Summary
EAhas confirmed thatNBA Live 18is shutting down on November 7.EAkeeps a running list of games that are set to have their servers closed in the near future, giving fans the chance to revisit the titles before they’re taken offline. Oftentimes these shutdowns coincide with the game being delisted from digital storefronts, but there are times when the delistings happen well in advance of the online multiplayer services being shut down.
EA has shut down numerous games in 2024 alone, ranging from its older big budget games to smaller but still popular titles like the hit mobile gameKim Kardashian: Hollywood. October 2024 is relatively safe from EA shutdowns, thoughThe Simpsons: Tapped Outis being delisted on October 31. November 2024 is a different story, with at least five EA games shutting down next month.
Previously, it was confirmed thatFIFA 22is shutting down on November 4, whileBattlefield 3and thePS3/Xbox 360 versionsofBattlefield 4andHardlineare shutting down on November 7. The latest update to EA’s shutdown list has addedNBA Live 18to the list of games being shut down on November 7, making it a particularly rough day for EA fans.
List of EA Games Shutting Down Soon
NBA Live 18shutting down on November 7 will be especially sad for NBA fans that don’t care for theNBA 2Kgames, asNBA Live 18is one of the last remainingEA-made NBA titles with online functionality. Its successor,NBA Live 19, is still online at the time of this writing, though its days may be numbered. After all,NBA Live 19was released all the way back in 2018, and EA isn’t exactly known for supporting its sports games for all that long. No plans for a newNBA Livegame have been announced, and so, whenever that game shuts down, NBA fans will have little choice beyond theNBA 2Kseries.
The batch of EA games shutting down in November 2024 are, to date, the last batch of EA games closing in 2024.The Simpsons: Tapped Outis the only EA game confirmed to be shutting down in 2025so far, but it will likely be joined by many other titles, so fans should keep an eye out.
