EA Is Shutting Down Over 50 Multiplayer Game Servers in June

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. For starters, I would like to apologize for not posting PPM or community news as often as I used to a couple of years ago, I have become a very busy man since the golden days on PPM so keeping on top of the community and everything that happens around here other than for my own mods is a difficult task to keep on top of, I give kudos to Banshee for being able to do it so well!

It has been bought to my attention today by Apollo that EA plans to shut down over 50 multiplayer game servers, this will apparently happen this year on the 30th of June!The article that I was linked to contains all the necessary information on what games will be getting the axe, unfortunately, some of these titles were some of mine and maybe even your personal favorites. Here is the list of games EA will be shutting down. The list includes not only PC games, but Nintendo DS and Wii games as well.

• Battlefield 1942 for PC and Mac (including The Road to Rome and 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 (including Kane’s Wrath expansion)
  
• 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
  
• GREEN DAY: ROCK BAND for the Wii
  
• 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 (including Hordes of the Underdark and Shadows of Undrentide expansions)
  
• 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
  
• THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND for the Wii
  
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 for Nintendo DS

I have seen this news before prior to being linked to it today, but I wasn't entirely convinced whether or not it was genuine until I researched it myself a few moments ago.

EA Representatives wrote:

As games get replaced with newer titles, the number of players still enjoying the older games dwindles to a level - typically fewer than 1 percent of all peak online players across all EA titles - where it's no longer feasible to continue the behind-the-scenes work involved with keeping these games up and running.

Here is a direct link to their official service updates page.