EA closing BattleForge

Closing and EA would be a dream come true but closing down another game even if its a EA game is never a happy thing and they do it far too often.

They should at least the decency to try to make this playable offline or give the means to people to make it an offline game. I actually played it and it was a great concept but ruined by microtransactions.

Damn! I worked on that project, feeling bit sad now :/

good job EA

4 ½ years might not seem much in total, but a lot of people don't stick around that long. For some genres, like MMO's, offline RPG's, strategy games that's quite a short time. I've never heard of this F2P game, so I guess that's why it's being shut down.

That's one thing I really dislike with F2P games and other online-only games, that you don't decide when to stop playing it.

I just hope SWTOR don't get the axe anytime soon. I just started that game last month.

Glad I never spent money on this game. Of course, EA has a bad habit of shutting down online games. I would recommend that nobody spend money on an EA F2P game, because they do not care about you.

And yet Need For Speed: World stays online...

Oh yeah, I remember this game. It was actually pretty fun. I was able to get the entire first set of cards without spending any money. Just using the starting money wisely and working the system.

People who are complaining about this being an "online-only" game don't understand that this was inherently designed that way. It's not like Sim-City where it would have been fine playing offline.

"The decision to retire older games is never easy,"..."for the players, for us it's incredibly easy".

EA being EA.

Maybe EA should stop releasing online-only games... they only survive for a year or two.

@northArrow @Falconoffury I'd say both, F2P games are also require people to keep playing, love the game and start paying for it to unlock minor things.

after Restaurant City on facebook that EA close im not gona pay or play any EA game in future..

It was actually a fun game, but looked too much pay to win.

This is the fate of every "online only" games or games "dependent on flowing cash" like the new F2P wave.

*Still mourns for Tabula Rasa*

The same thing happen to Silent Death Online

So this is the ultimate fate of Titanfall.

This article makes a very strong case against free-to-play business models. Imagine spending hundreds of dollars in a free to play game. You love the game, but it gets shut down due to low playerbase.

This is why games shouldn't be online only. Can still play all the games from the 90's and early 00's..

Retro gaming is gunna be shit.

Nice that the unborn ones won't have to play D3 though.

I'm surprised the game is was around after this long.

It kinda poofed out of the chart when it released.

I am confused on why people think this is bad. Game is old and barely any people play it. Also it was F2P. So you spent money knowing well that the servers would come down one day. Same as any online game you play. This happens. You can't afford to keep servers running for every game. Facts.

BEHOLD!! all ye heretics praying for a digital only, online only, not yours really future

The all digital future looks bright!

Man, haven't played this in ages. Surprised it's still around. But all good things must come to an end. Thanks for the memories.

Once again...proof that digitial can suck. If you had the game on a disc you could still play. I know it's an MMO, but still....I prefer disc based games. Especially with next gen games that will be 30-50gb per game or more! Hope you don't have any downloading cap on your internet service. Digital is ok for some people/situations. Not for everyone in the world tho. Too many variables. Oh well.

EA being EA

The official site says the same thing and nothing else. I played battleforge, even have some rare cards in it.

Damn it, there really should be a law or something that in case of a server shutdown, the company must allow all of their paying customers to download a local version of the game with Single player/Lan/local multiplayer/P2P support at least.