You may have noticed when we broke the news about Battlefield 2 and the end of support for the game, as several fan sites have. The news sent tiny shockwaves through the community, tiny enough that EA and DICE for the first time responded to a “rumor”.

I can with good conscious say that we are still supporting Battlefield 2 and no other decision has been made. Dice Live has been reached by rumors saying otherwise, although under normal circumstances we do not comment on rumors this has caused unnecessary concern for our Battlefield players.

According to EA/DICE, they are supporting BF2, “but no other decisions have been made”. Decisions about supporting the game with new updates, perhaps? There’s no denial that a confirmation of this “rumor” would instantly result in a great portion of players quitting for good. The big issue for EA isn’t the community (somehow I feel it never was), but the ranked server providers, who pay EA for a ranked server certificate, pay quite a lot as well. If the players leave, they certainly would too.

Other than that, it’s obvious that the community never trusted the developer, just read the replies at TotalBF2 (or any other BF2 forum for that matter). Until they release a new patch, or at least announce something, there’s no hope in BF2, there hasn’t been for a long time.