Electronic Arts recently announced that it is closing down a rather large list of its online communities. Although EA noted that the EA Sports titles listed represent only 1% of all peak online players across every EA title. “EA’s objective in closing the nearly deserted servers allows the their engineering and IT staff to focus on a positive experience for the other 99% of their online players.”
Most notable shutdowns, are to the Lord of the Rings games, Sims Carnival at least these were the deemed worthy of mention by the publisher. You can check out the full news release at the link below.
Mar 1, 2011 Online Service Shutdown Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 09 for Wii
Feb 8, 2011 Online Service Shutdown FIFA 07 for Xbox 360 FIFA 08 for PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii FIFA 09 for PC, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii FIFA 09 Ultimate Team for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 FIFA Street 3 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 EA SPORTS™ FIFA Manager 10 for PC EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 3 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Madden 09 for PlayStation Portable (all regions), PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii Madden 10 for PlayStation Portable (all regions), PlayStation 2 and Wii NBA LIVE 08 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NBA LIVE 09 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii NCAA® Basketball 08 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NCAA® Basketball 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NCAA® Football 07 for Xbox 360 NCAA® Football 08 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NCAA® Football 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NCAA® Football 10 for PlayStation 2 NFL Head Coach 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NHL® 08 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NHL® 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 UEFA EURO 2008™ for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 2010 FIFA World Cup™ for PlayStation Portable and Wii 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Demo for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Jan 17, 2011 Online Service Shutdown The Sims Carnival
Jan 11, 2011 Online Service Shutdown The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ II for Xbox 360 The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ II, The Rise of the Witch-king™ for Xbox 360
Dec 31, 2010 Online Service Shutdown The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ for PC The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ II for PC The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ II, The Rise of the Witch-king™ for PC
Previously Shut Down Online Service Arena Football™ for PlayStation 2 and Xbox Arena Football™: Road to Glory for PlayStation 2 Armies of Exigo™ for PC Army of Two™ for PlayStation 3 (Asia only) Battlefield 2: Modern Combat™ for Xbox Burnout™ Revenge for PlayStation 2 and Xbox Burnout™ Dominator for PlayStation Portable Burnout™ 3: Takedown ™ for PlayStation 2 and Xbox Def Jam® for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 EA SPORTS™ Fantasy Football 09 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 2 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 3 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Xbox FIFA Soccer 2005 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox FIFA 06 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 FIFA 07 for PC, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2 and Xbox FIFA 08 for PC Facebreaker™ for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 The Godfather™ The Game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 GoldenEye: Rogue Agent™ for PlayStation 2 and Xbox The Lord of the Rings: Conquest™ for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 MVP Baseball™ 2005 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox MVP™ 07 NCAA® Baseball for PlayStation 2 and Xbox Madden NFL 05 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox Madden NFL 06 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 Madden NFL 07 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 Madden NFL 08 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox and Xbox 360 Madden NFL 09 for Xbox Marvel Nemesis™: Rise of the Imperfects™ for PlayStation 2 and Xbox Medal of Honor Pacific Assault™ for PC Medal of Honor™ Rising Sun for PlayStation 2 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames™ for PC NASCAR® 05: Chase for the Cup™ for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox NASCAR® 06: Total Team Control for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NASCAR® 07 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox and Xbox 360 NASCAR® 08 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NASCAR® 09 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (Europe Only) NBA LIVE 05 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox NBA LIVE 06 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 NBA LIVE 07 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 NBA LIVE 08 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Wii NBA LIVE 09 for Wii (Europe only) NBA Street (2007) for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NBA Street V3 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NCAA® Football 05 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NCAA® Football 06 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NCAA® Football 07 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Xbox NCAA® Football 08 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NCAA® Football 09 for PlayStation 2 NCAA® March Madness 06 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NCAA® March Madness™ 2005 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NCAA® March Madness® 07 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360 Need for Speed™ Carbon for PlayStation Portable Need for Speed™ Most Wanted for PlayStation Portable and Xbox Need for Speed™ ProStreet for PlayStation Portable Need for Speed™ Underground for PlayStation 2 Need for Speed™ Underground 2 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox NFL Head Coach for PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox NFL STREET 2: Unleashed for PlayStation 2 and Xbox NFL STREET 3 for PlayStation 2 NFL Tour for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 NHL® 2005 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox NHL® 06 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox NHL® 07 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 NHL® 08 for PC NHL® 08 for PlayStation 2 The Simpsons™ Game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 05 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 06 for PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360 Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 07 for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 08 for PC, PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360 TimeSplitters 3: Future Perfect™ for Xbox and PlayStation 2 Total Club Manager 06 for PlayStation 2 UEFA Champions League™ 2004-2005 for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox UEFA Champions League™ 2006-2007 for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable UEFA Champions League™ 07 for PC and Xbox 360 UEFA Euro 2008™ for PC 2006 FIFA World Cup™ for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360 2010 FIFA World Cup™ for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (only Hospitality upload functionality retired)
- This article was updated on July 24th, 2021
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