

For the most part, these games are from older systems, though several of them are available via backward compatibility. The news was first spotted by PureXbox, who noted that EA is closing the servers to 12 games over the next few months. Fortunately, players still have a bit of time before the servers are closed for good, so if you want to hop in and play one last match, you have plenty of time to do so.

To that end, it's recently been announced that Electronic Arts will be closing several servers for older games that fit the bill. If the playerbase isn't there to support it, shutting it down makes perfect financial sense. This is, of course, unfortunate for anyone still playing those games online, but it's important to remember that keeping those servers online does cost companies money. One of the things that is nearly inevitable in online gaming is that servers for older, less populated games will eventually be closed down.
