UPDATE: In a statement issued to Game Informer, EA has let it be known that they will be making some kind of official announcement concerning Crysis 3 in just a few days.  The statement reads: “The best kept secret in shooters just can’t be contained.  Stay tuned for more information on April 16.”

Gamers who use Steam or who purchased a game by Electronic Arts in the past two years might want to check Origin to see what games the service says you own. Reports from G4 earlier today are indicating that some games are available to play through the Origin service if they were bought elsewhere. EA confirmed this, with some provisions and clarity.

UPDATE: For reasons unknown, EA has suspended the promotion and removed all evidence from the Origin site, aside from some small text that reads, "Important Note: ME3 pre-order does not include a bonus copy of Battlefield 3."  Those that already preordered Mass Effect 3 on Origin will still have their code emailed to them sometime around March 8, 2012, but new preorders will not get this code going forward.  As originally reported on March 15th below, the promotion was scheduled to run through March 5th.

Electronic Arts made public its financial results for the third fiscal quarter of 2011 and it's reporting that both Battlefield 3 and FIFA 12 sold 10 million copies each across their respective platforms. It also reports that Star Wars: The Old Republic has 1.7 million active subscribers and has sold more than two million units in just a little over a month.

Electronic Arts has gained the support of more game publishers for their PC platform, Origin. 11 more to be exact. Trion Worlds, CD Projekt Red, Freebird Games, Robot Entertainment, Recoil Games, 1C Company, Core Learning Ltd, Autumn Games, inXile Entertainment, N3V Games, and Paradox Interactive have all agreed to release select titles from their catalog in the coming months.

Mass Effect 3 comes out on March 6, but it would probably be good to know if your PC can run the game before it's released. Luckily since the technology powering the upcoming game isn't much different from the previous game, PC gamers are getting a forgiving set of specs.

It seems PC players will have fewer options than normal when it comes to purchasing the upcoming Mass Effect 3. Like other Electronic Arts games released in the past six months or so, Mass Effect 3 will not be sold through Steam. Furthermore, regardless of whether you buy the game in stores or online, the Origin platform will be required to play it.

At 9 PM on November 24, 2011, Origin will be having a Black Friday sale. This is clearly an initiative to sway customers from Steam for the holiday. Here’s a few of the sales that EA has released:

Warner Bros. Interactive announced that the PC release of Batman: Arkham City will be delayed by one week. Previously, the port was announced to be coming out on November 15, 2011, a delay from the console versions, which was released three weeks ago on October 18, 2011. Now it seems players will have to wait until November 22, 2011, with European gamers waiting until November 25.

EA has announced today that its digital distribution platform, Origin, will be adding a boatload of new, popular titles from publishers Warner Bros. Interactive, THQ and Capcom Entertainment, Inc.  Beginning next month, Origin will play host to hotly anticipated PC version of Batman: Arkham City, Saints Row: The Third and more.

Earlier this year Sony and EA/Origin made amendments to their Terms of Service that limited litigation to arbitration – essentially making gamers agree not to sue them in class action lawsuits in the event of, let’s say, a major security breach.