{"id":100309,"date":"2022-10-18T05:18:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T05:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-shutting-down-servers-for-loads-of-very-good-very-old-games\/"},"modified":"2022-10-18T05:18:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T05:18:57","slug":"ea-shutting-down-servers-for-loads-of-very-good-very-old-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ea-shutting-down-servers-for-loads-of-very-good-very-old-games\/","title":{"rendered":"EA Shutting Down Servers For Loads Of Very Good, Very Old Games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Electronic Arts has moved quietly to begin the process of shutting down the online servers for a bunch of old games, some of them absolute classics, some you would be forgiven for having forgotten all about.<\/p>\n

first spotted by TrueAchievements<\/span>the list includes favorites like Mirror’s Edge<\/em>, 2010’s NBA Jam<\/em> reboot and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 <\/em>(the Tim Curry,the one place that hasn’t been corrupted by capitalism\u201d <\/span>what’s that<\/span>).<\/p>\n

Shutting down the servers will have a few impacts. Firstly, it’ll obviously close down the multiplayer servers for any game that supports the feature, though games like Red Alert 3<\/em> that still have an active community already have fan-supported workarounds for that<\/span>. <\/p>\n

Secondly, it’ll stop you from getting any achievements that have an online component; NBA Jam<\/em> has a couple that require you to play online, so they’ll be locked out for good once the servers go down.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, and most despairingly, going down this list has made me realise that Mirror’s Edge<\/em> and Red Alert 3<\/em> are now 14 years old<\/em>that the Mercenaries <\/em>games were great and are sadly missed and that 2010’s NBA Jam<\/em> reboot is now almost as old to us as it was to the original NBA Jam<\/em>. <\/p>\n

via IGN<\/em><\/span>here’s the full list of games that are about to be affected (you can see previous fallen heroes at this site, where EA keeps a record<\/span>):<\/p>\n

October 20, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n