Back at E3 2018, Electronic Arts announced a new service that would let players access their Origin Vault and play over 100 different games for a monthly fee of $14.99. Today, it was revealed that the service will be going live on July 30, but when they made this announcement, it was also noticed that on the same day, EA quietly discontinued something else. What that turned out to be was their On the House program, which used to offer free games each month to users. These free titles ranged from Battlefield 3, to Peggle, to Sims 2 and all its expansions, and nearly 35 others throughout On the House's 4 year run. Now, when you visit the old On the House link, it redirects you to a page where you can purchase a subscription for Origin Access instead, and has been officially stated by EA to no longer be active. The last game they offered was Peggle, earlier this year.

 

[daxtsu]

F

It was nice while it lasted.

 

[HaloEliteLegend]

I got some good games out of it. You'll be mildly missed, On the House.

 

[Wrathcaster]

I was extremely late to the party, all i got from it was peggle

 

[Deleted User]

i remember the time dragon age was on it for like 5 minutes then was immediately replaced with another mediocre game

 

[Jayro]

I got a ton of free games over the years, been collecting them for a while. Here's what I acquired:

(I only bought Alice and Dead Space on Steam, the rest were FREE)

 

[TunaKetchup]

Dead Space was probably the best game they gave away

 

[rehevkor]

Was a great service and even made me install Origin on accation. Can't fault then for stopping it as your can't complain for getting stuff for free.

 

[kumikochan]

Already have acces for 25 a year. If they can do a good deal like that with the new subscription. Something like 60 euro a year i would def subscribe

 

[Deleted User]

12/14 Games on Origin are from the "on the house" program.
I only played NFS.

 

[Lazyt]

So i wont be able to play my sims2 free collection anymore even though i have purshared it before?

 

[Chary]

So i wont be able to play my sims2 free collection anymore even though i have purshared it before?

All games that were given for free can be kept forever.

 

[Taleweaver]

Hmm...I guess it'll be missed by some, but not by me. I've seen the on the house mentions, but this is EA we're talking about. Giving in to a free game from them is akin to accepting a free sample from your local drug dealer: it might feel good and you're in no way obligated to actually BUY something, but since you received something for free, you might as well return the favor ("maybe they're NOT as bad as others say?") and spend it on something that's on discount.

...and before you know it, then you've got to explain at home why you went with yet another dealer when your house is already packed to the roof with drugs from your humble steam dealer.

 

[CathyRina]

They made this service to incentivise people logging into Origin and checking out their storefront. I guess with EA access and all that On House games became obsolete. People were already logging in regularly for the subscription. Kinda sad to see it go but I didn't care about most games they gave out so I'm fine with it.

 

[DinohScene]

Least I should say is thank you EA for giving me Sims 2 for free.

I love digitally abusing families!

 

[Maximilious]

I swear they offered Peggle every other month, sometimes back to back. There were some good games over the years, but let's be honest, it was lack-luster given EA's full library of content.

 

[kuwanger]

Thanks for all the free games EA. Of all the games I got for free, I think I only played Peggle.

 

[supergamer368]

Closing my account then. The only good game I got was steamworld dig, and i have it on my switch. of course, if ea can charge you for something they will. EDIT: Forgot to say: Screw you, EA.

 

[ov3rkill]

Peggle FTW! Best game of all time.

 

[Song of storms]

No need to give out free games when people hate you just the by name.