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Ace on 25/11/2011 - 06:03 store.origin.com (4891 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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  • WixZ on 25/11/2011 - 07:58
    +27

    I got all the games for free. In that 10 list without buying anything probably a bug
    EDIT: Add the 10 games to the cart and then delete 1 that have price and re add to the cart and it will show as 0

    • Lycan on 25/11/2011 - 08:10
      +4

      YUP! Got them all FREE too!

      (Maybe I can download and play them all before they get removed… GO GO GADGET CLONING DEVICE!)

      • Jase2801 on 25/11/2011 - 09:37

        Hy Lycan

        Let us know how you go please? I'm at work now so I can't download mine…

    • Ashlea on 25/11/2011 - 08:12
      +1

      Same! Now THAT'S a good deal.

      I'm sure they'll eventually disable the games and probably the accounts that took advantage of this too, so I wouldn't recommend it if you already have purchased games through your origin account.

      • WixZ on 25/11/2011 - 08:46
        +2

        I created dummy account only for this

      • Domingo on 25/11/2011 - 09:22

        I'm not sure they can disable the accounts of people who purchased something through their store due to their error.

    • johnno07 on 25/11/2011 - 08:21
      -8

      Holy crap, I wonder if they will take them off us? Especially if you can argue that the bandwidth you used to download the games actually costed you money.

        • Shadowsfury on 25/11/2011 - 10:28
          +6

          So if I steal a car and pay for $50 in fuel before I'm caught, the owner should reimburse me, or maybe even let me keep the car?

        • kheob on 25/11/2011 - 13:38
          -1

          Great analogy ^

          I wouldn't try this on your main Origin account because they might ban you for stealing.

        • johnno07 on 25/11/2011 - 19:39
          -1

          Fantastic analogy. I really hope you haven't downloaded any of these games for free, Shadowsfury - that would mean that you are just as criminal as a car thief.

        • Domingo on 26/11/2011 - 12:11
          +2

          Sorry but the car analogy is terrible. You went through the checkout system owned by the seller and they offered you the wrong price. People have no reason to expect a different sales experience online to in store. So essentially the person at the checkout gave this to you for a value of $0. No one actually stole anything by bypassing any systems. The pricing system was in error and as part of the T&Cs they may invalidate the licenses, but they wouldn't take any action on accounts because their sales representative sold it at the wrong price.

      • Save Medicare on 25/11/2011 - 09:03

        Where would you argue that?

        "By entering into this Agreement, you and EA expressly waive the right to a trial by jury and to participate in a class action. "

        http://tos.ea.com/legalapp/termsofsale/US/en/PC/

        • _Bruce_ on 25/11/2011 - 09:14
          +2

          Most of these types of clauses in ToS have been proven to not hold up legally.

    • iGOTissues on 25/11/2011 - 08:27
      +8

      Added all games to cart without deleting anything still showed up as $0… Someone's gonna get fired…

      • WixZ on 25/11/2011 - 08:28

        idk, when I tried mine I need to delete 1 games.

      • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 08:53

        Accessing it in Singapore right now, and it seems to register the price properly, both on the website and Origin client.

        EDIT: Tried US proxy, doesn't work either (actually, they don't even have Medal of Honor Digital Deluxe Edition there)

    • purplebangle on 25/11/2011 - 09:09

      Wow, thats a 100% discount. We have a true ozbargainer here folks.

      Oh btw you're a legend for finding this.

  • couger on 25/11/2011 - 08:30
    +1

    Good deal, just a matter of time for them all to be removed from your account. I dont think EA will honor them as the UBI did last time.

  • leonheart1 on 25/11/2011 - 08:34

    Strange how only keys for some games are provided…

  • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 08:36

    Wahahaha,i got all of them for free with fake billing add.
    Now,My cheap digital version FIFA12 and extra 10 games are listed in my origin..

    • chaks on 25/11/2011 - 08:52

      same i hope i don't lose my fifa12

    • couger on 25/11/2011 - 09:11

      Its easy for them to just disable all the keys you purchased free.

