EA Multiplayer Games Delisted November 7

The linear passage of time is extremely predictable but cruel, and gamers know the pain it inflicts all too well.

Tomorrow, November 7, marks a dark day for four major EA titles as the publisher will close the casket on their multiplayer services.

This solemn occasion is an all too common phenomenon in the age of multiplayer and live-service gaming.

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Without further ado, here are tomorrow’s obituaries.

Battlefield 3

“Operation Metro, all weapons, 24/7.” Once upon a time, these words were enough to make even the hardest gamer shed a tear.

The neon blue lighting felt like home, as did the warm comfort of getting blasted to smithereens by someone swinging around the corner with a Saiga-12.

Battlefield 3 lives on for PC players, and still has arguably the most exciting superpower cooperation campaign (sorry, Modern Warfare). Still, the blue light will go out for one last time in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Battlefield 4

While the campaign took things on a more epic turn that not everyone loved, multiplayer in Battlefield 4 was probably the apex of the franchise.

The game introduced better graphics and more diverse weapons and finally allowed console players to experience the joy and chaos of a 64-player conquest match.

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The environmental destruction took it even further than Battlefield 3, and it is a feature that most big-name shooters today seem to have forgotten.

After its messy launch, Battlefield 4 became an example of how to save a game with patches. Xbox 360 and PS3 players will be dearly missed, though you can dive into Operation Locker on PC.

Battlefield: Hardline

Was Hardline not good enough for the world? Well, some will tell you that it is the world that was not ready for Battlefield: Hardline.

The game added a novel take on the cops versus bandits genre, moving away from Grand Theft Auto‘s “shoot them all” vibe to the more quasi-tactical gameplay that makes classic Battlefield so good.

According to the game’s multiplayer designer Thaddeus Sasser, tensions between the population and the police in the United States after the shooting of Michael Brown in 2014 proved too much for EA, putting an end to any sequel plans.

The Step-Children

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Yes, the Battlefield franchise gets all the attention, but it is not the only victim here. Tomorrow, EA will also bury NBA Live 18, the second-to-last game in the series. Since 2020, theNBA has been present exclusively under the NBA 2K brand.

On Monday, the sports world also lost another real one, with FIFA 22 leaving the multiplayer arena for good.

To everyone involved in making Battlefield, NBA Live 18, and FIFA 22, a big thank you. The hundreds, if not thousands, of hours spent on these games will never come back, but the memories will stay forever.

The future looks promising at least, with Battlefield teasing a return to more sane modern combat, and FC 25 finally bringing real football back to the totally-not-FIFA franchise.