Surprisingly, EA has announced that it is stopping support for Apex Legends Mobile and canceling Battlefield Mobile ahead of its launch. This surprise was headlined by another piece of news, which is the closure of its mobile game studio, so what is the reason for these sudden decisions?

VentureBeat reports that EA will close Battlefield Mobile, the studio led by the founder and former CEO of Bungie. Alex Seropianwhich the company acquired in 2018.

Apex Legends Mobile was released in May 2022, where it was named Game of the Year by the App Store last year and Game of the Year by Google Play the same year. This, on the one hand, while, on the other hand, Battlefield Mobile was in the beta launch phase.

Apex Legends Mobile servers will be offline starting May 1, 2023. In preparation for this, EA said in a blog post on Wednesday that Respawn intended to provide players with consistent gameplay. But after a solid start, the game began to fall short of expectations in terms of quality, quantity, and pace. So after months of work, the mutual decision was made to cancel the game on mobile devices.

As with the home and PC versions, the mobile version is completely free and does not include any paid items that could affect the game balance. It has its own battle passes, cosmetics and outfits that can be collected in the game, and exclusive items.

During EA's third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, the CEO said Andre Wilson The company has learned a lot from its experience with the game and plans to reimagine the connected experience of Apex Legends Mobile in the future.

While this news was disappointing, all parties were and still are proud of the achievement. Especially with the gaming community supporting them.

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