EA Sports Servers Down: Madden 19, FIFA 19, & Other Games Are Working Again
With the EA Sports servers down, it’s causing quite a stir on Twitter from frustrated gamers. As of Tuesday, October 23, many people reported the online outage. It’s affecting aspects of the Madden 19, and FIFA 19 Ultimate Team, as well as Battlefield, Origin, and others. As of right now, it’s hard to gauge when it will be fixed. However, thousands of reports of online issues have arrived at various websites. The good news is that as of Tuesday afternoon, the problem seems to be fixed.
Why were EA Sports Servers Down?
Right now, that’s a major question on the mind of many gamers. There’s not really an answer online. It isn’t for a scheduled maintenance of any type. It also doesn’t appear to be isolated to Europe or the United States as it seems to be widespread.
@EASPORTSFIFA ea servers down?? pic.twitter.com/PFLu9iD4bw
— Solo (@loveteda) October 23, 2018
A number of people took to Twitter and expressed concern over the EA servers being down. One user indicated it was an issue with the “FIFA 19 servers on PC.” Other reports are indicating it is affecting not just FIFA, but also Madden 19, Battlefield, and Origin.
The official EA Help Twitter account also informed players earlier today that they were working to resolve the “connectivity issues.”
We're aware of connectivity issues affecting players at the moment and are working to resolve them. Thank you.
— EA Help (@EAHelp) October 23, 2018
With the EA server down, it means there were issues for popular online modes in the games FIFA 19 and Madden 19 for some gamers. That could include the Ultimate Team modes for each of these popular sports games.
When will EA Sports servers be back online?
There is no official estimate on when the EA Sports servers are expected to be back up and running. As seen above, EA first recognized the issue early at 8:15 a.m. Eastern Time. At Down Detector website, there were issues reported around 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time from other countries besides the United States.
The best policy as always is to stay patient as the behind the scenes tech workers are likely to resolve the issue soon.
Update: EA Sports Severs fixed (2:15 p.m. ET)
As of 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time EA Sport tweeted that they fixed the connectivity issues. Gamers need to perform a “power-cycle” on their console if there are any lingering connection issues.
The connectivity with our games and EA/Origin Access have been restored. Please power-cycle your console if you're still having trouble connecting. Thanks for your patience!
— EA Help (@EAHelp) October 23, 2018
Gamers can always check the latest EA Sports servers status here.
Madden 19 is currently available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The FIFA 19 game is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.