About a month left to play these online!
- by Ben Kerry
(Update – Thu 3rd Oct, 2024): We’re now just about a month away from these games going offline for good on Xbox, so here’s a quick reminder before they’re no longer playable! FIFA 22 goes offline on November 4th, while the Xbox 360 versions of Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline all go offline on November 7th. Since we covered these back in June, EA has added NBA Live 18 to the November 7th list as well.
In terms of the 360 titles here, Battlefield 4 and Hardline are delisted now due to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 store closure back in July, but you can get them on disc of course. As for Battlefield 3, that’s still live on EA Play / Game Pass Ultimate at the time of writing and should remain playable for the next month or so – it’s backwards compatible as well!
- FIFA 22 (November 4)
- Battlefield 3 (November 7)
- Battlefield 4 – Xbox 360 Version (November 7)
- Battlefield Hardline – Xbox 360 Version (November 7)
- NBA Live 18 (November 7)
(Original Story – Tue 11th Jun, 2024): EA has announced that three more Xbox 360 Battlefield games will be closing their doors in November 2024 – following a swathe of Battlefield closures that happened in late 2023. This time around, the Xbox 360 versions of Battlefield Hardline, Battlefield 4 and Battlefield 3 will go offline on November 7th this year.
The first two of these losses don’t feel like a huge deal – Battlefield 4 and Hardline both have much-superior Xbox One versions that now run with FPS Boost to boot. Battlefield 3 is the big loss here, as the console version is locked to the Xbox 360 era and will go fully offline on console this November.
The good news is that BF3 is the only one of these Xbox 360 titles that is backwards compatible, so if you want to jump into some classic Battlefield multiplayer ahead of the server closures, you can do that on Xbox 360, Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S right now. BF3 is also on Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play, so that’s another bonus!
In addition to these old school Battlefield games going offline in late 2024, there are a few more EA Sports titles also set to close down this year, including FIFA 22 which goes offline this November as well. You can check over the full list of server shutdowns on the EA website.
We’ll probably make sure that we squeeze some Battlefield 3 in before the servers go down in November, but to be honest, Battlefield 4‘s Xbox One version is much the better choice these days. It’s ultimately quite similar to BF3, runs at 120FPS on Xbox Series X and S, and still has plenty of servers going to this day!
Will you be playing any of these 360 titles? Tell us your best Battlefield 3 memories down in the comments below.
[source ea.com]
Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin’ in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he’s not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that’s far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.