  • WingedNike on 25/11/2011 - 08:49
    -1

    Site down

    • Domingo on 25/11/2011 - 08:55
      +1

      Definitely has not been taken down (9:01am). Yet.

    • WingedNike on 25/11/2011 - 09:00
      +3

      Sorry, something wrong on my end, site is still up!

  • Domingo on 25/11/2011 - 08:55
    +1

    I didn't have to do anything, just added them all to account and checked out.

  • ixl on 25/11/2011 - 08:56
    +1

    I got 11 GAMES = $0 = $365.00 discount…….. Mulawahaha………. Thanks Ace

  • peter05 on 25/11/2011 - 09:06
    -1

    i bought a free game and got the 10 listed for free, WIN!

    • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2011 - 09:13
      +1

      don't need to buy a free game first,those game on list shows $0 add to cart

  • jaam on 25/11/2011 - 09:17

    Thanks for the (free) games ^.^

  • _Bruce_ on 25/11/2011 - 09:19
    +1

    I'm amazed they haven't taken the store down yet while they work out who to yell at.

  • cyrax83 on 25/11/2011 - 09:23

    woohoo got all games!! Activating now

  • BenMHarvey on 25/11/2011 - 09:24

    Cheers works great

  • ozb-442 on 25/11/2011 - 09:24

    OHHHHH MAAAA GOOOODDDDDD JIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

    FANNKKKKKKK YOOOOOUOUUOUOUOUO

    Do you think they can remove the games once you've confirmed the order? Do you think they'll honour it.

  • Jase2801 on 25/11/2011 - 09:27

    I guess they can't charge us for these games later or can they? The e-mail confirmation says $385.89 discount..

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

      Mine is a Discount of $400.88 ….why is it even different…

  • gaaraa on 25/11/2011 - 09:30
    +2

    They can always send you a bill, but there's no way they could get you to pay it.

    Reminds me of the time ubisoft had accidently given free games on their download service and they let us keep them all

    • Jase2801 on 25/11/2011 - 09:33

      Hopefully they will let us keep them. Fingers crossed..

  • WingedNike on 25/11/2011 - 09:33

    I'm really surprised they haven't taken it down yet.

  • KoalaTeaPuns on 25/11/2011 - 09:35

    Why is Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight the only game that's at full price and not free like the rest of the other 9 games ?

    • AzzaD on 25/11/2011 - 09:35
      +1

      add another one of the free games, it will make them both $0

  • AzzaD on 25/11/2011 - 09:38
    +2

    just worked out why the bug is happening, if else no one has yet. If any one of those free games is added just on its own, its the full price for that game, but if you add another free game, it makes both $0. Its only checking for 2 games in the purchase, and if you add 2+ of the free games list, it makes all of them free

    anyway, thanks for sharing, hope we get to keep them!

  • Scratch2k on 25/11/2011 - 09:39
    +9

    It's a trap! EA are obviously giving away $300+ worth of games to lure you all away from Steam and in to Origin, don't fall for it!!!!

    • SydStrand on 25/11/2011 - 10:33

      I'd take freebies all day, regardless. It's not like I have to choose between them, Steam's always there when I want it.

  • qwerty on 25/11/2011 - 09:40

    Keep getting
    Payment Authorisation Failed so they maybe caught onto it

    • AzzaD on 25/11/2011 - 09:41

      huh that's unlucky, cause I added sims and spore in another order just 2 minutes ago

    • qwerty on 25/11/2011 - 09:54

      Dont use a disposable email service and it works fine

      • jaxxa on 25/11/2011 - 11:13

        I used a Gmail address and still got this, what email did you have to use?

        • Purt on 25/11/2011 - 11:42

          hotmail, but I already had an origin account.

  • KoalaTeaPuns on 25/11/2011 - 09:42

    Ah well… they fixed it I think

  • gaaraa on 25/11/2011 - 09:42

    Just tested it again right now and still worked..

