{"id":266755,"date":"2023-12-16T09:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=321121"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:23:48","slug":"if-you-were-still-playing-rocket-arena-ea-has-bad-news-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/if-you-were-still-playing-rocket-arena-ea-has-bad-news-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"If you were still playing &#8216;Rocket Arena&#8217;, EA has bad news for you"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 14, 2020, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-eurocup-comes-to-ea-sports-fc-24-as-free-dlc-but-we-still-have-to-wait\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Electronic Arts<\/a> released &#8216;Rocket Arena&#8217; to the market, an online shooter <\/strong>that aimed to capitalize on the success of many previous games&#8230; but it didn&#8217;t quite find its audience. Which is, indeed, a euphemism used to indicate that a game has been an absolute failure. And, like all failures, it now reaches its inevitable end.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Fortnite\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/0725c9ce-2e53-43a3-b740-39e0f5c20693\/3874670110\/fortnite-Download-Fortnite.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Fortnite<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/fortnite.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/fortnite.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Like a rocket (that doesn&#8217;t work)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first title from Final Strike Games, who later worked on various tasks in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-future-of-guitar-hero-and-rock-band-was-through-fortnite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Fortnite<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>had at its peak over 1000 players<\/strong> (specifically 1136) on Steam. To give you an idea, its peak in the last thirty days was&#8230; six. And since October 2020, it hasn&#8217;t exceeded one hundred players. So, it&#8217;s a non-game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s why, after finishing the updates with season 4 in September 2021, <strong>EA <\/strong>has decided that it&#8217;s time to shut down the servers. The key date will be March 21, 2024, when, <strong>after almost four years of gameplay, &#8216;Rocket Arena&#8217; will stop working.<\/strong> In fact, if you want to buy it right now, it&#8217;s impossible, and it has been like that since November 23 without anyone caring too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rocket Arena - Official Reveal Trailer | PS4\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jq1IWop3xbQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To encourage more than six people to play in this closing, <strong>the obtained experience will increase and the rewards from the first seasons will be accessible<\/strong> once again. However, this is like trying to resurrect a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-most-desired-zombie-game-on-steam-turns-out-to-be-eagerly-bad-to-the-surprise-of-a-few\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">zombie<\/a><\/strong>: it doesn&#8217;t make sense, it won&#8217;t set any example, and it will remain dead. Rest in peace, &#8216;Rocket Arena&#8217;. Even more in peace, I mean.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Fortnite\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/0725c9ce-2e53-43a3-b740-39e0f5c20693\/3874670110\/fortnite-Download-Fortnite.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Fortnite<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/fortnite.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/fortnite.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To give us an idea, its maximum in the last thirty days was&#8230; six. And since October 2020 it has not exceeded one hundred players. Come on, it&#8217;s a non-game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":266756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2532,1078,5979],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-266755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionfortnite","tag-ea","tag-rocket-arena"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315719,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266755\/revisions\/315719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266755"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=266755"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=266755"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=266755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}