Maxis Details How SimCity Players Can Get a Free Game from EA’s Origin

<p>Following the not so smooth launch of <em>SimCity<&sol;em> earlier this month&comma; EA and Maxis are trying to make amends by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;simcity&period;com&sol;en&lowbar;US&sol;blog&sol;article&sol;for-our-patient-and-amazing-mayors-a-free-pc-download-from-origin">offering <em>SimCity<&sol;em> players one free title<&sol;a> from Origin&comma; out of a list of eight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;ve already activated your copy of <em>SimCity<&sol;em>&comma; you should receive an email explaining the process of getting your free Origin game at some point today&period; You have until the 25th of March to register your copy of <em>SimCity<&sol;em>&comma; otherwise you won&&num;8217&semi;t be able to take advantage of this offer&period; Upon doing so and signing into Origin&comma; a &&num;8216&semi;Featured Today&&num;8217&semi; window will appear with a link directing you to the page in which you can claim your free game&period; The window will appear once per day upon start-up and when you quit <em>SimCity<&sol;em> and will disappear after you&&num;8217&semi;ve acquired your game of choice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>List of games being offered&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><em>Battlefield 3 &lpar;Standard Edition&rpar;<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em>Bejeweled 3<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em>Dead Space 3 &lpar;Standard Edition&rpar;<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em>Mass Effect 3 &lpar;Standard Edition&rpar;<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em>Medal of Honor Warfighter &lpar;Standard Edition&rpar;<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em>Need For Speed Most Wanted &lpar;Standard Edition&rpar;<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em>Plants vs&period; Zombies<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em>SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>Maxis will be opening up the free game redemption portal one country at a time&comma; but by March 22nd&comma; everyone should be able to select their free game&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>North America<&sol;strong> by 5pm PST&sol;midnight GMT on Wednesday&comma; March 20&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Europe<&sol;strong> by 5pm PST&sol;midnight GMT on Thursday&comma; March 21&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Asia &amp&semi; South America<&sol;strong> by 5pm PST&sol;midnight GMT on Friday&comma; March 22&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><em>SimCity<&sol;em> buyers have until March 30&comma; 2013 at 11&colon;59PM PDT to claim their free game&period; Any additional information can be found on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;help&period;ea&period;com&sol;article&sol;simcity-something-extra">this FAQ page<&sol;a> made specifically for the occasion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a way&comma; you can kinda take this as a &&num;8216&semi;buy <em>SimCity<&sol;em>&comma; get one game free&&num;8217&semi; offer&semi; it certainly is a decent list of games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;