EA is gearing up to hack away some of its dead weight with the closure of 17 multiplayer servers with games such Skate, Army of Two, and Need for Speed Most Wanted set for the chop. The global publisher explained that under one percent of online peak time throughout EA’s entire gallery is spent playing the games listed below. The company will begin closing the servers as soon as next month, maintenance costs being cited as another reason for the mass closures; funds will hopefully be redirected into upcoming projects.
August 11, 2011 Online Service Shutdown
- ARMY OF TWO™ for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
- ARMY OF TWO™ Demo for Xbox 360
- Battlefield 2142™ Demo for PC
- Battlefield 2: Modern Combat™ for Xbox 360
- Battlefield 2: Modern Combat™ Demo for Xbox 360
- Medal of Honor Airborne™ for PlayStation Portable
- Medal of Honor Heroes™ 2 for PlayStation Portable and Wii
- NASCAR® 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (North America)
- NCAA® Basketball 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
- NCAA® Football 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
- Need for Speed™ Most Wanted for PC and Xbox 360
- Need for Speed™ Undercover for PlayStation Portable;
- SKATE™ for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
- Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 10 for PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii
- Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 11 Demo for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
October 1, 2011 Online Service Shutdown
- Madden NFL 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
- NHL® 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Have any of your online favourites been sent marching to gallows?
Source: EA
hol
No real surprise those but EA better leave the burnout paradise servers on forever ;) or at least until there’s a worthy successor
freezebug2
Should be safe for a good while yet as there has been a resurgence in the people that are playing the game online since the free download appeared on the PSN+ store….Hell, I’ve regularly seen 70-90 lobbies live with new players coming onboard ;)
billsmugs
The original Skate on PS3 had dreadful frame rate online anyway, so I can’t imagine many people playing it when Skate 2 and 3 exist. Most of the other games are pretty ancient as well, so I don’t think there will be too many complaints about this round of shut-downs.
aphex187
Battlefield 2142 Demo for PC!!! bloody hell that’s still up? lol n1 EA!
The Lone Steven
Most of the games on the list have had a yearly counterpart come out or a sequel. Bloodly hell EA,i thought you had shut down the servers for the BF2142 demo. I suspect it is to save costs or they intend to use those servers for the newest addition of those games.
R4U Eldave0
Shame about Battlefield2 . I still occasionally fire up my 360 copy and chip away at the (almost impossible) achievement list.
InternationalGamer
I am confused, if they are shutting down Madden NFL 10, what about 09? 08?…