It seems like only yesterday (alright, 15 days ago) that EA shut down a bunch of online servers for games such as Fight Night Round 3, Madden 09 and NCAA Football 09. Well, now it looks like the company's at it again. According to the Service Updates page over on the official EA website, 12 more titles are going to have their online portions snipped off in the months of March and April. Check out the list below:
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
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is the most recently released of these games, clocking it at a little over 12 months since launch.

Geez, I barely started playing!


Bryn says: Okay, so Conquest wasn't the best use of the awesome LotR license, but come on, it's a baby! 12 months old, and already the online is up for death by Balrog? That sucks. Seems as though someone's pretty desperate to save some money, doesn't it? Does this rile you up at all?