EA’s goof up in validating a coupon code results in many people getting free games.

Origin auto adds Steam purchases of EA’s titles to its own library. While this stinks of snooping around without your consent, it is generally not so bad. Read more about this automagic adding of games to Origin’s library.

EA has started its aggressive marketing of Mass Effect 3 on Origin. PC players can now preorder Mass Effect 3 on Origin to get a free copy of Battlefield 3. For the price, this is a killer deal.

Mass Effect 3 will not be released on Steam, said Bioware. The developer also said that the final installment of Mass Effect will be released only on Origin and even physical copies of the game will require Origin to play. Fans of the Mass Effect series were outraged at this inconvenience.

Gamers Opt-Out is a really great initiative undertaken by a bunch of gamers in Chicago. These gamers formed Gamers Opt-Out to reclaim their rights to sue EA or Sony as accorded to them by the Constitution. Find out more about Gamers Opt-Out after the break.

EA, just like Sony a few days ago, has put in a binding clause in the ToS for its digital distribution platform Origin. If you accept that ToS, you will waive your rights to sue Origin and EA for any sort of damage you incur while using it. Suffice to say that this ToS binder is a really poor show from EA as well as Sony.