Log out of origin. Completely shut down your computer. Start the computer again, then log in to Origin, go to My Games section and try to download the game again. If you still have issues, right click the origin icon on the desktop and click ' run as adminstrator' then try to download the game.
Title says it all, no matter what I have tried, I can't get any games to download. Game title blacks out and says 'Download in Queue' but if I try to go to the download queue I can't select that option from the View tab as that option is greyed out. I've tried:
Clearing Origin cache
uninstalling and reinstalling client
Tried a clean boot of my pc
Opening ports directly to the download server
If anyone out there has had a similar problem, please drop me a line here with any suggestions, as EA/Origin support is less than stellar and I don't have the patience to sitting on the phone/in chat with them for hours again.