TL;DR: All single-player downloadable content material for Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 is now free. The excellent news comes because of EA decommissioning the unpopular BioWare Points system, which was once the one means to purchase these add-ons.
EA will take away BioWare Points from its Origin recreation retailer on October 11, based on an e mail the corporate not too long ago despatched out to customers. Before 2017, the forex was the one means to purchase DLCs for older Bioware titles together with Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3.
As a consequence, all single-player add-ons for these video games at the moment are out there freed from cost. You’ll need to go to your recreation library, choose one of many talked about titles, navigate to the “Extra Content” pane, and get every DLC individually (Mass Effect 2 alone has over a dozen of them).
It’s price noting that Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer packs aren’t free. EA mentions you can buy these till October 11 utilizing any leftover BioWare Points you might need. After that date, they’re going to solely be redeemable utilizing Credits you’ve got earned (learn: grinded) in-game.
Interestingly, EA remains to be promoting DLC bundles for these video games individually. The firm launched these bundles in 2017 as a consequence of person complaints about BioWare Points by no means happening sale, that means that purchasing all DLCs for a recreation was usually costlier than the sport itself. They additionally solely got here in packs of no less than 400, whereas some add-ons went for as little as 160 factors.
In the e-mail, EA additionally emphasizes that you’re going to nonetheless have entry to any content material beforehand bought utilizing BioWare Points, maybe referencing latest information that players will lose entry to paid DLCs for some Ubisoft video games.
