Electronic Arts has announced that both their Origin and GameSpy servers will be taken down for maintenance, which will shut down multiplayer gaming for several games for roughly three-and-a-half hours.
The downtime will be later today from 10PM PDT / 1AM EDT / 6AM GMT to 1:30 AM PDT / 4:30 AM EDT / 9:30 AM GMT.
Mass Effect 3 and Battlefield 3 multiplayer will be affected by the Origin downtime, while GameSpy’s maintenance will affect Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3.
According to EA, the maintenance will “improve and prepare for bigger changes in the weeks and months ahead.”