# Origin "On the house" free games

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-on-the-house-free-games/688202>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 11, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-on-the-house-free-games/688202 "2014-05-11T17:54:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-on-the-house-free-games/688202/1 "2014-05-11T17:54:08Z")

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How long have they been giving games away? They’ve currently got **Plants Vs Zombies** to give away until May 28th, which is a fun game that I’ve previously completed, but they’ve got a whole little section labelled “On The House” which suggests it’s something they do regularly.

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**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-on-the-house-free-games/688202/2 "2014-05-11T18:15:22Z")

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They started the program last month when they offered _Dead Space_, and they’ve offered that game free in other promotions several times, so if you wanted that one it’s bound to turn up again.

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**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-on-the-house-free-games/688202/3 "2014-05-11T18:24:18Z")

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Also, this should be in the Game Room.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-on-the-house-free-games/688202/4 "2014-05-11T18:53:13Z")

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> [@Teuton](#):
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> How long have they been giving games away?

AFAIK, the first was one selection off a list of free games to make up for the SimCity fiasco.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-on-the-house-free-games/688202/5 "2014-05-11T18:58:35Z")

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> [@Teuton](#):
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> Also, this should be in the Game Room.

Moved.