Battlefield 4 servers DDoSed

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Gamer rage.

The Battlefield 4 PC servers were hit with a distributed denial-of-service attack Saturday that left a number of gamers unable to compete.

Battlefield 4 servers DDoSed

Employees with developer EA Digital Illusions CE took to the official forums to address the issue.

"We are being targeted by a DDOS, but working on fixing it asap," staffer Ali Hassoon said.

"I'm sorry somebody is ruining your and my day. Rest assured we are doing our best to mitigate the situation though."

The diruption ceased Monday.

EA joined a list of video game companies including Ubisoft, Nintendo, Konami and Riot Games that have been attacked in recent months.

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