EA closing online multiplayer in 17 past games

Electronic Arts has announced that it will close online servers for 17 of its past games and demos.

The list of games losing online functionality includes Army of Two, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Skate, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. Electronic Arts said that the games currently make up less than 1% of online players across all of the publisher's titles.

Electronic Arts closed online servers for 25 of its older titles in 2010, with another server culling earlier this year hitting games like The Lord Of The Rings: The Battle For Middle Earth II and FIFA 09 Ultimate Team.

"The decisions to retire older EA games are never easy," said the firm.

"We hope you have gotten many hours of enjoyment out of the games and we appreciate your ongoing patronage."

The full list of affected games is as follows:

August 11, 2011 Online Service Shutdown

Army of Two for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Army of Two Demo for Xbox 360
Battlefield 2142 Demo for PC
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat for Xbox 360
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Demo for Xbox 360
Medal of Honour Airborne for PlayStation Portable
Medal of Honour Heroes 2 for PlayStation Portable and Wii
NASCAR 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (North America)
NCAA Basketball 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
NCAA Football 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Need for Speed Most Wanted for PC and Xbox 360
Need for Speed Undercover for PlayStation Portable
Skate for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 for PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 Demo for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

October 1, 2011 Online Service Shutdown

Madden NFL 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
NHL 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360