That's it. I will end my life now. I can't play Calling All Cars online anymore. What's the point of living?
I'm kidding. I played the demo like three times. It was fun, but I never played it again. It didn't have enough numbers coming out of heads for me. Those that are still playing and enjoying David Jaffe's little PSN game will be sad to hear that the servers are going to shut down early next year. Boot up the game and you'll get the following message:
On January 14, 2010 the servers for Calling All Cars will be taken off-line. We would like to thank ya for yar support.
What next? Are they going to tell me I can't play Haze online? FIFA 2004?
I guess I'll stay among the living for a bit more and kill myself on New Year's Day, then.
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At least my little brother got a few sessions out of it.
I played it once and it wasn't even worth it that one time. Yikes.
Chromehounds
Haze > ALL
LOLOLOLOLOL
I forgot this game even existed.
His blog always aludes to him being a design god.
I love you, Dale North.
I'm hoping the shutdown could be cancelled if there's enough action on the servers. So I created a new Calling All Cars forum and I've been inviting players there. Those of you who like the game, feel free to register and lets get some games going!
The forum is at http://www.arctic-charge.com/cac/
I have no idea if this is an online only game but, you get my drift!
This isnt an online only game and nobody plays it online anymore. Its run it course so who cares.
SOCOM will be the same deal. They arent shutting the servers down anytime soon seeing as plenty of people still play it. If you feel that 6+ years down the road when people have moved on that your money wasnt worth it when you probably wouldnt be playing anymore either, well then maybe its time to reevaluate your money spending. The $40 I spent on a game like SOCOM was well worth it and I have gotten my moneys worth in playtime already and there is still years left in it.