Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Bad Company 1 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 are to be removed from digital stores in late April, EA has announced.
Three Battlefield games are to meet their digital maker in late April, EA has announced. The online military shooters Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Bad Company 1 and its sequel Battlefield: Bad Company 2 are too be taken from digital stores on 28 April 2023, with their online services retired a few months later on 8 December 2023.
Battlefield: Bad Company is the eldest of the three titles, having first emerged on PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2008, while its sequel followed in 2010 for PC as well as consoles. Both titles had single-player modes ā Bad Company 2's solo campaign being particularly lauded ā so at least that element can still be enjoyed in years to come, assuming you have the game on disc.
The bigger loser is Battlefield 1943. Originally released for PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2009, the multiplayer FPS was only ever released digitally, which means that, legally at least, the entire experience is on the cusp of vanishing forever.
Thereās slightly better news for fans of EA DICEās output, however. In what we can only describe as a āconfusing kerfuffleā, EAās original announcement included the 2008 parkour-āem-up Mirrorās Edge among the titles scheduled for the chopping block.
It seemed like an odd inclusion even at the time, given that Mirrorās Edgeās online component was pretty minimal. EA DICEās first-person platformer has grown into a much-loved cult darling, too, so the thought of it suddenly being unable to purchase (at least digitally) sent Twitter and gaming news outlets into a frenzy of typing.
A few hours later, EAās Battlefield Twitter account followed up with a rather sheepish clarification: āAn earlier version of this announcement included Mirrorās Edge. This was an error. We currently have no plans to remove Mirrorās Edge from digital storefronts.ā
An update about Battlefield 1943, Bad Company and Bad Company 2 šhttps://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
Cue dozens of tired online journalists rushing back to their laptops to update their initial news stories.
As for those fallen Battlefield titles: whynow Gaming salutes you.