Three EA Games Are Being Fully Delisted On Xbox This April

One article that seemingly reinforces arguments on both sides in the merits of ‘preserving games’ via buying physical.

Mirrors edge there’s obviously clear value in owning the disc now going forward.
Battlefield games…discs may as well be coasters if you ever had hopes of playing them online going forward

I hate to see them games go but I get it EA needs more space to make more battlefields in the future

The only crying shame here is that Mirror's Edge is being sunset. I'd not cry if the EA Battlenet servers were lost in a fire tomorrow and the entire Battlefield series lost it's online component.

Almost as much as if Call Of Duty's did the same, forcing them to use Microsoft Azure.

I really can't see why they're delisting Mirror's Edge, primarily a single player game, that runs perfectly on current platforms, and enhances the EA Play subscription catalogue. That's a weird game to remove. You'd think that's the kind of content they want enhancing service value considering it costs them nothing to include.

@NEStalgia Agreed. I get why they would delist BF games when they are going to be shutting down their servers but delisting Mirror's Edge is just weird. I can think of two possible reasons.

Mirror's Edge is getting a Dead Space-like remake and wants the OG gone (but they didn't do that for DS)

There is some licence issue and EA can't be bothered to address it for "just mirror's edge"

As a Battlefield fan I had a look at the Bad Company games when I first got my Xbox (Dec 21) and the multiplayer was completely empty for BC 1 and BC 2 wasn't much busier. It's a shame if single player games are going through.

bad company campaigns are the best

Just tried out the 2nd ME a few days ago for the first time and enjoying it. Haven't played the 1st one.

I return to BF1943 once in a while, and either it has a super loyal community, or just some cleverly named bots.
It's still fun even though there's not much too it.

@abe_hikura It's probably the licensing. Though if it were a remaster it would be the first remaster I'd actually be giddy about in a long time.

EA corrected their announcement and Mirror’s Edge will not be delisted as part of this.

https://twitter.com/battlefield/status/1638266357933301760?s=46&t=n557V_EC4EqditJsSEbq1A

Thankfully I've played Mirrors Edge but I still need to tick off Bad Company 1&2

@awp69 And... with that, I'm just giving a massive shrug, and thanking EA for making it clear some idiot's getting demoted for that mistake.

There is coming some interesting stuff from former DICE devs who made a new company named Embark. UE5 made + destructable things in overdrive, it has potential!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glLdzqUddFM

And EA have stealthily added Syndicate to the shutdown list stating 15th June.

No announcement for this one.

Battlefield 1943 isn't much of a loss, that's just an old online-only game. The two Bad Company games are definitely worth picking up though.

@Bleachedsmiles the battlefield bad company games are actually quite good for the time single player campaigns. Been a long time since I played them, but I recall them being quite different to Call of Duty and every other military FPS, including later BF games, that looked to mirror the COD campaign template.

Sure, there’s no more multiplayer, but those single player campaigns are still worth keeping available and prevent those two games being nothing more than coasters.

Especially loved the first bad company, particularly the tone of the game.

so if i have the bad company disk and want to play after ea's kill date, will it update or am i out of luck then. and what if i want to install it on the next xbox console? yes i only want to play the single player sometimes.

i hate ea.

@rustyduck I would think the updates would still run as those should sit on Xbox live servers, but I don't know that for sure.