The community manager of mmog Star Wars: The Old Republic has on the forum of the game made it clear that the client of Origin, the new downloaddienst of publisher Electronic Arts, is not needed to start the game or to play.
On the E3 announced publisher Electronic Arts to compete with Steam to want to enter into. With Origin introduces EA a similar service. In the introduction called the publisher’s mmog Star Wars: The Old Republic as an example of a game only through Origin to download. The service is not necessary, however, to the game play, Stephen Reid, senior online community manager of the game, now known. “The Origin client is not required to run to The Old Republic to launch, and patching of the game is also not through Origin. As soon as the game on your hard drive is installed, put you in contact with our servers to start the game and patching,” says Reid. Although the client is not needed for the game to be able to play this on the dvd of the retail version of the game.
Earlier this week came to EA in the news because immediately after the announcement of Origin, already taken steps you would have to have a number of games not on Steam to offer. So it was published earlier this year Crysis 2 not via Steam download. Also action game Alice: Madness Returns, which, at the time of the E3 on the market appeared, it is not through the platform from Valve to download. That Crysis 2 no longer on Steam to get it, might not, however, with the introduction of Origin have to do. Valve has the terms and conditions tightened that games have to meet to be on Steam, offered to be allowed and Crysis 2 would not meet those conditions.