“Having Origin waive their distribution fees for 90 days for fan funded games is a major economic bonus for small developers. “I have had a long relationship with EA and it is great to see them recognize and support the crowd-funded games model,” said Brian Fargo, CEO, inXile Entertainment. “It's great to see a big publisher like EA acknowledging that and opening up distribution opportunities for these games.” “Crowd-funded projects are like the 'people's choice awards' - a way for gaming fans to express what they want to buy and play,” said Jane Jensen, President, Pinkerton Road. Origin can help ready-to-publish games quickly reach a global audience of millions of PC and online gamers, ready for purchase, download and play. Via websites like Kickstarter, crowd-funding has emerged as an exciting new method for entrepreneurs with creative game ideas to gather financial support to start their development ventures.
Gamers around the world deserve a chance to play every great new game, and by waiving distribution fees on Origin we can help make that a reality for successfully crowd-funded developers.” “It’s also incredibly healthy for the gaming industry. “The public support for crowd-funding creative game ideas coming from small developers today is nothing short of phenomenal,” said David DeMartini, Senior Vice President of Origin at EA. “I have had a long relationship with EA and it is great to see them recognize and support the crowd-funded games model”
Origin will provide distribution services free of charge for 90 days after the game’s launch, giving new crowd-funded games a chance to reach the growing Origin audience of more than 12 million registered users worldwide. announced today a program to waive distribution fees on Origin™ for any developer that has a successfully crowd-funded, ready-to-publish downloadable PC game. From the press release:Electronic Arts Inc. EA Origin is offering a special deal to crowdfunded games from Kickstarter, where it waives distribution fees for 90 days.
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