Onrush Servers Are Shutting Down Soon
Electronic Arts has just announced that Onrush will shut down its online multiplayer servers on November 30, 2022. Originally launched back in 2018, before EA acquired Codemasters, Onrush is an arcade combat-focused racing game where the primary goal isn't necessarily to get from point A to point B the fastest, but rather to complete a variety of objectives while competing with the enemy team.
When Electronic Arts acquired Codemasters, all of the developer's previous projects moved over to the new publisher's umbrella as well, with Onrush being one of the active multiplayer titles. The game's player base has slowly plummeted over time, however, and it has only taken a few more years for EA to decide that keeping Onrush's multiplayer servers live was more trouble than it was worth.
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According to EA, Onrush no longer has enough players to warrant keeping its servers up and running, and none of its multiplayer functionality will be available after November 30, 2022. With two years having gone by since EA acquired racing game developer Codemasters, Onrush seems to have been given time to try and find its niche, only to fail in doing so as time went on. While it is a shame that this is happening, it's worth pointing out that all of Onrush's offline functionality will remain available, allowing players to enjoy the game's single-player content.
One of the potential reasons behind Onrush not having a player base in 2022 is that it only launched on a limited number of platforms. The game is available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles, and it never came to any of the other popular platforms. In fact, Onrush was inaccessible on Xbox for a while when a
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