EA is performing a cull of online components for a number of older titles, including entries in the Battlefield, Need for Speed and Medal of Honor series. The most tragic shutdown is, of course, Army of Two. The dedicated co-op community for that game is going to be devastated.
The publisher says that fewer than 1% of its "peak online players across all EA titles" are playing these older offerings, so most of you will be unaffected. The titles will be blinking out throughout August and October, so if you play any of them, enjoy them while you can.
Full list below.
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
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8:00 AM on 07.13.2011 | 
That game came out in 1999.
Fucking consoles.
@Magnalon
Nice!
Sure, we can laugh at Army of Two's misfortune, but isn't the whole point of that game centered around tactical co-op? I don't want to go looking for this title in a year's time (well, if ever) only to find I'm stuck with inane AI. Does the half-price on GoD or pre-owned/eBay really justify all that?
Right now, I'm dusting off the original Bad Company and I'm amazed at the amount of folks still playing that. How long is that going to last when Battlefield 3 turns up? I don't like this idea of moving forward, but then, the idea of a company losing money on goodwill is obviously not a viable option for them.
Online functionality should remain throughout the life-cycle of the console.
It's bad enough that you cheap bastards won't allow for free up to date roster updates for older titles.
If you want people to buy your games every 12 months, earn their purchase by releasing innovative software. Don't try to weasle another purchase out of them by disabling/restricting features to only the most current releases.
"No."
"I don't blame you."
Thankfully you can play Army of Two co-op locally. Did it with a friend a couple months back. It's still bullshit, though.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
This is quite a bummer.
Though it is happening faster for games these days. The original XBOX LIVE games lasted for much longer.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat ...good stuff....why did they remove unlimited mines again?? I rememebr laying 100s of mines on that level with the bridge....BRING THAT BACK DICE!
Wish they could at least set it up to where if a fan wanted to they could run a server for it. Though with MS and Sony that won't really happen.
What if I want to play some army of two coop? I better get my friend to my house who lives 5 states away or something.
Quake came out in 1996 and I could go buy it on Steam and be playing online in no time.
i just realized i have a copy of army of two, better try it online for one last time
Alternatively, EA could release the server software (or at least, move it on community-paid servers) for their old games so that such support is never lost.
I was lucky to get 2-3 years of Madden 08...and that was playing in on-line league on the PC. Games and features change and 99% of the people who play against others want to play what everyone else is playing...not against the cheap ass who just now bought a game in the 99 cent bin.
That game came out in 1999.
Fucking consoles.''
Words of wisdom!
Then again, every version of Phantasy Star Online has them, too.
I agree with this completely.
Wat
Dedicated Servers Wat
Wat
I just recently looked through my Achievements and was thinking of revisiting some of the multiplayer ones for Army of Two. This makes me angry.
I recently revisited Burnout: Paradise and tried to play online(to get all the extra DLC achievements, which, coincidentally, are ALL online achievements), turns out, the 'EA Servers are OFFLINE'. This makes me angry.
This is something that's been happening for a while now, specifically on consoles and while I realize that running servers costs money but it's not too absurd to expect servers running for games in the CURRENT generation. Limit it to a single server, at least. Don't just take them all down.
I can see it now, some Publisher creates a 'Subscription' Service/Model that 'GUARANTEES SERVERS UP 100% OF THE TIME!' I could see Activision coming up with a 'Call of Duty Pass' so that you can play Call of Duty 1 online 4ever! ...Something that PC gamers have been enjoying for years now. You can still play Counter-Strike(1999), for God's sake.
Fuck EA, they're the worst.
i guess im done with sports games....
well i still have nfl 2k1 and mutant football and that's all i really need
Which is sad, me and a friend loved to bust that game out to finish it in an afternoon once every year or so.
If you want people to buy your games every 12 months, earn their purchase by releasing innovative software. Don't try to weasle another purchase out of them by disabling/restricting features to only the most current releases.