EA is closing another 50 Servers

[BrotherTobious]

The list is of the EA games they are closing multiplayer, mainly due to that only about 1% is being used as new games come out, but also they are finding it hard to let us have LAN or community based soloutions.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-05-12-50-ea-games-will-have-their-servers-shut-down

EA games to go offline 30th June

• Battlefield 1942 for PC and Mac (including The Road to Rome and Secret Weapons of WW2 expansions)
• Battlefield 2 for PC (including Special Forces expansion)
• Battlefield 2: Modern Combat for PlayStation 2
• Battlefield 2142 for PC and Mac (including Northern Strike expansion)
• Battlefield Vietnam for PC
• Bejeweled 2 for the Wii
• Bulletstorm for PlayStation 3
• Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars for PC and Mac (including Kane's Wrath expansion)
• Command & Conquer: Generals for PC and Mac (including Zero Hour expansion)
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 for PC and Mac
• Crysis 2 for PC
• Crysis for PC
• Crysis Wars for PC
• Dracula - Undead Awakening for the Wii
• Dragon Sakura for Nintendo DS
• EA Sports 06 for PC
• F1 2002 for PC
• FIFA Soccer 08 (KOR) for the Wii
• FIFA Soccer 08 for Nintendo DS
• FIFA Soccer 09 for Nintendo DS
• FIFA Soccer 10 for Nintendo DS
• FIFA Street 3 for Nintendo DS
• Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers for PlayStation 2
• Global Operations for PC
• Green Day Rock Band for the Wii
• James Bond: Nightfire for PC
• Madden NFL 08 for Nintendo DS
• Madden NFL 09 for Nintendo DS
• Master of Orion 3 for PC
• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for PC and Mac (including Breakthrough and Spearhead expansions)
• MySims Party for Wii
• MySims Racing for Nintendo DS
• MySims SkyHeroes for the Wii and DS
• NASCAR Sim Racing for PC
• NASCAR Thunder 2003 for PC
• NASCAR Thunder 2004 for PC
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for PC
• Need for Speed: ProStreet for Nintendo DS
• Need for Speed: Undercover for Nintendo DS
• Neverwinter Nights 2 for PC and Mac
• Neverwinter Nights for PC, Mac and Linux (including Hordes of the Underdark and Shadows of Undrentide expansions)
• SimCity Creator for Wii
• Skate It for Nintendo DS
• Sneezies for the Wii
• Spore Creatures for Nintendo DS
• Spore Hero Arena for Nintendo DS
• Star Wars: Battlefront for PC and PlayStation 2
• Star Wars: Battlefront II for PC and PlayStation 2
• The BEatles Rockband for the Wii
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 for Nintendo DS

[TeaLeaf]

The list is of the EA games they are closing multiplayer, mainly due to that only about 1% is being used as new games come out, but also they are finding it hard to let us have LAN or community based soloutions.

EA games to go offline 30th June

That's one of the reasons why we generally dislike games that don't come out with a dedicated server, because in later years the game you paid before becomes worth nothing when they pull the plug.   Can you imagine that happening with say Counter-strike if the plug on HL had been pulled in this way?  

Bottom line is, EA don't get any $money$ from you for old games, so they pull the rug.   The 'issues' they are experiencing are down to the fact that they coded it that way in the first place. :angry:

[Tutonic]

A lot of those games do already have dedicated server support. I think the problem is that they have been coded to use Gamespy's tracker servers to advertise their presence to the game itself.

If you know the IP address for a BF2 server for example you could probably still connect to it directly if the game allows you, but it's the end of the road for most casual players. Hopefully some enterprising modders can patch an alternative service in...

What's most alarming, is that some of those games are only 3 years old. That, frankly, is a disgrace.

[Ammon]

Another reason to hate on EA tbh.
doesn't exactly inspire me to buy their products at all.

[TheDvEight]

Another reason to hate on EA tbh.
doesn't exactly inspire me to buy their products at all.

Couldn't agree more EA shows its all about the £ not the gamers.

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