Electronic Arts servers are temporarily offline and won’t allow you to access any video games. Here’s what’s happening
Update 10:00 a.m. April 15. After 24 hours from the beginning of the Electronic Arts servers down, the problems are still not solved. Users are having difficulty accessing various online games. On Twitter, the EA Help account talks about a DDoS attack that has knocked out the entire network of servers.
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Fifa 20 down, Apex Legends down, Origin does not work: complicated morning for Electronic Arts servers, since 09:00 am on April 14, 2020 players complain about the inability to play online all titles of the U.S. company. The fault is not with the PC or the console, but with EA’s servers that are not reachable: those who try to access are shown an error message.
In a few minutes the reports have become hundreds all over the world: in a period when billions of people are confined at home to stem the spread of the pandemic, the servers of video games are put under stress, especially those of the most famous titles. It may happen, therefore, that for a while the servers are unreachable or that they present problems. What is the cause that has sent the Electronic Arts servers down is unknown, but it is very likely that it depends on the stress to which they are forced in these days. Technicians are already working to solve the malfunction as soon as possible.
Why Electronics Arts servers are not working
In recent weeks, this is not the first time that the servers of the main online video game platforms have gone down. The servers are overcrowded because of the many kids who are locked up at home because of Covid-19 and who use online games to pass their hours.
On downdetector.it there are already hundreds of reports from gamers and reading the comments it is perfectly clear that the problem concerns the inability to access Electronic Arts and Origin servers. The problem doesn’t only concern Italy: the problems are generalized and it’s impossible to access EA services all over the world. Technicians are surely working to solve the problem. We will continue to monitor the situation and keep you updated.