EA has announced that it’ll stop selling Battlefield 1943, and Battlefield: Bad Company 1 and 2 from all digital storefronts on April 28.
The move comes before the company shuts down online services for all those games on Dec. 8. Once their online features are removed, they’ll no longer be playable online, but you’ll still be able to play both Bad Companies’ offline features.
EA announced the news on its website, where it wrote, “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 towards our current and future Battlefield experiences.” As the blog post goes on, EA details what these games meant to them and how some of these features are still being used in modern games.
An earlier version of their announcement also said Mirror’s Edge would be removed from digital storefronts, but EA later clarified that was an error.
An update about Battlefield 1943, Bad Company and Bad Company 2 👇https://t.co/mqYW5VVi2i
An earlier version of this announcement included Mirror’s Edge. That was an error. We currently have no plans to remove Mirror’s Edge from digital storefronts.
— Battlefield (@Battlefield) March 21, 2023
These are only the latest EA games to be shut down. In February, the company announced that Apex Legends Mobile would be sunsetting on May 1, 2023, and Battlefield Mobile on a later date.
These games are all at least ten years old and were released during the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 4 era. Battlefield: Bad Company 1 was released in 2008, Battlefield 1943 in 2009, and Bad Company 2 in 2010.
Update, March 21: A previous version of this story also said that Mirror’s Edge would be removed from digital storefronts, per EA’s original announcement. This story has been updated to reflect their correction.