Disruptions often mean that a web browser cannot find the content it is looking for.
Other affected services reported by DownDetector included:
Banks such as Barclays, Lloyds, TSB, and Halifax
Gaming services including Steam, Call of Duty, and EA
Streaming services on Channel 4 and ITV
It is the second such widespread outage in two months
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Looks like Origin was effected, and it must have effected everyone downloading the new pack.
I'd check your country too. I found mine had been changed to Afghanistan!
But the website isn't down. Not saying that means they weren't affected, but their online services seem to be working fine otherwise. I can open The Sims and the gallery, Origin is working fine, and their website as well. So downdetector probably won't have a lot of people reporting it as being down.
Bank MELTDOWN as Barclays, Halifax, Lloyds, TSB and Tesco Bank NOT WORKING for thousands
A NUMBER of the biggest high street banks have suffered a colossal outage - leaving thousands of customers unable to access mobile or online banking services in the UK right now.
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"Update: DNS service Akamai, which is widely believed to be behind the vast outages impacting the biggest banks in the UK, says it has implemented a fix and expects "normal operations" to resume soon. However, it cautions that it's continuing to monitor the situation, which has left customers from Halifax, Barclays, Lloyds, and TSB unable to access their accounts, make payments, or manage credit cards.
Update: DNS service Akamai, which is widely believed to be behind the vast outages impacting the biggest banks in the UK, says it has implemented a fix and expects "normal operations" to resume soon. However, it cautions that it's continuing to monitor the situation, which has left customers from Halifax, Barclays, Lloyds, and TSB unable to access their accounts, make payments, or manage credit cards..................
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1466365/Barclays-Halifax-Lloyds-TSB-Tesco-Bank-UK-Online-Banking-Not-Working-Down-Outage?utm_source=daily_express_newsletter&utm_campaign=daily_evening_newsletter2&utm_medium=email&pure360.trackingid=311b9291-e580-4784-942f-ef5ca4928eff
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Same here!
My location in Origin is always Ireland by default. Not sure why that is so and I always have to change it manually when purchasing. I had no issues purchasing and downloading it last night apart from having to re-start Origin to get the download to start.