EA shut down Battlefield multiplayer restoration venture The Revive Network

The Revive Network, which has been energetic for about three and half years, and aimed to revive multiplayer to video games that had had their on-line parts closed after Gamespy, a multiplayer ‘middleman’ service, closed in 2014. Most notably, these included Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield 2, and Battlefield 2142.

In a press release, the workforce say “Electronic Arts Inc.’s legal team has contacted us and nicely asked us to stop distributing and using their intellectual property. As diehard fans of the franchise, we will respect these stipulations.”

In the tip, 939,000 gamers had registered Revive Network accounts earlier than the service was shutdown. As a part of that shutdown, all file downloads have been disabled.

The workforce shut their assertion by thanking the workforce members who’ve labored on the service, in addition to “every single player that helped make all of this a reality.” You can learn the total assertion, together with the takedown discover issued by EA, here.