Apparently Origin’s authentication servers are having some troubles. When trying to connect to some games or battlelog for example an authentication error is shown. Currently EA is aware of this and they are trying to fix the problem. They have been posting updates to their Twitter feed.
They are aware of the problem.
Origin is currently experiencing an outage and we are investigating the issue. Thanks for your patience.
— Origin (@origin_EA) February 18, 2012
They are still working at it. 2PM CST
We are still investigating the outage and are working as quickly as possible to resolve it. Thanks again for your patience.
— Origin (@origin_EA) February 18, 2012
Sounds like everything’s back to normal!
The temporary outage earlier is now resolved and we are currently looking into the cause. Apologies for the inconvenience. Thanks everyone.
— Origin (@origin_EA) February 18, 2012
These outages are nothing new. Origin is still a very new piece of software and with the recent release of more popular video games its use has grown to a point where many of these small qwerty and bugs are being found and they are becoming more and more annoying. The bloat y software still needs a lot of work.
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Update: It looks like the issue has been resolved!
