Well, time to ditch those old EA games for their new counterparts, guys and girls. 2013 is bringing a list of (mostly sports-based) servers EA will soon be shutting down.
In a statement released earlier today, EA said:
The decisions to retire older EA games are never easy. The 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. But as games get replaced with newer titles, the number of players still enjoying the older games dwindles to a level — fewer than 1% of all peak online players across all EA titles — where it’s no longer feasible to continue the behind-the-scenes work involved with keeping these games up and running. We would rather our hard-working engineering and IT staff focus on keeping a positive experience for the other 99% of customers playing our more popular games. We hope you have gotten many hours of enjoyment out of the games and we appreciate your ongoing patronage.
The list of online services shutdowns (so, basically the end of online matchmaking for the titles listed below) is as follows:
3 January 2013
- FIFA Manager 11 (PC)
11 January 2013
- FIFA Soccer 11 (PC, PS3, Wii & Xbox 360)
- FIFA Soccer 11 Ultimate Team (PS3 & Xbox 360)
- Madden NFL 11 (PS3, Wii & Xbox 360)
- Madden NFL 11 Ultimate Team (PS3 & Xbox 360)
- NBA JAM (PS3 & Xbox 360)
- NBA LIVE 10 (PS3 & Xbox 360)
- NCAA Football 11 (PS3 & Xbox 360)
- NHL 11 (PS3 & Xbox 360)
- NHL 11 Ultimate Team (PS3 & Xbox 360)
14 January 2013
- The Sims 2 (PC & Mac)
- TheSims2.com
19 January 2013
- Trenches II (iPad, iPhone and iPod touch)
Get that gameplay in while you can!
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