  • KoalaTeaPuns on 25/11/2011 - 09:43
    -1

    for me when I go on to the site all the games are at full price

  • thinkv on 25/11/2011 - 09:43

    I'd say they will check the referrer link to where the hits are coming from, see that the bug was exposed, and then take action on bug abusers?

    • get-innocuous on 25/11/2011 - 11:35

      What kind of action can they legitimately take? It's not even an exploit, you just have to add all the games to the cart.

  • Guybrush57 on 25/11/2011 - 09:46

    Got all games for free when I added them all to cart. Thank you so much for spotting this Ace!

  • KoalaTeaPuns on 25/11/2011 - 09:48

    If they take the games off.. ah well :D thanks so much Ace

    Hey is it just me but when I go on the site all the games are at full price

    • Guybrush57 on 25/11/2011 - 09:51

      Use the Origin client to buy the games super_sayam

      • KoalaTeaPuns on 25/11/2011 - 09:56

        It doesn't work for me all the games are still at full price, would someone be kind enough to get C&C 4 for me ?:) Just make a fake account or something

  • Scratch2k on 25/11/2011 - 09:49
    +1

    I originally put one $9.99 game in my cart with one of the free games and it worked, I would have been happy with 2 games for $10, but 10 games for $0 is even better.

  • cyrax83 on 25/11/2011 - 09:50

    surprised EA hasn't fixed this yet! WOW. Best bargain of 2011 ?

  • Scratch2k on 25/11/2011 - 09:57
    +3

    This just hit egogamer, it wont be long before everybody in the known universe knows about it including whoever programmed their shopping cart system, just as they are cleaning our their desk and being escorted from the building…..

  • sarahjanes88 on 25/11/2011 - 10:02

    Thanks for the post OP! Good Christmas pressies!

  • pilchard on 25/11/2011 - 10:05

    woo hoo 'The Sims Medieval(TM) Special Edition'

  • KoalaTeaPuns on 25/11/2011 - 10:07

    Is it possible for someone to be kind enough to get C&C 4 for me ? :) When I log on all the 10 games are at full price

    • Guybrush57 on 25/11/2011 - 10:21

      super_sayam they should show as full price but if you add them to your cart they become free. Is this happening to you?

      • purplebangle on 25/11/2011 - 10:27

        Can we gift on origin? I suppose I could make an account for you or something.

  • Imsopov on 25/11/2011 - 10:09

    I got them all, very happy. Well I'll be even happier when they are actually on my pc.. but it says I have them

  • iori_terry on 25/11/2011 - 10:10

    THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!! Best deal ever!

  • SydStrand on 25/11/2011 - 10:14
    +1

    This is amazing. Though I don't expect it to last, EA can just pull the licenses.

    • videoman on 25/11/2011 - 10:24

      We will see if EA origin is better than Ubisoft. Same thing happened to ubisoft in march and they honored all the free games. Some people even got 99 free copies of some games and they still honored them.

      http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/41279

  • mrjamessimon on 25/11/2011 - 10:18

    Still working

  • videoman on 25/11/2011 - 10:21

    Damn I've already got all these games except DARKSPORE but that game hasn't got the best reviews so I don't think I will bother getting it.

  • xo_gambit on 25/11/2011 - 10:24

    Brilliant stuff….thanks OP

  • superfunhappy on 25/11/2011 - 10:24

    It looks like they just fixed it

    • ndenham on 25/11/2011 - 10:31

      Yep, I just tried to get Dragon Age II and Mass Effect 2 and it's got $30 listed as the price

      Oh well, probs too good to be true

  • WingedNike on 25/11/2011 - 10:30

    Now it's saying they're all $0 except cnc4

  • ozb-442 on 25/11/2011 - 10:31
    -4

    Wonder if we'll get to keep any of the games? Idc if they take most of the games but they should at least let us keep one of the games.

    • SydStrand on 25/11/2011 - 10:34
      +2

      No. If they pull it, it'll be complete. They won't just give you a free random game as a consolation prize.

