Red Alert 3, Battlefield 2142, and various FIFA or Need for Speed games are going offline

May 12, 2014 05:59 GMT  ·  By

Electronic Arts has confirmed that, due to the upcoming closure of GameSpy, it's going to take the multiplayer modes and servers of around 50 games offline as it is unable to come up with a solution to keep some of the most popular titles, like Battlefield 2, Crysis 2, Red Alert 3, or Bulletstorm.

GameSpy multiplayer technology was used by many different games and developers a few years ago, as it provided a simple and platform-agnostic infrastructure to cater to online modes for all sorts of titles.

Unfortunately, the system is going offline permanently starting on May 30, and this means that plenty of older games will see their multiplayer become unavailable or at least some of their online functions disabled.

EA promised that it was going to develop new multiplayer modes for popular games like Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142, and other such titles, so that they're available after the GameSpy closure.

Now, it's confirmed that, due to technical challenges, such a goal can't be achieved and that, on June 30, around 50 games are going offline.

From Battlefield 2, 1942, 2142, or Vietnam, to Command & Conquer 3, Generals, or Red Alert 3, or Crysis 1, 2, and Wars, there is a huge amount of games on PC as well as on PS2, PS3, DS.

Check out the full list via the official website below.

Battlefield 1942 for PC and Mac (including The Road to Rome and Secret Weapons of WW2 expansions) Battlefield 2 for PC (including Special Forces expansion) Battlefield 2: Modern Combat for PlayStation 2 Battlefield 2142 for PC and Mac (including Northern Strike expansion) Battlefield Vietnam for PC Bejeweled (r) 2 for the Wii Bulletstorm for PlayStation 3 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars for PC and Mac (including Kane's Wrath expansion) Command & Conquer: Generals for PC and Mac (including Zero Hour expansion) Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 for PC and Mac Crysis 2 for PC Crysis for PC Crysis Wars for PC Dracula - Undead Awakening for the Wii Dragon Sakura for Nintendo DS EA Sports 06 for PC F1 2002 for PC FIFA Soccer 08 (KOR) for the Wii FIFA Soccer 08 for Nintendo DS FIFA Soccer 09 for Nintendo DS FIFA Soccer 10 for Nintendo DS FIFA Street 3 for Nintendo DS Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers for PlayStation 2 Global Operations for PC GREEN DAY: ROCK BAND for the Wii James Bond: Nightfire for PC Madden NFL 08 for Nintendo DS Madden NFL 09 for Nintendo DS Master of Orion III for PC Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for PC and Mac (including Breakthrough and Spearhead expansions) MySims Party for Wii MySims Racing for Nintendo DS MySims SkyHeroes for the Wii and DS NASCAR Sim Racing for PC NASCAR Thunder 2003 for PC NASCAR Thunder 2004 for PC Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for PC Need for Speed: ProStreet for Nintendo DS Need for Speed: Undercover for Nintendo DS Neverwinter Nights 2 for PC and Mac Neverwinter Nights for PC, Mac and Linux (including Hordes of the Underdark and Shadows of Undrentide expansions) SimCity Creator for Wii Skate It for Nintendo DS Sneezies for the Wii Spore Creatures for Nintendo DS Spore Hero Arena for Nintendo DS Star Wars: Battlefront for PC and PlayStation 2 Star Wars: Battlefront II for PC and PlayStation 2 THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND for the Wii Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 for Nintendo DS

As such, you might want to get in some multiplayer time with all these games while you still can.