EA Shutting Down More Game Servers

Today EA announced that over the next two months they will be shutting down the online servers for nine more of their games. The affected games include Mercenaries 2 and Lord of the Rings: Conquest.

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)

The announcement also notes that they're dropping support for their three remaining Xbox Original online games on April 15th, though that's a service-wide shutdown instituted by Microsoft. Earlier this month, EA discontinued online play for a number of their sports games, including Madden NFL 09.

Pete Haas

Staff Writer at CinemaBlend.