EA taking a huge amount of multiplayer games offline next month

This is the same company that wants to make EVERY game online-only, whether or not the game actually needs online at all.

"Gamers will learn to love always-online gaming"

- John Riccitiell (former CEO of EA)

So please good people, stop supporting a company that won the "worst company in America" award twice and stop literally buying into a system that results in b.s like this. There's really a whole host of reasons, for MP/SP gamers alike NOT to support only only (in short it boils down to them having complete control over your purchase, also see below post) and even for non-gamers looking at the bigger picture. But if you really gotta play one of EA's games, I invite you to buy it second-hand (or what the hell, pirate it), so no money goes to EA at all. The problem certainly wont go away if we keep funding it,

48 Reasons not to support online only games.

"Here’s the list of EA games losing Online Services on June 30:

• Battlefield 1942 for PC and Mac (including Secret Weapons of WW2 expansions)

• Battlefield 2 for PC (including Special Forces expansion)

• Battlefield 2: Modern Combat for PlayStation 2

• Battlefield 2142 for PC and Mac (including Northern Strike expansion)

• Battlefield Vietnam for PC

• Bejeweled (r) 2 for the Wii

• Bulletstorm for PlayStation 3

• Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars for PC and Mac

• Command & Conquer: Generals for PC and Mac (including Zero Hour expansion)

• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 for PC and Mac

• Crysis 2 for PC

• Crysis for PC

• Crysis Wars for PC

• Dracula - Undead Awakening for the Wii

• Dragon Sakura for Nintendo DS

• EA Sports 06 for PC

• F1 2002 for PC

• FIFA Soccer 08 (KOR) for the Wii

• FIFA Soccer 08 for Nintendo DS

• FIFA Soccer 09 for Nintendo DS

• FIFA Soccer 10 for Nintendo DS

• FIFA Street 3 for Nintendo DS

• Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers for PlayStation 2

• Global Operations for PC

• James Bond: Nightfire for PC

• Madden NFL 08 for Nintendo DS

• Madden NFL 09 for Nintendo DS

• Master of Orion III for PC

• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for PC and Mac (including Breakthrough and Spearhead expansions)

• MySims Party for Wii

• MySims Racing for Nintendo DS

• MySims SkyHeroes for the Wii and DS

• NASCAR Sim Racing for PC

• NASCAR Thunder 2003 for PC

• NASCAR Thunder 2004 for PC

• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for PC

• Need for Speed: ProStreet for Nintendo DS

• Need for Speed: Undercover for Nintendo DS

• Neverwinter Nights 2 for PC and Mac

• Neverwinter Nights for PC, Mac and Linux

• SimCity Creator for Wii

• Skate It for Nintendo DS

• Sneezies for the Wii

• Spore Creatures for Nintendo DS

• Spore Hero Arena for Nintendo DS

• Star Wars: Battlefront for PC and PlayStation 2

• Star Wars: Battlefront II for PC and PlayStation 2

• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 for Nintendo DS"

Don't let them turn gaming from a product into a service that they can turn off at their discretion.

nooooo not the COMMAND & CONQUERS !!!!! T~T

wow ppl still play SW Battlefront on PS2? or at least had the option?...

Electronic Arts... People still support this terrible company??

With internet speeds how they are today, even the most mediocre-est of PCs could host a private server for these games if EA would allow them.

Problem with this is is that EA is a greedy company, they don't do anything without a monetary motive in sight. So if they do eventually try and offer support for hosting your own server you can bet you'll probably have to buy the files as DLC or something.

ReSPY (for Battlefield) : << LINK REMOVED >>

Maybe EA should stop releasing games with MP so they wont have to close them all the time. Its like every year they close whole load of games. Dont care for most of them, but still some of those games are not even so old.

BF2? really? holy crap! Dont do it EA. We know you listen to the gamers out there. ;)

At least plants vs zombies is a free game lol.

Phew thank god for gameranger, so games like Battlefront 2 can still be played.

So will I not be able to play command & conquer online after this?

For gods sake EA if you are going to do something like this then at least give us the server files for all the games. Don't just leave us in the dark.

Question: With Neverwinter Nights 2, I had to be connected online to even play LAN, so does this mean I can't even play local coop?

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!?!? BF2 with mods is still HUGE online...

I mean... Project reality has probably the best online experience I've ever experienced. It's the only game in which people actually know what teamplay and maturity mean...

They are living up to their reputation as one worst companies

it's good to know that never invest an EA game. they can pull the plug anytime they want.

So they put the BF:2 box set on sale just before this happens. I haven't really been following the train of hate that is following EA every step but this kinda makes me want to join it. They had to have known, right?

I thought people still play BF2 like crazy with the mods?

Oh yeah, there should be plenty of player driven servers as well I guess

Battlefront II is the biggest deal

You missed Battlefield 4, well I think it should be taken offline until they fix the game or remake it completely..

Another reason to fervently hate EA.

Some people here are really unreasonable ATM I think. Read the article properly. For once this is not the fault of EA; they are even looking into ways to recover the multiplayer feature of some of the games - which might mean reprogramming and patching old games, quite a huge task if they go through with it. So for those hating on EA, chill out and try to be a bit more constructive...

Well bugger me! There's a game on there I actually care about.

Gotta admit though, I'm consistently surprised by these lists and the games that are actually still supported.

so..if I paid for a game which is 100% playable online only, I lost the money and the DVD I have is useless ? Is that it ? I will sue your ass Electronic Arts , you motherfuckers!

Sneezies?

HOW DARE THEY?!?!?!?!

Why they dont just give the server side program on their site with minimal instruction. Fans will then be able to still use theses great game.

Dracula - Undead Awakening for the Wii ... who knew Wii had Online Support to begin with?

And Neverwinter Nights was still up? Damn, I havent played that game in eons.

Honestly, not surprised.

This is EXACTLY why games these days SHOULD NOT focus mainly on their online modes. People buy Battlefield, Call Of Duty and others mainly or only for their online multiplayer. If the other modes are crappy then what does that leave there? Imagine EA cutting Titanfall's online.....There would be no game left at all.

Ah but what do they care? They already have our money.

does this fix battlefield 4 server "NET CODE" thing ...

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo BF2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! one the of the most addictive shooters I ever played