If you are wondering what is going on with Battlefield 1 then you are not alone, EA servers are down impacting Battlefield 1’s players in the United States and Europe with connectivity issues on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
The outage began around 4 pm today blocking players from online activities. The users, confused with the situation took their questions on Twitter where official EA Help account has acknowledged that Battlefield 1’s servers are down. However, the reason for this outage has not been mentioned.
Hi there. We are aware of the issues with the Battlefield 1 servers, and the team is currently worki… https://t.co/KlulNTWTGr
— EA Help (@EAHelp) February 20, 2017
DownDetector, a website which keeps an eye on online platforms suffering outage has also confirmed that Battlefield 1’s servers are down. DD’s live EA outage map shows the servers are down in the US and Europe.
Here are some tweets and posts from users complaining about the downtime:
Hey @EA @Battlefield I see servers are down again. How about new DLC goes free to make up for piss poor servers that go down almost daily pic.twitter.com/rN6WOcaSeV
— David Long (@davidlong1985) February 20, 2017
Went to play Battlefield 1 and their servers are down too?! Fuck.
— bee 🍯 (@hunnygunz) February 20, 2017
@EA are the servers for Battlefield 1 for Xbox One down? It says I'm not online when rest of my Xbox is…
— Eddy (@esweendog85) February 20, 2017
There are some users reporting that Battlefield 4 servers are also facing issues. At the time of publishing this article Battlefield 1 servers were down.
Remember, EA has a long history of server downtime sometimes due to technical issues or cyber attacks however It is still unclear if EA is suffering a cyber attack or it is some kind of technical glitch. Either way, we will keep you updated in case the company comes up with an official statement or clarification.
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