EA will likely be de-listing Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Dangerous Firm, Dangerous Firm 2, and Mirror’s Edge from all digital storefronts on April 28, 2023, successfully making it unattainable to buy any of those titles digitally after that date.
After all in case you can nonetheless discover a bodily copy that’ll work, or already personal the sport, you then’ll be capable of play it. Although EA doesn’t make it clear in its assertion if any of those titles will likely be obtainable to obtain indefinitely after being faraway from sale.
“Beginning April 28 2023, Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Dangerous Firm 1 & 2 and Mirror’s Edge will likely be faraway from digital storefronts and you’ll not be capable of buy them.” EA mentioned in its assertion.
“That is in preparation for the retirement of the web companies for these titles which can occur on December 8 2023. For Dangerous Firm 1 & 2 and Mirror’s Edge, you’ll be able to nonetheless proceed enjoying them and use their respective offline options, equivalent to the one participant marketing campaign.”
It continued to say that these titles “maintain a particular place in our coronary heart,” and gave quick blurbs describing every title it’s taking away.
That is by no means one thing you wish to see. Video games being faraway from storefronts, being made inaccessible to a youthful era of gamers who would possibly’ve wished to return and discover out why sure franchises are held in such regard.
As is all the time the case for these selections, it comes all the way down to EA not desirous to pay a small group to maintain them and their companies alive. An particularly disappointing actuality within the case of Mirror’s Edge, as its solely on-line element was its leaderboards.
If you wish to hold any of those video games, you then don’t have very lengthy earlier than discovering them will change into extremely harder.
Supply – [EA]