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Can Aussies Get A SimCity Refund?

If you haven’t been following EA’s launch of the latest SimCity game, all you really need to know is that it has turned into a momumental fail of a launch. One of the worst in years. Mostly it’s down to the always-on DRM, botched game recovery and the massive server queues. Under Australian Consumer Law, if a product is faulty you can get a refund with the manufacturer. EA has a strange policy that says you can’t get refunds for digital copies of games obtained from its Origin service, but that all seems a little fishy. Mark over at Kotaku has done some digging about whether you can actually get a refund, and it’s well-worth a read if you’re a disgruntled Mayor. [Kotaku]


Origin’s EON17-SLX Laptop Packs A Powerful Punch With Dual GPUs

If, for some reason, you need a laptop that can go toe-to-toe with the desktop big boys and handle games that aren’t even out yet, Origin’s new EON17-SLX might be the absurd fit for you.


Under The Hood: The Best $1500 Gaming PC

Ah, Winter. The temperature drops and Australians instantly retreat indoors to the warm embrace of a cuppa and their slippers. You know what that means? It’s the perfect time to play video games.


Origin EON17-X May Be The Most Insane Laptop You Can Buy Right Now

I thought I’d given up being impressed by laptop specs. But then the Origin EON17-Z happened. You could probably run entire robot armies using this thing.


Origin’s Insane New Gaming Laptops Are As Fast As They Are Pretty

Origin’s been one of the craziest overclocking outfits around for a while now, but its laptops haven’t been really, let’s say, aesthetically pleasing. Its latest rigs got the Ricky Lake makeover treatment, though, but not at the cost of raw arse-kicking power: they still clock in at a ridiculous 4.5GHz.


Origin EON17-S Overclocked Up To 4.5GHz With Turbo Boost

On the hunt for a slick and streamlined monster machine of a laptop? Consider Origin’s EON17-S gaming notebook. If its 17.3-inch 1920 x 1080 display, 2GB Nvidia GTX 485M GPU and 32GB dual-channel RAM doesn’t grab you, maybe its second generation Sandy Bridge Intel Core i5/i7 processors will.


The Ultimate 3D Laptop Review Showdown

New 3D laptops and have begun arriving en masse. Are they ready to slay their 2D counterparts?


Say Goodbye To Your Savings Account – Origin Big O Available Down Under

The Origin Big O was one of those products we just never expected to make it to Australia. Fortunately, in this case we’re happy to be wrong. Now all we need is a spare $23 grand.


Origin’s Big O Stuffs Xbox 360 Into Gaming Desktop Hellbeast

The ingredients that went into Origin’s Big O monster are decidedly prime: six-core Xeon 5680 processor, overclocking up to 4.3GHz, crazy graphics power. And the cherry on top is an integrated, liquid-cooled Xbox 360 slim in every rig. That’s nasty.


Former Alienware Execs Get Back To Their Origin

In the wake of Dell’s acquisition of Alienware in 2006, three key execs decided to jump ship. Their mission: to make top-tier gaming PCs the way Alienware used to. The result: a company called Origin, and the Eon18 laptop.


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