Now, EA is altogether discontinuing Origin, which will be effective April 17, 2025. By then, you’ll need to switch to the EA app , which has been available since 2020 and serves as the new ...

EA took this decision due to Microsoft ending support for 32-bit apps within Windows 11, since Origin is a 32-bit app. All of your games will be safe and accessible in the new launcher, but you ...

EA announced Origin’s shutdown this week. The decision is the result of Microsoft ending support for 32-bit software on Windows. Origin does not run on 64-bit code - but its replacement, the EA ...

EA is closing Origin on Thursday April 17, 2025. Users will need to switch to the EA App, which doesn't support 32-bit software or macOS older than Catalina 10.15.5.

EA is closing Origin on April 17, 2025, switching to the EA App due to Microsoft's 32-bit abandonment. Games and accounts will transfer to the EA App seamlessly, including saved data and cloud ...

EA Is Killing Off Origin, But Also Your 32-Bit Gaming Collection The publisher is moving everyone onto the EA app, but you need a 64-bit machine for that. microsoft. By. John Walker.

Electronic Arts (EA) has announced the end of Origin, its 14-year-old game launcher. The company will sunset Origin this April, forcing gamers with EA titles to open them via the newer EA app.

EA eventually put its games back on Steam starting in 2019. It also announced plans to retire the Origin name and app in favor of a more simply branded "EA" app, which launched in 2022.

In a support document, Electronic Arts (EA) announced plans to shutter its Origin launcher in a few months, which raises the questions of what will happen to game libraries and accompanying mods.

Anyone still running Origin (which first debuted way back in 2011) will have to shift over to the EA app before the April 2025 deadline now set for Origin's demise. As flagged by Neowin, EA has ...