EA to delist Battlefield Bad Company 1 & 2 from all storefronts soon
Editor’s note: After this story went live, DICE announced that Mirror’s Edge would not be among the titles being sunset.
“An earlier version of this announcement included Mirror’s Edge. That was an error,” reads a statement on Twitter. “We currently have no plans to remove Mirror’s Edge from digital storefronts.”
Original story: Four classic games – including Battlefield Bad Company, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Battlefield 1943, and Mirror’s Edge – will be taken off all digital storefronts next month.
On Tuesday, EA (Electronic Arts) announced via its blog that these games, all of which were brought to us by developer DICE, will have multiplayer services terminated come Dec. 8, 2023. So in preparation, EA will stop selling these titles on April 28, 2023.
“As we close in on 15 years since the release of Battlefield 1943, Bad Company 1 & 2 and Mirror’s Edge, we are announcing that their journey is coming to an end,” reads a statement from EA. “While these titles hold a special place in our heart, we’re now looking forward to creating new memories alongside you as we shift our focus toward our current and future Battlefield experiences.”
These games are still on sale for the next month – so act fast if you want to buy whichever you’d like to keep. Single-player components will still be playable, even after multiplayer servers go bye-bye.
Many consider Battlefield Bad Company 2, in particular, as one of the best FPS games ever. So it’s a shame its multiplayer component is effectively going away forever.
Battlefield 2042, the franchise’s most recent installment, was recently added to Xbox Game Pass – it’s also much better than it was at launch.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.