14 DAY TRIAL // Video game publisher Electronic Arts has stated that its Origin digital distribution service is not searching the files of user’s PCs in order to add previously purchased games to its own library.
A statement from Electronic Arts says, “A few of you noticed some of your older EA games showing up in your Origin My Games library over the past few weeks and I wanted to clear up any confusion. We tested a feature that in some cases made your older games show up in your Origin My Games Library.”
It assures gamers that, “At no time was any information on your computer accessed, all of this information was obtained directly from our game registration records. Hopefully we didn’t cause too much confusion for anyone. We’ll be sure to come back and share more information about this feature as soon as we can.”
Those who plan to bring games into their Origin library are able to do so using an activation tool and EA plans to offer support for more video games in the coming months.