Prediction for the bonus games :

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Syndicate

I have neither of these, but want to get Amalur very much,

Unexpected. Not too keen on these pure key bundles, but I'm nonetheless impressed that this is a thing that actually happened. Heh, it seems that Origin's activation server is struggling with the load spike right now - they must be processing activations more rapidly than ever right now :p

It has exactly the same basic roles as Steam, but the UI code is much much much better.

We give praise to the oracle!

Dead Space 2 showing up next week since 1 and 3 are already here seems like a good bet.

Licurg if you want I can give you an Origin key for Dead Space, so you can try :)
Just tell me :)

Neah, I don't want Amok to kill me in my sleep... Besides, I have a spare dollar on my PP account, I just wanna know if I can play Dead Space without the always-online crap. My internet is shit, so it's kinda important...

Looks like there isn't any DRM other than SecuROM (plus Origin activation).

http://calipip-sims.com/ryg_reports/PRYG2-00020-01.pdf

edit - actual site is here: http://www.reclaimyourgame.com/content.php/64-EA-Origin-DRM-List

Fuck me, that's unexpected.

Not exactly my type of games, and I already own Mirror's Edge and The Sims 3, but I did want to own Crysis 2, and $1 is certainly a good price for that.

I don't know, I think that when you download it from Origin you can play it without internet connection.

Knowing EA at least 1 BF3 DLC will be a bonus and the fact DS 1 and 3 are there does make me think 2 will be there
If Amalur was though I would not hesitate in abandoning my Xbox save

It's Steam from EA. It's also a download manager, too, though. If the game is made by EA and is post-Origin, you need Origin to play it since that'll be the form of DRM. Third-party games or older EA games do not need Origin to be running when you start them (a lot of them have really draconian forms of DRM like SecuROM or that limited activations bullshit. I haven't run into them, but I had an annoying issue with Dragon Age Origins and it's DLC since you need to be online in order for the DLC to work).

It's not a bad client, but I feel like EA could be doing more with it. I mentioned DA:O above, since I almost wonder why Origin itself couldn't verify that. Or for other games like Mass Effect 2 where I still need some BIoWare points shit to buy the DLC on a separate website outside of the service itself (brilliant!) when the client could handle that, too. It's like EA has a decent client and DRM method (comparable to Steam), but they don't use it unless it's the newest of their own games.


Either way, already have Dead Space 1, but I got it for Dead Space 3, Crysis 2, and Mirror's Edge.
I'm hoping that the first Crysis will be added in at some point later on in the bundle.

This is very classy from EA, especially including quite new Dead Space 3. Very nice step.

Origin is not great, but it is functional, I have around 15 games on it without any issues.

Oh and the rumor is, Dead Space 2, Bulletstorm and something more might get added later.

:)