FANS of FIFA 22 are unable to play the game’s popular Ultimate Team mode this morning after it was hit by an hours-long outage.
The popular football simulator went down around 7:00 a.m. UK time (2:00 a.m. EST), according to online outage trackers.
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It’s the result of planned maintenance work on the game’s servers, according to EA Sports, which makes the FIFA games.
Reports on social media suggest that the downtime is leaving players unable to connect to FIFA Ultimate Team.
Screenshots shared online show an error message that appears when people attempt to connect to the online multiplayer mode.
The message reads: “We are sorry but there has been an error connecting to FIFA 22 Ultimate Team. You will be returned to the FIFA 22 Main Menu.”
Hundreds of people have reported the problem to the website DownDetector, which monitors online outages.
Half of those reports point the finger at server issues, while 39 per cent of complaints are related to the game’s login system.
EA said that it expects the scheduled maintenance to last from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. UK time (2 a.m. to 5 a.m. EST).
“During this time, you may be disconnected or unable to access online services and modes, including FUT,” the U.S. developer said.
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Every game in the franchise released since FIFA 15 is affected across all platforms.
Frustrated FIFA fans took to Twitter to bemoan the unexpected outage.
One person tweeted a screenshot of the error message with the caption: “Bro wtf is going on fifa is my life I don’t know what to do without FIFA.”
Another said: “FIFA 22 servers are down.”
It comes hot on the heels of the news that EA is discontinuing the popular FIFA franchise next year.
FIFA 23 will be the final edition of the game, after licensing disagreements with football’s world governing body.
EA Sports cited the expensive licensing agreements and strategy pivots as reasons for moving on from their agreement with Fifa.
Instead, EA will launch a new soccer video game franchise under the name EA Sports FC.
Fifa had reportedly demanded double the $150million annual fee they collect from EA to renew the contract, according to The New York Times.
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