In FIFA 20, players currently cannot access the online features. The EA servers are down – and the problem does not seem easy to solve.
EA servers unfortunately facing issues: Currently, FIFA players cannot play in online modes like Ultimate Team. Even when starting the game, the connection to the servers drops, and reconnecting later by activating the online modes or pressing the right stick in the main menu does not work. Players receive the following error message:
On the “Unable-to-Connect” page, there are indications that one can check the servers of PS4 or Xbox One, or that bans may result in exclusion from online services. However, the error seems to lie elsewhere.
EA Servers again with issues
Update, April 15, 5 PM: The server issues seem to have been resolved. Since EA announced at noon that they had solved the problems, no major errors have appeared in FIFA 20.
Update, April 15, 11 AM: After the servers were temporarily available again, EA is struggling with issues once more. FIFA 20 is once again affected, and the Companion App is currently inaccessible.
Update, April 15, 8:00 AM: During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the issues seem to have been resolved, and the match creation in FIFA 20 has been restored. As EA announced on Twitter, a number of DDoS attacks were apparently responsible for the severe outages:
Update, April 14, 6 PM: Since Tuesday, FIFA players have been reporting problems connecting to the servers. However, the issues do not seem to be limited to FIFA.
Players are also reporting connection drops in Apex Legends. Earlier in the day, EA announced on Twitter that there were problems and presumed to have resolved them:
It is now clear that the servers are still not running as intended. Online gaming in FIFA 20 is still not possible. EA is once again searching for the errors:
Server issues occur in FIFA 20 repeatedly. For example, in February there was a major outage, which also affected other EA games.
