Origin

content delivery software by Electronic Arts

Place video_game_distribution_platform Q31708

Facts

25 properties

Instance of: video game distribution platform
Founder: Electronic Arts^[2]
Owned by: Electronic Arts^[3]
Publication date: June 3, 2011^[16]
Official website: www.origin.com^[18]
Has use: digital distribution, digital rights management^[12]^[13]
Copyright license: proprietary license^[5]
Copyright status: copyrighted^[28]
Creator: Electronic Arts^[1]
Developer: Electronic Arts^[4]
Different from: Origin^[24]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: October 7, 2022, April 17, 2025^[14]^[15]
Distributed by: Electronic Arts^[17]
GUI toolkit or framework: Qt (software)^[22]
Language used: multiple languages^[26]
Main Wikidata property: P8261^[23]
Name: Origin^[25]
Operating system: Microsoft Windows, macOS^[7]^[8]
P14470: Concepts/Origin^[30]
Programmed in: Qt (software)^[6]
Replaced by: EA App^[21]
Replaces: EA Store, EA Download Manager^[19]^[20]
Search formatter URL: www.origin.com^[27]
Social media followers: +690489^[29]

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Software version identifier: 10.5.31, 8.1, 10.5.118^[9]^[10]^[11]

🏷️ Also known as

en EA Desktop App en Origin en EA Origin en EA Desktop ar اورجن da EA Origin de EA Origin fa اوریجین (سرویس) fr EA Origin he EA Origin it EA Origin ja EA Origin ja EAオリジン ja オリジン ko 오리진 ko Origin nl EA Origin pl EA Origin pt EA Origin ru EA Origin

🔖 Identifiers · 15

AlternativeTo software ID: ea-origin
Baidu Tieba name: origin
Chocolatey Community package ID: origin
Described at URL: www.videogameschronicle.com
Downdetector ID: origin
Facebook username: OriginInsider
Fandom article ID: logos:Origin
Freebase ID: /m/08z88x
GamesIndustry.biz tag ID: topics/origin
Giant Bomb ID (former scheme): 3015-7040
Instagram username: origininsider
PCGamingWiki ID: Store:Origin

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Trustpilot company ID: www.origin.com
Wine AppDB ID: 13176
X (Twitter) username: OriginInsider

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🔗 Connections

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Need for Speed, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Apex Legends, Mass Effect, Cities: Skylines, FIFA 23, Battlefield V, FIFA 16 +36 more

Has use 2

digital rights management, digital distribution

Operating system 2

Microsoft Windows, macOS

proprietary license

Creator 1

Electronic Arts

Developer 1

Electronic Arts

Different from 1

Origin

Distributed by 1

Electronic Arts

Founder 1

Electronic Arts

Language used 1

multiple languages

Owned by 1

Electronic Arts

Replaced by 1

EA App

Replaces 1

EA Download Manager

← Different from 1

Orjen

← Maintains linking to 1

PCGamingWiki

← Replaced by 1

EA Download Manager

← Replaces 1

EA App

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[2] ↑ Origin — founder (P112): Electronic Arts. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Origin — owned by (P127): Electronic Arts. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Origin — creator (P170): Electronic Arts. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Origin — developer (P178): Electronic Arts. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Origin — copyright license (P275): proprietary license. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Origin — programmed in (P277): Qt (software). gpl.ea.com. gpl.ea.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Origin — operating system (P306): Microsoft Windows. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Origin — operating system (P306): macOS. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Origin — software version identifier (P348): 10.5.31. answers.ea.com. answers.ea.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Origin — software version identifier (P348): 8.1. answers.ea.com. answers.ea.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Origin — software version identifier (P348): 10.5.118. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Origin — has use (P366): digital distribution. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Origin — has use (P366): digital rights management. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Origin — dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576): October 7, 2022. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Origin — dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576): April 17, 2025. help.ea.com. help.ea.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Origin — publication date (P577): June 3, 2011. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Origin — distributed by (P750): Electronic Arts. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Origin — official website (P856): https://www.origin.com/. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Origin — replaces (P1365): EA Store. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Origin — replaces (P1365): EA Download Manager. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Origin — replaced by (P1366): EA App. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Origin — GUI toolkit or framework (P1414): Qt (software). wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Origin — main Wikidata property (P1687): P8261. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Origin — different from (P1889): Origin. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Origin — name (P2561): Origin. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Origin — language used (P2936): multiple languages. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Origin — search formatter URL (P4354): https://www.origin.com/search?searchString=$1. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Origin — copyright status (P6216): copyrighted. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Origin — social media followers (P8687): 690,489. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Origin — P14470 (P14470): Concepts/Origin. wikidata.org.

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14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14470 → Concepts/Origin

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Origin, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
17w ago · StomboyCarGeek · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Aliases → —

Different from → Origin

Operating system → Microsoft Windows, macOS

Replaced by → —

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"/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 17 April 2025"

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