Initialization Error after Updates

kellenvh​  For the record, it's not my job: I don't work for EA.  I'm just trying to help you get back into your game, preferably sooner rather than later.  EA employees have work hours and off hours, not to mention other responsibilities, but I'm here now and you presumably would like to play today rather than tomorrow.

I understand you think it's not your computer, I really do.  But I see these errors all the time, and I know what solves them, and it's always something on the user side.  Plus, when the game has not changed, but it suddenly stops working, or starts working again, then the problem (or fix) has to be something outside the game itself.  That's just simple logic.

Your antivirus could have updated itself.  Windows Defender DOES update itself almost daily.  You wouldn't even notice unless you knew where to look.

As for the other people reporting this error, most do not have the initialization error.  Their games start to load and then crash with no error message, and the problem is their saves.  EA is currently looking into that, but it has nothing to do with your issue.