Over at the official EA website, the publishing juggernaut has a new list of games for which they will no longer provide servers for online play. While some of the games are surprisingly old, such as NHL 07, there are a couple which may have an impact on SPORTS! gamers who may not feel the need to update to the most recent version.
If you're still playing last year's edition of the Madden franchise online, you're going to want to pick up Madden 10 sometime in the next month, as the servers are shutting down across all platforms on February 2nd.
Some of the games are just old, while a few look like they might be getting turned off due to popularity. NASCAR 09 servers are closing, but only in Europe where I believe Formula-1 racing is the dominant automotive sport. If I had to guess why they're ceasing to support Facebreaker, it would be because the game in question is Facebreaker, but it seems a bit odd considering that the game just hit Xbox Live's Games on Demand service in early December.
All of the games will have online multiplayer available until February 2nd, but EA does warn that some community-oriented online features may disappear in the days leading up to the server shutdowns. You can view the full list after the jump.
Service Updates [EA.com]
February 2, 2010 Online Service Shutdown
UEFA Champions League 07 PC and x360
Facebreaker x360 and PS3
Fantasy Football 09 x360 and PS3
FIFA 07 PSP, PS2, PC
Fight Night Round 3 PS2
Madden 08 Wii
Madden 08 PC
Madden 09 Xbox1
Madden 09 Wii and PSP
March Madness 07 x360
NBA 07 PSP, x360
NBA 08 PS2, PSP, Wii
NBA 09 Wii - Europe only
NBA Street (2007) PS3 and x360
NCAA Football 08 PS2
NCAA Football 09 PS2
NASCAR 08 PS2
NASCAR 09 PS2
NASCAR 09 PS3 and x360 - Europe Only
NFL Tour PS3 and x360
NHL 07 PSP and x360
NHL 08 PC
Tiger Woods 07 PC
Madden 09 x360 and PS3
Madden 07 Xbox 360
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Anyway, I note that NBA 07 is on there, the one with an achievement to be online with 1,000 at the same time. I hear Xbox360Achievements.org is going to make a final push to get that achievement sometime before the servers close. Pretty sure it's one of the rarest achievements out there.
No roster updates ? ok cool
Destroy online support ? F U !!!
EA is back on my shitlist
I mean, I can still play some older x360 games and see some games pop up even stuff like Senko no Ronde or Ridge Racer 6 where the population on both games are pretty slim.
Maybe there is something about these EA sports games that I don't know about (though I may find out in about a year or two when my copy of NHL 09 stops working online).
also, why doesn't MS step in when online games get their servers pulled?
I understand they take down nascar-servers in Europe, nobody plays that crap... who wants to drive in a circle for hours on end when you've got so many great tracks? Never understood the appeal of that don't even get why you'd wanna watch it...
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