50 EA titles getting the chop

[Kevin]

EA to shut down 50 titles

Battlefield 2, Crysis 2, and Command and Conquer 3 are among the affected games

 

[Crzwaco]

Good many their servers will be improved

 

[foozball3000]

But shouldn't they make a package of sorts so that people can host their own servers? Then if you want to host a retro event, you can

 

[Snare]

Quite sad about Crysis 1. Quite fun to play and the German community still keeps that gaming relatively thriving.

 

[Mister 44]

Am I correct in assuming that it won't affect single player at all?

And what's the situation with GFWL?

 

[Clive Woofer]

This is really sad. Do you know how many of those games still have thriving online communities? According to the comments on the article there are user-made alternatives to Gamespy, but how many people who are playing these games right now will bother with the schlep of setting them up in the first place?

I really hope game developers and publishers learn their lesson from this. Don't rely on third-party applications for your multiplayer.

 

[Cicero]

Good thing I guess.

 

[Clive Woofer]

What's good about games that people are still playing losing their multiplayer functionality?