Summary
EA Sports UFC 3has been shut down.Electronic Arts' fighting game has been playable online for more than seven years.
EA is one of the most prolific video game publishers when it comes to releasing titles with multiplayer functionality. As such, the company also sunsets its games on a regular basis. Over half a dozenEA games were shut down in January 2025 alone, and several more have been scheduled to follow this month.
The latest title to find itself on the chopping block is EA Vancouver’sEA Sports UFC 3, whose servers were taken offline on Monday, February 17, ending support for all of its multiplayer functionality. Simultaneously with this move, EA delisted the game from the PlayStation and Xbox Stores. On February 15,EA Sports UFC 3was also removed from Xbox Game Passas a result of it being pulled from the EA Play library. Therefore, the game’s single-player modes can now only be played by fans who already own either its physical copy or one of its digital versions. Owners can still download the latter from Sony and Microsoft’s storefronts.
EA Sports UFC 3 Was EA’s Longest-Lasting UFC Game
EA Sports UFC 3was originally released for the PS4 and Xbox One on June 16, 2025. Its multiplayer servers were shut down exactly 7 years and 15 days later. This makes it EA’s longest-supportedUFCgame, outlastingUFC 2by roughly a month and a half. For added context, the firstEA Sports UFCgame had its servers taken offline in early December 2019, five and a half years following its debut.
5 years, 5 months, 15 days
6 years, 10 months, 22 days
7 years, 15 days
4 years, 6 months, 3 days+
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1 year, 3 months, 21 days+
The latest two entries in EA Vancouver’s MMA series are still playable online as of February 2025. Based on EA’s track record,UFC 4’s multiplayer servers may remain operational until at least 2028, whereasUFC 5is likely to make it to the 2030s. In the meantime,UFC 6reportedly entered full production in late 2024, suggesting it could hit the market between 2027 and 2028.
UFC 3’s end of service arrives mere weeks after EA shut down a variety of mobile games, includingBlood and Glory: Immortals,Contract Killer: Sniper, andDeer Hunter Classic.Dino Hunter: Deadly ShoresandEternity Warriors 4were also delisted in January 2025, together withFrontline Commando 2andFrontline Commando: D-Day. In related news,F1 22andOperation Flashpoint: Dragon Risingwill be pulled from EA’s The Play List subscription library on February 28 and March 14, respectively.
