FIFA 22, PUBG: Battlegrounds and Lost Ark will be down for a while today and we’ll tell you when you’ll probably be able to play again.
FIFA 22, PUBG and Lost Ark are down today. (Source: Microsoft)
If you play video games online, you have a gigantic selection of titles and services. Depending on the platform and publisher, you use certain servers and if they fail or maintenance work is carried out, the online gaming fun is quickly over.
That’s why we inform you here in advance about announced maintenance work or “down times” that are very likely to come. Then you can adjust to it better and won’t be torn out of your gaming session unexpectedly.
downtime to play
This maintenance is announced for the week beginning August 8th:
FIFA 22
FIFA 22 will be down on all platforms on August 10th. The maintenance work begins at 8 a.m. German time and is expected to end at 10 a.m. However, you can no longer start games 30 minutes before the start of the time-out.
PUBG: Battlegrounds
On August 10th, PUBG: Battlegrounds is down. The deployment of Update 19.1 will start at 2:30 a.m. and will probably last for 8 hours. So you can probably play again from 10:30 a.m. Initially, however, only PC gamers are affected by this break.
Lost Ark
Lost Ark is down on August 10th. The weekly maintenance work begins at 9 a.m. and is expected to last for four hours. So you can probably play again from 12 p.m.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, Classic and The Burning Crusade Classic
World of Warcraft is down on August 10th. Between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. there will be maintenance in Classic and The Burning Crusade Classic. There will also be a restart of all realms in Shadowlands between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Warcraft 3: Reforged
Warcraft 3: Reforged is down on August 10th. The maintenance work in the game starts at 7:30 p.m. German time and is expected to end at 2 a.m.
League of Legends
Although League of Legends is not down, account transfers are not possible until October 1st due to planned maintenance work on Windows and macOS devices.
If developers or publishers of popular games announce further maintenance work for the next few days, then we will update this overview. So keep checking back. If we missed any announcements about your favorite game, just let us know via our Facebook channel.
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Server status on services like PSN, Xbox Live and more
In addition to games, entire online services such as PlayStation Network (PSN), Xbox Live, Battle.net or Origin can also be down from EA. In this case, you can visit our respective fault reporters and find out about the problems. Should the providers announce maintenance work, you will find a corresponding note in the list below:
Even if the game servers and the services are all working perfectly, there can still be disruptions from internet providers or maintenance work in the DSL and cable networks. Readers report these again and again. It is therefore important when online problems occur to also check your own Internet. Our DSL checklist will also help you with this.
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