EA details free Origin games as apology for SimCity launch disaster

As much as I'd like a free copy of BF3 or DS3, I dislike Origin enough to stay completely away from this.

Buy one shitty game, and get a game that's MUCH cheaper than that one for "free".

You still suck EA, don't get too comfy. -_-

Does thie mean if I was to buy Sim City now, I can be eligable to get a free game?? ;)

WoWWWWW!!!!! Mass Effect 3?!!?? EA Games Challenge Everything......

whoever would choose bejeweled 3 instead of ME3 or BF3 in beyond me...DS3 is the best offer price-wise you can get from this, since it is a fairly recent game would still cost quite a penny...

Its like I said last week, at least EA are offering a free game. somebody argued they would be old games nobody plays but the fact they are offering battlefield 3, dead space 3 (only recently came out), NFS most wanted (came out near the holidays last year) proves that EA are not so bad as people make them out to be. I believe EA do make some awful decisions, but so do activision when they recycle every cod game and just add a few more weapons, and so do betheseda when they dumb down content from their successful franchises, and blizzard of course ruined diablo with diablo 3 (or so people say, I personally never cared for diablo anyway). EA aren't out to piss gamers off, that is the last thing they want. They try to look after their consumers because after all consumers are their primary source of income. That is why they offer some of the best sports games, state of the art fps games like battlefield 3, state of the art horror games like dead space (hard to come across scary horror games lately, but dead space pulls it off well). I think people really need to give EA a break, yeah maybe they are a little bit greedy but name one other company that is not greedy (and valve does not count because imo their games are mediocre compared to most gaming companies titles).

I wonder how many will choose SimCity 4. The other games are good as well, but not good replacements if you can't play the game or is disappointed by it and want a REAL SimCity.

How about just taking off the stupid DRM so people can just play the game they bought. Oh wait that would be too simple for EA.

the irony, simcity doesn't work so EA offers free Simcity 4. nice

EA giving something to the people for free? Whoa, it's revolution =P

Now they should go back to the way they were back in the ps2 days and make good games for a change. I'd love a new Need for Speed Underground and maybe a proper Medal of Honor.

So essentially people who can't play the new full price Sim City 5 because it's broken won't get their money back but they will get Sim City 4! What a Deal!!

Free Origin games?

Adding insult to injury. :|

As a person who hates EA for ruining RA, thumbs up to EA for acknowledging their mistake and trying to make amends.

This was very informative. I didn't realize Plants vs. Zombies was published by EA. Normally stuff they publish on the App store have big bold EA logo in the bottom, quickly alerting me to what they publish. Luckily I got it for free. Game is now deleted. I'm going to have to keep researching my games a little further from here on out.

I want a free SimCity.

Bejeweled 3 among those free games?? that's giant rip-off. lol

I <3 how "BattleField 3" and "Bejeweled 3" are of equal value in EA's eyes.

looking at the list of "free games" i can't help but noticing that most of these games haven't done as good as they should have done. they also rely heavily on on-line services, multi player and micro-transactions and dlc's ...looking for more customers, ea? wait, was this publicity stun???

It's a good list, but how about instead of trying to earn our trust back with a free game, fix the one that we purchased first.

Might as well choose Simcity 4 deluxe edition and throw Sim City 5 in the bin!