EA Shutting Down Old Sports Servers

Multiplayer to be shutdown for older titles.

by Jeff Haynes

January 4, 2010 - 2010 may have just started, but the online party will be ending soon for a number of last gen and current generation EA Sports titles. According to an Online Service Update on EA.Com, twenty-five sports titles will find their online service shut down by EA on or before February 2. The update stated, "You may continue to play the games online up until these dates, but certain community programs may begin to close down prior to the shutdown dates."

The update extended a thank you to fans of the older games, stating, "All of us at EA would like to thank you for your valued participation in our online gaming community and hope that your enthusiasm for these games extends to our current lineup and beyond." A number of the affected titles are older PS2 games, such as FIFA 07 and NASCAR 08.

However, some newer titles, such as Madden NFL 09, Facebreaker and NBA Street Homecourt for the Xbox 360 and PS3 were also included. No word was given as to how the shutdown would affect Xbox Live's or PSN's listing of downloadable roster updates for 360 or PS3 games. We have contacted Microsoft and Sony for word on the impending shutdown of EA servers, but did not receive any comment at the time of publish. The list of affected sports games is below.

UEFA Champions League 07 PC and x360
Facebreaker x360 and PS3
Fantasy Football 09 x360 and PS3
FIFA 07 PSP, PS2, PC
Fight Night Round 3 PS2
Madden 08 Wii
Madden 08 PC
Madden 09 Xbox1
Madden 09 Wii and PSP
March Madness 07 x360
NBA 07 PSP, x360
NBA 08 PS2, PSP, Wii
NBA 09 Wii - Europe only
NBA Street (2007) PS3 and x360
NCAA Football 08 PS2
NCAA Football 09 PS2
NASCAR 08 PS2
NASCAR 09 PS2
NASCAR 09 PS3 and x360 - Europe Only
NFL Tour PS3 and x360
NHL 07 PSP and x360
NHL 08 PC
Tiger Woods 07 PC
Madden 09 x360 and PS3
Madden 07 Xbox 360



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