EA Is Delisting Battlefield Hardline on Consoles, While the PC Version Stays Online
Electronic Arts is sunsetting Battlefield Hardline on consoles, but PC players are escaping the shutdown for now. In an official update shared by Battlefield Communications, EA confirmed that Battlefield Hardline on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will be removed from digital storefronts on May 22, 2026. From that date onward, players will no longer be able to purchase the game or its related DLC on those console platforms.
The second and more significant cutoff arrives a month later. EA says online services for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions will end on June 22, 2026, which means console multiplayer will no longer function after that date. Players who already own the game will still be able to access its offline single player campaign, but the online portion of the console experience is effectively coming to an end.
— Battlefield Comms (@BattlefieldComm) March 23, 2026
The surprising part is that PC is not included in this shutdown. According to the same official announcement, Battlefield Hardline will remain available on PC storefronts, and online play for the PC version is continuing beyond the June 22 cutoff affecting consoles. That makes this a platform specific delisting rather than a full game wide retirement, which is unusual enough to stand out in EA’s long list of service shutdowns.
This latest move also fits into EA’s wider service sunset strategy. On the company’s official service updates page, EA maintains a running list of games losing online support, and the catalog shows just how broad that history has become. The same page confirms that Anthem went offline on January 12, 2026.
For Battlefield Hardline, the end of console support closes another chapter for one of the franchise’s more unusual entries. Released in 2015, the game took the series away from traditional military warfare and into a cops versus criminals setup that always made it feel like the odd one out in the Battlefield lineup. Even so, it built a loyal following over the years, which is why this selective shutdown will likely sting more for console fans than many expected.
The bigger message here is that preservation in multiplayer games remains uneven and increasingly platform dependent. Console players are losing storefront access and online functionality, while PC players are being left with the full version intact for now. That kind of split may be practical from a business standpoint, but it also shows how fragmented the long term future of older online games has become.
Did you play Battlefield Hardline back in the day, and do you think it deserved more support than it ended up getting?
