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  • EA Origin Free DLC for Dragon Age & Mass Effect Series!

    From rms@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 14 16:10:24 2022
    Detailed here: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/07/ea-pulls-a-reverse-ubisoft-makes-some-old-bioware-dlc-free/

    but basically, log into your Origin account and go to Extra Content under
    all the dragon age & mass effect titles you own, and click on each extra dlc
    to add it to your library. Takes some time, but yeah!

    rms

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net on Thu Jul 14 21:17:23 2022
    On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 16:10:24 -0600, "rms"
    <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:

    Detailed here: >https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/07/ea-pulls-a-reverse-ubisoft-makes-some-old-bioware-dlc-free/

    but basically, log into your Origin account and go to Extra Content under
    all the dragon age & mass effect titles you own, and click on each extra dlc >to add it to your library. Takes some time, but yeah!

    Oh, nice catch. Obviously a reaction to their killing of Bioware
    points (have I told you how much I despised those things? Wait, I did, nevermind). Possibly also to act as a counterpoint to Ubisoft's
    delisting of various DLC too. Either way, it is good publicity for the
    company.

    Not all DLC is free (most of the Dragon Age: Inquisition still
    requires payment, as does Mass Effect Andromeda DLC) but at least now
    you can buy it with money instead of points.

    Over the years, I've managed to acquire most of the DLC anyway by
    getting the GOTY editions of the games (because, you know, I'm me) so
    I don't get much benefit from this offering, but I'm happy to see it nonetheless. A lot of Bioware's games had content ripped from them to
    instead be sold as DLC and it's nice to see owners of the game at last
    being given opportunity to see the games in their full. EA may never
    rank very highly as 'best publisher' but they do occassionally take
    steps to make sure they aren't in last place.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net on Fri Jul 15 09:27:03 2022
    On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 16:10:24 -0600, "rms"
    <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:

    Detailed here: >https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/07/ea-pulls-a-reverse-ubisoft-makes-some-old-bioware-dlc-free/

    but basically, log into your Origin account and go to Extra Content under
    all the dragon age & mass effect titles you own, and click on each extra dlc >to add it to your library. Takes some time, but yeah!

    rms

    Like Spalls said, nice catch. Thank you for this and for the
    instructions.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Fri Jul 15 09:30:06 2022
    On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:17:23 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Over the years, I've managed to acquire most of the DLC anyway by
    getting the GOTY editions of the games (because, you know, I'm me) so
    I don't get much benefit from this offering, but I'm happy to see it >nonetheless.

    GOTY editions are definitely the way to go. There is no way I would
    ever have purchased any of this tiny DLC nonsense. There is way too
    much crap available for this game.

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to rms on Sun Jul 17 08:40:07 2022
    On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 3:10:28 PM UTC-7, rms wrote:
    Detailed here: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/07/ea-pulls-a-reverse-ubisoft-makes-some-old-bioware-dlc-free/

    but basically, log into your Origin account and go to Extra Content under
    all the dragon age & mass effect titles you own, and click on each extra dlc to add it to your library. Takes some time, but yeah!

    rms

    I can't seem to find 'extra content' do the games have to be installed?

    - Justisaur

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to justisaur@gmail.com on Sun Jul 17 13:59:04 2022
    On Sun, 17 Jul 2022 08:40:07 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
    <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

    I can't seem to find 'extra content' do the games have to be installed?

    - Justisaur

    No they do not need to be installed. Just click on the game in your
    library and under the big orange DOWNLOAD button there are two
    options. 'Friends who play' and 'Extra Content'.

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