      • ozb-442 on 25/11/2011 - 10:35
        -1

        So what's the chance we will get it? I guess its sort of a bad idea to pull it for EA's reputation, not that I personally care, but still.

        • _Bruce_ on 25/11/2011 - 10:47
          +1

          I really think that EA will come out ahead unfortunately.

          1: All publicity is good publicity.

          2: No one wants to install their small pointless origin when people already have steam (and possibly others). This will result in a jump in installation base, which is their biggest issue.

          3: EA's reputation can't get much worse anyway.

        • wisc on 25/11/2011 - 10:56

          yeah the install base is going to skyrocket.. I only installed it on a VM, will wait a week or so, if all good will install on my main PC.

          whats the go with only having 30 days to download the file and having to store it somewhere?

          said that in the emails?

  • ndenham on 25/11/2011 - 10:35

    Lol their cart system is well broken, it keeps resetting and clearing my cart.

  • qwerty on 25/11/2011 - 10:37
    +2

    I see it as good marketing
    i have never used origin except for bf3 beta and un-installed it afterwards
    now i am more likely to keep and use origin over steam espc if these games are left

    • ozb-442 on 25/11/2011 - 10:41

      Exactly. It's been up for 2 hours… Would it really take someone that long in EA to notice?

    • _Bruce_ on 25/11/2011 - 10:43
      +1

      Unfortunately even if the games are pulled, it will probably work well for EA and many people will have installed their software.

      • Purt on 25/11/2011 - 11:12

        this and these games arn't new releases so nobody will be buying them. nice way to get some advertisement, that really doesn't cost them anything.

        all i can hope for is that the games don't crash like bf3…

  • mogwai on 25/11/2011 - 10:46
    +8

    This is in the terms:
    If the price or specification published on the applicable Website for any products or services is materially incorrect when you place an order for those products or services, we will: (i) contact you by email with the correct price or specification; and (ii) ask you to confirm whether you would like to purchase the applicable products or services at the correct price or specification. If applicable, we will also state the period for which the offer or Price remains valid. If you choose not to complete your purchase at the corrected price or product specification, we will provide you with a full refund for any amounts already paid by you.

    • Jase2801 on 25/11/2011 - 10:47

      Oh well. It was worth a try :)

    • Rumbaar on 25/11/2011 - 10:55

      I'm in no hurry to play these games, I'll wait and see how the 'cookies fall' and if they honor their sales I'll install their 'steam' client and play them. If they do not honor them I'll not install and forget the throw away account I created to download them, with no loss to me.

  • ozb-442 on 25/11/2011 - 10:48

    It's EA… how many people work for EA/Origin, would it really take them 2 hours to notice? For a company this size, I really doubt it.

    • _Bruce_ on 25/11/2011 - 10:53
      +6

      "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence"

      Have you ever worked for a large company?

      • SydStrand on 25/11/2011 - 10:56
        +3

        He was trying to hock a couple of stuffed accounts on ebay for a few bucks. I'm wondering if he's ever worked at all.

        • ozb-442 on 25/11/2011 - 11:02

          Ahah, I'm a teen on a budget mate, but I work.

          Call me broden, I don't mind. Kinda had a feeling I was going to get negged lol.

    • SydStrand on 25/11/2011 - 10:55
      +1

      I know you have a vested interest in reselling 2x stuffed accounts, but speculation is just speculation. We don't know what sort of damage control is going on, or if they're discussing letting it slide for PR.

    • abc on 25/11/2011 - 10:57

      It might not take 2 hours to notice but it sure could take more than 2 hours to fix. What a good IT dept would have done is taken the site down when they noticed it.

      • _Bruce_ on 25/11/2011 - 10:59
        +1

        Serious question, have you ever worked with a good IT department?

        • abc on 25/11/2011 - 11:20
          -2

          Indeed I have I am part of one :) - the best!!!

        • muzzamo on 25/11/2011 - 13:57

          do you work by yourself :-) ?

  • IsometricBacon on 25/11/2011 - 10:53
    +1

    Still working here. I seriously doubt they will honour these, but it would be nice if they did.

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