Every so often, Electronic Arts elects to shut down online servers for games as it makes way for new titles to replace them, such as Mirror’s Edge. That time has come again, and below, we have a list of games that will be affected by the EA server closures this time.
We start with everyone’s favorite major life simulation game, The Sims 4. As you well know, the Sims 4 base game is officially free-to-play. However, another change taking effect today is that The Sims 4 Deluxe Edition is being removed from EA Play members’ Play Lists, in favor of The Sims 4 EA Play Edition. Also leaving the Play List is The Sims 4 Bundle, which is going to be replaced by The Sims 4 EA Play Pro Edition. What a mouthful.
Two games losing their online services entirely on October 20th are Army of Two: The 4th Day, and The Devil’s Cartel. Dragon Age Origins will also lose its multiplayer screenshot server on the same day.
Next, November 30th will see the closure of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3’s network services on Xbox 360 and PS3. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars will suffer the same losses at this time. This will include Kane’s Wrath expansion to the game. Also losing its online servers for Xbox 360 and PS3 on November 30th is Mercenaries 2.
The next shutdown happens on January 19th in the new year, and this will affect Mirrors Edge (the original version), Shank 2, Gatling Gears, and NBA Jam On Fire Edition.
EA has commented on the shutdown, saying that it’s ‘never easy’ to shut down features of a game but that it often becomes necessary when newer games are released. ‘The development teams and operational staff pour their hearts into our games, their features, and modes almost as much as the players, and it is hard to see one retired.’
Make no mistake, EA is launching numerous new games very soon. In fact, We’re expecting Need for Speed Unbound to hit digital shelves in December, and the highly anticipated Dead Space remake is slated for release in January 2023.
In other EA news, the company has elected to replace its Origin utility with the new EA app.
