can now add games purchased outside of Origin to your My Games library.
  • Right-clicking on Origin in your task bar will now display more options.

New in Origin 9.0.12.2131 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue that interfered with some users' ability to download games.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented some users from launching or quitting certain games.
  • Fixed an issue that was blocking some users from logging in.

New in Origin 9.0.11.77 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue that caused certain games not to patch properly.

New in Origin 8.6.0.357 (May 19, 2012)

  • Fixed several issues with the DLC download system, including one that was causing users to time out before completion.
  • Added hovercards to the Origin friends list. You can now mouse over a friend’s name to pop up their real name. Users who have hidden their real names will remain hidden.
  • Added release dates to all DLC available for pre-order.
  • Fixed several issues that were causing Origin to crash.
  • Reduced the client’s CPU load.

New in Origin 8.5.2.23 (Apr 26, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue that caused some users to experience performance issues when running Origin.
  • Fixed a bug that caused a small number of downloads to get stuck at 100%.

New in Origin 8.5.0.4550 (Mar 2, 2012)

  • Added the ability to upload custom avatars.
  • Added captcha verification for increased security.
  • Improved relevancy of friend search results.
  • Progress bar now displays when installing games.
  • Streamlined Origin installation and update processes.
  • Game Add-Ons (DLC) can now be purchased and installed directly through Origin.
  • Updated the look and feel of the Origin client.
  • Users can now invite multiple friends to play at once.
  • Users can now hide games in their Game Library.

New in Origin 8.4.1.210 (Jan 16, 2012)

  • Users can now change their Origin ID from the Settings menu.
  • Password security has been improved. Users with less secure passwords will be asked to choose a new password.
  • Required updates can now be delayed without disrupting access to Origin’s offline mode.
  • A number of small bug fixes have been made.

New in Origin 8.3.7.3619 (Jan 6, 2012)

  • Fixes an issue that caused downloads to go past 100% completion.
  • Users installing the Russian disc version of BF3 should no longer be improperly asked to insert disc 1.
  • Fixes a number of issues that previously caused the Origin client to crash.
  • Improves the performance of the Origin browser when loading flash-based applications.
  • Addresses a number of minor localization and user experience issues.
  • Adds the ability to download and install third-party games from Origin.
  • Improves the performance of the game update functionality.
  • Made changes so that Origin now sets permissions in ProgramData\Origin by default.