EA DOWN – Server status latest for FIFA 18, Battlefield 1 and Star Wars Battlefront 2

EA servers are down for thousands of gamers today with FIFA 18, Battlefield 1 and Star Wars Battlefront 2 players among those heaviest hit.

Independent website Down Detector has registered thousands of EA down reports today.

The site’s outage map shows EA gamers in the UK, Europe and US hit by the server issues today.

The official EA Help Twitter account has also acknowledged the server issues.

They tweeted: “We’re aware of connectivity issues with our games and problems with https://goo.gl/qum7C , and we are working to resolve them.

“We’ll let you know when we have more info.”

The official EA Help website currently displays a message saying “EA online services are having issues”.

It adds: “While we’re working on our online services, you might not be able to connect to online modes in some games, buy games on Origin, or log in to Origin or EA Help.

“We’ll get you back in your game as soon as we can. Thanks for sticking with us while we work this out.”

As the outage hit, gamers who play EA titles took to social networking site Twitter to report issues with online play.

One gamer tweeted: “EA DOWN”.

While another posted: “Ea servers down for quite some time what’s the deal ? @EA @EAHelp”.

One added: “Servers for Battlefield 4 are currently down #EA #BF4”.

And one wrote: “Are @EA servers always down?”

More to follow…