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EA is to close four of its longest-running free-to-play PC titles: Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield Play4Free, Need For Speed World and FIFA World, EA Studios executive vice president Patrick Söderlund has announced.
“We’re constantly looking at how players are engaging with our games – listening, learning and shaping our experiences based on that feedback – and wanted to bring some news today regarding a few of our older PC free-to-play games,” he explained.
He added: “Some of our other PC free-to-play games are not as popular as they once were. So we find ourselves announcing the tough decision today that we are stopping development and winding down support for four PC free-to-play titles: Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield Play4Free, Need for Speed World and FIFA World. These games will be live for another 90 days, after which they will go offline.
“In more than five years since most of these titles launched, how we play games has changed dramatically. These were pioneering experiences, and we’re humbled that, over the years, so many of you joined us to enjoy the games and the community.”
EA will now focus its free-to-play efforts on “experiences that players are engaging with across the world”, such as Star Wars: The Old Republic which will be updated with new story-driven game updates later this year.
Source: EA
