Published 17:05 IST, April 15th 2020
FIFA 20 unable to connect: Is the EA server down and what's the current status?
FIFA 20 unable to connect: A number of players have not been able to connect to EA servers due to an outage. Continue reading for details and current status.
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EA gaming servers have been affected for a while now, preventing players from playing FIFA 20 and other popular games on their consoles. This was likely due to a major spike in user activity over the past few weeks which also affected a few other online gaming services.
Is FIFA 20 server down?
As players try to log into the FIFA servers, they are greeted with error messages, with several users taking to Twitter to raise the issues. Here’s what users had to say:
fifa & EA servers have been down for 12 hours and we r in country wide lock down, if he hasn’t text back he just isn’t interested sis go to sleep🥺
— chloelarissabrown (@chlolarissab) April 14, 2020
The EA Servers are still down what an absolute joke!!!!!!. A whole day without the EA Servers working I better get something for free on Fifa 20 EA Sports!!!!. My brother better get something for free on Apex Legends aswell!!!!. #easervers
— CPJ (@CPJ58358372) April 14, 2020
FIFA 20 isn’t the only game that has stopped working. Other popular EA games including Battlefield 5, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Madden, and Apex Legends have also been affected sporadically, along with the company’s popular service Origin.
FIFA 20 server down - Current status
EA has acknowledged the issue on Twitter and assured users that it is working to fix the issue. It is not clear how extensive the outage is, as the company is yet to give an ETA on a fix. However, it will provide further updates once it has more information.
We're still working on the issues with our games and services. We don't have any updates right now, but we'll let you know when we have more info.
— EA Help (@EAHelp) April 14, 2020
In addition, EA Sports has also disabled match creation in the Ultimate Team/FUT and Volta modes as part of the wider issues.
Hey folks, we have temporarily disabled FUT and VOLTA FOOTBALL match creation while we continue to investigate connectivity issues impacting EA titles.
— FIFA Direct Communication (@EAFIFADirect) April 14, 2020
Stay tuned to this thread for more updates as we have them.
Image credits: Origin
17:05 IST, April 15th 2020