Summary

  • Electronic Arts is shutting down the online services for seven of its games on December 8.
  • The affected games include notable titles such as Battlefield, Crysis, and Dead Space 2, but offline functionality will still be available.
  • Players interested in these games should act fast before the shutdowns.

Electronic Arts will be shutting down the online services for seven of its games on Friday, December 8. Electronic Arts has developed and published a huge number of games over the years. The past couple of decades have seen many of these games launch with online multiplayer services, but unfortunately, the online services for video games are never permanent.

Whenever the online services for a game are about to be shut down, the publisher tends to give fans advanced notice. EA is no exception, giving gamers plenty of advanced notice before it shuts down the online services for its games. Typically, these EA game shutdowns are more spread out, but this coming Friday, December 8 will see seven EA-published games lose their online services forever.

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On Friday, December 8, EA will be shutting down Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Bad Company, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Crysis 3, Dante's Inferno, Dead Space 2, and Mirror's Edge Catalyst. Anyone interested in the online services for any of these games is running out of time to take advantage of them, so they should act fast. Some of these EA games have been delisted, though, which will mean fans will have to track down a hard copy if they want to play them online before the shutdowns.

EA Games Shutting Down Soon

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  1. Battlefield 1943 (PC/PS3/Xbox 360 - December 8
  2. Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3/Xbox 360) - December 8
  3. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PC/PS3/Xbox 360) - December 8
  4. Crysis 3 (PS3/Xbox 360) - December 8
  5. Dante's Inferno (PS3/PSP/Xbox 360) - December 8
  6. Dead Space 2 (PC/PS3/Xbox 360) - December 8
  7. Mirror's Edge Catalyst (PC/PS4/Xbox One) - December 8

These are all notable, high profile games from EA, and so their online services being shut down will no doubt be sad for some fans. However, the truth is that these games aren't really being played online anymore. The good news is that the offline functionality for the games will remain available, so the games won't become completely obsolete. The Battlefield: Bad Company games have particularly good campaigns, and so fans will still be able to enjoy the games to some extent even after the shutdowns.

It's possible the online multiplayer experiences from these games will be revived in some capacity down the line. For example, EA could potentially produce a Dead Space 2 remake to follow up on the acclaimed Dead Space remake it released earlier this year. Nothing to that effect has actually been announced, but it's entirely possible that such a project would remake the multiplayer component from the original game as well. Fans shouldn't hold their breath, though, and anyone interested in playing these games online is unfortunately running out of time.