We're About To Lose Support For Some Of The Best PC Games Ever Made1SEXPAND
As of June 30, a number of games - some of them among the best of all time - will have their online components cease to be supported.P
Among the casualties will be Battlefield 1942 (PC), C&C Generals (PC), Crysis (PC), Master of Orion III (PC), Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (PC), the original Neverwinter Nights (PC) and its sequel, and both Star Wars: Battlefront titles on PC.23P
There are also some Wii, DS and even PS2 games among the casualties, but those ones listed above are the big ones.P
The move comes as EA, who either made, published or now own the rights to all those games,reacts to the looming closure of Gamespy, itself an ancient online service which has been keeping these classics' multiplayer alive on life-support for years. With Gamespy closing down on May 31, the EA games using it will be cut off as well.P
We're About To Lose Support For Some Of The Best PC Games Ever Made4SEXPAND
Of course, this doesn't mean the games will be dead. The singleplayer component of most of these will still work just fine. And as for multiplayer stuff, where there's demand, fans usually take up the slack and host servers once official ones die off. For the big ones, like the Battlefield titles, EA is even "investigating community-supported options to preserve online functionality for these titles", though it also admits "Significant technical hurdles remain, and at this time we don't have anything to announce". P
But that kind of help won't arrive for every game on the chopping block, especially the console ones, so if you're one of the three people worldwide still playing the online modes of Green Day: Rock Band on the Wii, time to get your goodbyes ready. P
The full list of games affected is below.P
  • Battlefield 1942 for PC and Mac (including The Road to Rome and Secret Weapons of WW2 expansions)P
  • Battlefield 2 for PC (including Special Forces expansion)P
  • Battlefield 2: Modern Combat for PlayStation 2P
  • Battlefield 2142 for PC and Mac (including Northern Strike expansion)5P
  • Battlefield Vietnam for PCP
  • Bejeweled (r) 2 for the WiiP
  • Bulletstorm for PlayStation 36P
  • Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars for PC and Mac (including Kane's Wrath expansion)P
  • Command & Conquer: Generals for PC and Mac (including Zero Hour expansion)P
  • Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 for PC and MacP
  • Crysis 2 for PC7P
  • Crysis for PCP
  • Crysis Wars for PCP
  • Dracula - Undead Awakening for the WiiP
  • Dragon Sakura for Nintendo DS8P
  • EA Sports 06 for PCP
  • F1 2002 for PCP
  • FIFA Soccer 08 (KOR) for the WiiP
  • FIFA Soccer 08 for Nintendo DSP
  • FIFA Soccer 09 for Nintendo DSP
  • FIFA Soccer 10 for Nintendo DSP
  • FIFA Street 3 for Nintendo DSP
  • Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers for PlayStation 29P
  • Global Operations for PCP
  • GREEN DAY: ROCK BAND for the WiiP
  • James Bond: Nightfire for PCP
  • Madden NFL 08 for Nintendo DSP
  • Madden NFL 09 for Nintendo DSP
  • Master of Orion III for PCP
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for PC and Mac (including Breakthrough and Spearhead expansions)P
  • MySims Party for WiiP
  • MySims Racing for Nintendo DSP
  • MySims SkyHeroes for the Wii and DSP
  • NASCAR Sim Racing for PCP
  • NASCAR Thunder 2003 for PCP
  • NASCAR Thunder 2004 for PCP
  • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for PCP
  • Need for Speed: ProStreet for Nintendo DSP
  • Need for Speed: Undercover for Nintendo DSP
  • Neverwinter Nights 2 for PC and MacP
  • Neverwinter Nights for PC, Mac and Linux (including Hordes of the Underdark and Shadows of Undrentide expansions)P
  • SimCity Creator for WiiP
  • Skate It for Nintendo DSP
  • Sneezies for the WiiP
  • Spore Creatures for Nintendo DSP
  • Spore Hero Arena for Nintendo DSP
  • Star Wars: Battlefront for PC and PlayStation 2P
  • Star Wars: Battlefront II for PC and PlayStation 2P
  • THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND for the Wii10P
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 for Nintendo DSP