EA's Origin expanding third party support

Electronic Arts has secured a deal with 11 third party publishers, to allow sale of their games on Origin. The company has continued to expand Origin's third party support, after the company managed to sign Warner Bro's, Capcom and THQ up in October.

The developers that have been announced to be appearing on the digital distribution platform are:

• Trion Worlds (Rift)
• Robot Entertainment (Orcs Must Die)
• CD Projekt RED (The Witcher 2)
• Freebird Games (To the Moon)
• 1C Company (IL-2 Sturmovik)
• Paradox Interactive (Magicka)
• Recoil Games (Rochard)
• N3V Games (Arcania: Gothic 4)
• Autumn Games (Def Jam Rapstar)
• inXile Entertainment (Choplifter HD)
• and Core Learning Ltd.

The first game confirmed for release from these developers, is the much lauded Rift from Trion Worlds. Trion Sr. Director of Global Marketing Jim Butler had this to say about the decision:

"The digital versions of Rift have seen incredible success, and Origin offers an ideal direct-to-consumer avenue for gamers interested in experiencing the rich world of Telara,"

Now that EA is attracting more third party publishers towards its platform, there is a possibility that Origin could eventually become an alternative towards Valve's Steam. On the other hand, Steam has experienced somewhat of a growth spurt this year which won't make things at all easy for EA.

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