The fallout from GameSpy's decision to shut down its online multiplayer hosting network continues as Electronic Arts recently released a list of 50 games across multiple platforms that will see their online components go dark on June 30.
The company notes in an online service update that as games get replaced with newer titles, the number of players still enjoying the older games dwindles to a level where it's no longer feasible to continue the behind-the-scenes work involved in keeping such games up and running. These titles typically amount to less than one percent of all peak online players across EA titles, we're told.
Damage control aside, here's the list of titles that will see their online services shut down at the end of next month.
* Battlefield 1942 for PC and Mac (including The Road to Rome and Secret Weapons of WW2 expansions)
* Battlefield 2 for PC (including Special Forces expansion)
* Battlefield 2: Modern Combat for PlayStation 2
* Battlefield 2142 for PC and Mac (including Northern Strike expansion)
* Battlefield Vietnam for PC
* Bejeweled (r) 2 for the Wii
* Bulletstorm for PlayStation 3
* Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars for PC and Mac (including Kane's Wrath expansion)
* Command & Conquer: Generals for PC and Mac (including Zero Hour expansion)
* Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 for PC and Mac
* Crysis 2 for PC
* Crysis for PC
* Crysis Wars for PC
* Dracula - Undead Awakening for the Wii
* Dragon Sakura for Nintendo DS
* EA Sports 06 for PC
* F1 2002 for PC
* FIFA Soccer 08 (KOR) for the Wii
* FIFA Soccer 08 for Nintendo DS
* FIFA Soccer 09 for Nintendo DS
* FIFA Soccer 10 for Nintendo DS
* FIFA Street 3 for Nintendo DS
* Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers for PlayStation 2
* Global Operations for PC
* GREEN DAY: ROCK BAND for the Wii
* James Bond: Nightfire for PC
* Madden NFL 08 for Nintendo DS
* Madden NFL 09 for Nintendo DS
* Master of Orion III for PC
* Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for PC and Mac (including Breakthrough and Spearhead expansions)
* MySims Party for Wii
* MySims Racing for Nintendo DS
* MySims SkyHeroes for the Wii and DS
* NASCAR Sim Racing for PC
* NASCAR Thunder 2003 for PC
* NASCAR Thunder 2004 for PC
* Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for PC
* Need for Speed: ProStreet for Nintendo DS
* Need for Speed: Undercover for Nintendo DS
* Neverwinter Nights 2 for PC and Mac
* Neverwinter Nights for PC, Mac and Linux (including Hordes of the Underdark and Shadows of Undrentide expansions)
* SimCity Creator for Wii
* Skate It for Nintendo DS
* Sneezies for the Wii
* Spore Creatures for Nintendo DS
* Spore Hero Arena for Nintendo DS
* Star Wars: Battlefront for PC and PlayStation 2
* Star Wars: Battlefront II for PC and PlayStation 2
* THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND for the Wii
* Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 for Nintendo DS
Additionally, Lord of Ultima's online component shuts down today.
Do you still play any of these games online? If so, which titles are you most sad to see go?