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EA Shutting Down Several Game Servers

Posted on Monday, March 19 @ 10:55:08 Eastern by Keri_Honea
Electronic Arts announced today that they will be shutting down online servers for several console titles, starting next month. One of these titles is part of the Online Pass program.

Game servers for the following console games will be shut down on April 13, 2012:
  • Boom Blox Bash Party for Wii 
  • Burnout Revenge for Xbox 360 
  • EA Create for PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 
  • EA Sports Active 2.0 for PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 
  • EA Sports Active NFL Training Camp for Wii 
  • FIFA 10 for PlayStation Portable and Wii 
  • The Godfather II for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360
  • EA Sports MMA for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
  • Need for Speed ProStreet for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
  • The Saboteur (loss of The Midnight Club access) for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
  • Spare Parts for PlayStation 3 Xbox 360
The following iOS games will be shut off on March 31st:
  • Battlefield 3: Aftershock
  • Fantasy Safari
  • Ghost Harvester
EA's policy states that they only shut down game servers for games that represent less than 1 percent of all peak online activity across all of EA's games. Obviously, there's no point in spending the money in maintaining servers if no one is using them, but the fact that EA Sports MMA is an online pass game and will be turned off stirs up all kinds of conflicting feelings. On the one hand, it sucks for anyone who did spend that extra $10 to access online content, but on the other hand, it seems like there aren't very many of them anyway.
Related Games:   EA Sports: MMA
Tags:   EA, online pass


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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Mar 19th, 2012 at 11:36 am
    They really shouldn't charge to play online if they're just going to shut off the servers soon anyway. Do you think EA has a little pop up warning for anyone buying an online pass right now?

    Fuck. No. They'll take the money and shut the servers off anyway.
    1 1
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Mar 19th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
    I remember when the last Media Play in the area closed down. A month before they closed, before any announcements, they were still selling their membership club.
    0 0
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Mar 19th, 2012 at 3:47 pm
    Yeah, I think I'm done buying from EA. I can't stand they way they do business and it's time for me to stop supporting them.
    0 0
  • NecroWolf
    NecroWolf
    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Mar 19th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
    OMFG someone had to pay $10 to play an online game! Let's revolt! VIVA LA REVOLUTION or whatever. Nah, not really, this isn't any worse than MMO shutting off its servers, except, that you paid $10... where with an MMO you've paid hundreds or thousands.
    0 1
  • LinksOcarina
    LinksOcarina
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 19th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
    I feel more bad for the guys who paid for Tabula Rasa
    0 0
  • NecroWolf
    NecroWolf
    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Mar 19th, 2012 at 7:01 pm
    I bought Tabula Rasa. =(
    0 0
  • Ashalar
    Ashalar
    Joined: Jan 2008
    Posted: Mar 20th, 2012 at 4:12 am
    I even got the CE version of that game. It was a very solid, fun MMO. To be completely fair, I liked it better than I now do SWTOR.
    0 0

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