After its recent purge, EA are now turning their backs to the online component of more recent titles, some of which haven't even been around for two years. As of March 16, multiple titles will see their servers shut down, and a month later, a few more.
Though this will upset some, it does mean EA can convert its focus onto more recent and upcoming titles with online support. Here is the company's explanation:
As background information, the games scheduled for shutdown in March and April 2010 represent less than 0.3% of all peak online players across all EA titles. Despite some people's perception, there is a lot of behind-the-scenes work involved with keeping these older games up and running. We would rather our hard-working engineering and IT staff focus on keeping a positive experience for the other 99.7% of customers playing our more popular games. These decisions to retire games is never easy. The EA development teams and operational staff pour their hearts into these games almost as much as the customers playing them and it is hard to see one retired. We hope you have gotten many hours of enjoyment out of the games and we appreciate your ongoing patronage.
With that said, Mercenaries 2 and Army of Two both launched in 2008 and were criticized for their broken online systems. So, if you are still missing those few online achievements or trophies, it's time to boot up those dust-collectors.
Below is the full list of affected games.
March 16, 2010 Online Service ShutdownDef Jam for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360Godfather for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360Lord of the Rings: Conquest for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360Mercenaries 2: World in Flames for PCNeed for Speed: Carbon for PlayStation PortableNeed for Speed: ProStreet for PlayStation PortableSimpsons for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360April 15, 2010 Online Service ShutdownBurnout 3: Takedown for PlayStation 2Army of Two for PlayStation 3 (Asia only)Additionally, the shutdown of Xbox LIVE for Original Xbox consoles and games (scheduled for April 15, 2010) will retire online services for the following titles:
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat for XboxBurnout 3: Takedown for XboxMadden NFL 09 for XboxSource:EA Service Updates
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