EA awkwardly marked the arrival of Skate 2 on Xbox backwards compatibility on Monday by reminding players that its online servers are shutting down in three weeks.
Skate 2 is one of 76 Xbox 360 and original Xbox titles that were added to the backward compatibility library for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on Monday.
EA’s official Skate twitter account acknowledged the news by retweeting Xbox’s tweet celebrating the newly added backwards compatible games.
However, it then immediately posted a follow-up tweet telling players that it would be turning off the game’s online servers soon.
“Additionally, we’re providing a heads up that on December 10, 2021, we will be turning off the Skate 2 online servers for PlayStation and Xbox,” it tweeted. “It’s not an easy decision and not something we take lightly.”
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