EA Announces End of Support for Older Windows Versions of Star Wars and Battlefield Games

Electronic Arts has announced plans to discontinue support for several games, including Battlefield 1, Battlefield 5, and Star Wars: Battlefront 2, on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 operating systems. This change, effective November 30, aims to ensure secure gameplay for all players. As a result, EA can no longer guarantee these titles will function properly on the aforementioned Windows versions beyond the specified date. This move follows a trend by the company to phase out online support for older games, such as Crysis 3, Dante's Inferno, and Dead Space 2, which have seen their servers shut down. Earlier in the year, EA also removed Battlefield 1943 and Battlefield Bad Company 1 and 2 from digital stores in anticipation of ending their online services in December.