EA Servers Still Down: FIFA 20, Battlefield 5, Star Wars Battlefront 2, More Impacted
EA says it's aware of a set of server problems impacting some of its games as well as Origin and EA Access, and it's looking into it.
Update: EA servers have been down since Tuesday morning at least and according to a late afternoon/evening update from the EA Help account on Twitter, the issues are still affecting EA's games and services. The tweet doesn't give an ETA on a fix, but assures that the team is working on it.
We're still working on the issues with our games and services. We don't have any updates right now, but we'll let you know when we have more info.
— EA Help (@EAHelp) April 14, 2020
Games like FIFA 20, Battlefield 5, Star Wars Battlefront 2, and EA's services like Origin have been impacted sporadically for several players throughout the day.
Original story follows...
It isn't just you--EA servers are down. Electronic Arts says it is experiencing issues impacting some of its services, and the company is looking into the problem, according to a message from the EA Help Twitter account. The server outage seems to specifically be impacting Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Battlefield 5, but some FIFA 20 players also reported experiencing issues overnight. EA says users may have difficulty accessing Origin or EA Help services as well.
No reason for the server outage or ETA for its return has been given by the support system yet, but we are closely monitoring and will report back when there's an update. Additionally, EA Sports has disabled the creation of matches in Ultimate Team/FUT and Volta modes as part of the wider issues.
Hey folks, we have temporarily disabled FUT and VOLTA FOOTBALL match creation while we continue to investigate connectivity issues impacting EA titles.
— FIFA Direct Communication (@EAFIFADirect) April 14, 2020
Stay tuned to this thread for more updates as we have them.
We're currently looking into the issues affecting our services. If you can't play online, access Origin or EA Help, we're on it.
— EA Help (@EAHelp) April 14, 2020
Battlefront 2 has had a long period of post-launch support, most recently launching its Age of Rebellion update, themed around the original Star Wars trilogy. It added new weapons, co-op locations, Heroes vs. Villains maps, and more.
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