Gaming News Because a new year also brings bad news, 8 EA games are closing their doors in 2024
Like every year, some studios decide to stop charging some of their games. For Electronic Arts in 2024, keeping eight titles online isn’t worth it.
Electronic Arts shuts down eight games
The years go by and the world of video games continues to welcome new titles. Gamers have more choice than ever when it comes to their video gaming activities, other than online gaming. In fact, publishers sometimes have to shut down their games because players migrate toward newer or more interesting software. This is the case, for example, with Electronic Arts: every year the American studio completes several of its titles. This year will be no exception.
Why stop the fees?
These eight titles will therefore no longer be playable or purchaseable at all on their respective dates unless you grab their physical versions. An identical fate, but not necessarily for the same reasons. As for F1, for example, the shutdowns of these games are likely due to expired licensing rights. Furthermore, we can also assume that fans of Formula 1 racing have now turned to a newer installment of the series.. In fact, they would then have left the servers for the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 editions, which would have resulted in unnecessary additional costs for Electronic Arts. A similar argument can be made for Madden NFL 20.
In the case of Rocket Arena, things are completely different. If the game is also closed due to a lack of players, it is not because a newer edition of the title exists. That’s a good thing, because he didn’t manage to lure them to the base. However, EA’s title had an innovative concept at the intersection of Smash Bros. and a shooter. The cartoon-style title equips each player with a rocket launcher with which they must launch their opponents off the map. A concept that cannot prevail and whose economic model will provide a lot of momentum: Rocket Arena has a formula that free-to-play titles use – even if it initially requires a fee. The game was released on July 14, 2020 and officially closes its doors four years later.
