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EA Retires Online Services For Its '11 Sports Lineup

by Ben Reeves on January 01, 2013 at 05:16 PM

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If you are the kind of gamer that likes to wait a year or two to buy your sports games then you might want to know that EA will soon be shutting down it's online servers for many of the games it released a couple years ago.

On January 11, EA will be retiring the online service for the following titles:

FIFA Soccer 11 for PC, PS3, Wii & Xbox 360
FIFA Soccer 11 Ultimate Team for PS3 & Xbox 360
Madden NFL 11 for PS3, Wii & Xbox 360
Madden NFL 11 Ultimate Team for PS3 & Xbox 360
NBA JAM for PS3 & Xbox 360
NBA LIVE 10 for PS3 & Xbox 360
NCAA Football 11 for PS3 & Xbox 360
NHL 11 for PS3 & Xbox 360
NHL 11 Ultimate Team for PS3 & Xbox 360

But that's not all. On January 14, EA will also be shutting down The Sims 2 (PC/Mac, and TheSims2.com) and then January 19 Trenches II for iOS gets the axe.

Considering that NBA Live 10 was the last game release for that series, this means that EA Sports will no longer have any NBA games that feature online play. You'll still be able to play these games offline, but if you're looking to do anymore online play with these titles then you better get your game on now. We mean right meow!

[Source: Games Industry Biz via Destructoid]

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Filed under: News, EA, EA Sports, Madden, fifa, online, NBA Jam, sports, nhl, nba live, shut down, servers, multplayer

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by PIZZAKING92 Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 05:27 PM

Right meow you guys! This is serious!
by willh Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 05:28 PM

Wouldn't NBA Jam : On fire edition still be considered an online NBA game?
by hirschsc Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 05:28 PM

Hmm meow that does seem interesting...
by unhipriver Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 05:32 PM

Well, that sucks.
by Zoidberg Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 05:33 PM

What's the hell is all this talk meow?!?
by Adam of the night Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 05:33 PM

sports games are such a ripoff, no improvements over the previous year and exactly the same. Like an fps with jerseys.
by John Wrek Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 05:43 PM

Wow, it just gets faster and faster... Soon they'll be retiring them in the same year.
by martinho89 Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 05:46 PM

LOL They do this for people buy the new game where the only thing that changes is the title, might as well make people pay fees to play online but anyway.
by heime203 Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 05:51 PM

EA= greedy company they dont have talents at making games.
by TheAlphaFest Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 05:52 PM

Seems a bit quick. Would have thought two more years surely.
by Dawson Wyckoff Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 06:07 PM

I have never played a sports game online, and I dont plan on it. So this it fine with me.
by Brayden Gagne Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 06:18 PM

That's EA for you.
by Tommy H. Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 06:23 PM

I think that's a bit too soon. They should at least let a game run for 3 yrs. But if it's an annual entry anything beyond that is just too much.
by Tim Gruver Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 06:25 PM

Wow. That's pretty darn soon. Hardly a chance to enjoy on-line matches. EA's crashing folks and its fascinating to watch.
by SWTOR-Nachos Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 06:35 PM

Huh so that's why NBA Jam is a free title with playstation + this week...
by Benny Shores Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 07:09 PM

But now I won't be able to go back in time and bet all my monies on Saints, come on! Bounties on injuring top players gets Super Bowls.
by Earthbound_X Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 07:20 PM

I see some angry comments from TA pretty soon..
by Robert Nicewander Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 07:21 PM

It amazes me that ANYONE buys EA sports games anymore. Yet another nail in the coffin that has too many already.
by Tom Easley Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 07:38 PM

Guys, enough with all of this cat stuff. I'm not kitten around...
by Ed Tuesday, January 01, 2013 at 07:55 PM

Oh, but I thought Online Passes were to stop this kind of thing? EA swore that Online Passes weren't just a scam to rob you of money! They swore the Online Pass was going to be used to keep servers up and running, even though it made no sense to say that used games somehow added more weight onto the server, since you are just swapping one user for another, not adding one on top of another. You mean, EA lied? Get out of town!I don't believe you, EA would never, ever consistently lie and rob and manipulate gamers. They would never sink to such lows................................................ ................................................................ ...