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Electronic Arts shuts down more game servers

by Steven Williamson on 18 February 2010, 15:16

Tags: Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA)

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EA has confirmed that more game servers for some its online games are to be shut down over the next couple of months.

The most surprising game on the list is Lord of the Rings: Conquest, which only launched in January 2009. Other games include Godfather for Xbox 360 and Ps3 and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames for PC.

March 16, 2010 Online Service Shutdown
Def Jam for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Godfather for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Lord of the Rings: Conquest for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames for PC
Need for Speed: Carbon for PlayStation Portable
Need for Speed: ProStreet for PlayStation Portable
Simpsons for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

April 15, 2010 Online Service Shutdown
Burnout 3: Takedown for PlayStation 2
Army of Two for PlayStation 3 (Asia only)

Additionally, the shutdown of Xbox LIVE for Original Xbox consoles and games (scheduled for April 15, 2010) will retire online services for the following titles:

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat for Xbox
Burnout 3: Takedown for Xbox
Madden NFL 09 for Xbox


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Posted by deleted - Thu 18 Feb 2010 15:20
On this note. With the recent news about Ubisoft and requiring constant internet access - what if Ubisoft decideds to shut down AC2 servers from a year from now? I mean some of those games that EA is shutting down are barely a year old.
Posted by deleted - Thu 18 Feb 2010 18:32
Ubisoft have already said the single players will not be affected when they eventually shut servers down, it would just be online play affected
Posted by deleted - Thu 18 Feb 2010 19:31
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Ubisoft have already said the single players will not be affected when they eventually shut servers down, it would just be online play affected

Yes, but it'd be unlikely that the games servers will be closed as quick as EA and untill that day your gonna need a permanent internet connection to play the game, even SP. Which is a right load of crap.
Posted by deleted - Fri 19 Feb 2010 08:47
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Yes, but it'd be unlikely that the games servers will be closed as quick as EA and untill that day your gonna need a permanent internet connection to play the game, even SP. Which is a right load of crap.

so you cant play assassins creed 2 without an internet connection active. i'm sure i played it when my router was off!!
Posted by deleted - Fri 19 Feb 2010 15:47
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so you cant play assassins creed 2 without an internet connection active. i'm sure i played it when my router was off!!

Not the PC version, when it's released you'll need a permanent broadband connection for it to run.

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