Electronics Arts has announced that a glut of their previous-generation sports games are having their on-line play support shut down in the coming months. Some of the older titles are not so shocking to see on the list such as FIFA 07 and NCAA Football 07 for Xbox 360, but a couple of 2010 titles are getting the axe as well. Madden 10 for the PSP, Playstation 2, and Wii are all being cut off, as well as the PSP and Wii versions of 2010 FIFA World Cup and the Playstation 2 version of NCAA Football 10.
Also, as a result of an expired licensing deal, on-line support for the EA-branded Lord of the Rings games will be shut down.
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Sorry, Wii soccer aficionados. No on-line gameplay for you.
Here is a complete list of games currently scheduled for Online Service Shutdown from January to March 2011:
Mar 1, 2011 Online Service Shutdown
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Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 09 for Wii
Feb 8, 2011 Online Service Shutdown
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FIFA 07 for Xbox 360
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FIFA 08 for PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii
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FIFA 09 for PC, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii
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FIFA 09 Ultimate Team for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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FIFA Street 3 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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EA SPORTS™ FIFA Manager 10 for PC
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EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 3 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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Madden 09 for PlayStation Portable (all regions), PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii
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Madden 10 for PlayStation Portable (all regions), PlayStation 2 and Wii
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NBA LIVE 08 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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NBA LIVE 09 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii
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NCAA® Basketball 08 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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NCAA® Basketball 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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NCAA® Football 07 for Xbox 360
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NCAA® Football 08 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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NCAA® Football 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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NCAA® Football 10 for PlayStation 2
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NFL Head Coach 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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NHL® 08 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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NHL® 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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UEFA EURO 2008™ for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
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2010 FIFA World Cup™ for PlayStation Portable and Wii
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2010 FIFA World Cup™ Demo for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Jan 17, 2011 Online Service Shutdown
Jan 11, 2011 Online Service Shutdown
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The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ II for Xbox 360
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The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth™ II, The Rise of the Witch-king™ for Xbox 360
Although that's quite the laundry list of EA Sports titles, EA stated that these titles in particular "represent roughly 1% of all peak online players across all EA titles," and that they "would rather our hard-working engineering and IT staff focus on keeping a positive experience for the other 99% of customers playing our more popular games."
Yup, saw this earlier, I think it's a crying shame, but what you gonna do? People always just play the latest title blindly anyway; No money off my back.