At first we had heard that this was nothing more than a rumor, but we can now confirm that Electronic Arts will be following though with its past trend of taking down the online servers of older titles that the are no longer being played. This action is in keeping with their terms of online service when you buy a game and, of course, the offline modes will continue to function, so technically the game is playable, just not playable online.

February 2, 2010 Online Service Shutdown

UEFA Champions League 07 PC and Xbox360
Facebreaker Xbox360 and PS3
Fantasy Football 09 Xbox360 and PS3
FIFA 07 PSP, PS2, PC
Fight Night Round 3 PS2
Madden 08 Wii
Madden 08 PC
Madden 09 Xbox1
Madden 09 Wii and PSP
March Madness 07 Xbox360
NBA 07 PSP, Xbox360
NBA 08 PS2, PSP, Wii
NBA 09 Wii - Europe only
NBA Street (2007) PS3 and Xbox360
NCAA Football 08 PS2
NCAA Football 09 PS2
NASCAR 08 PS2
NASCAR 09 PS2
NASCAR 09 PS3 and Xbox360 - Europe Only
NFL Tour PS3 and Xbox360
NHL 07 PSP and Xbox360
NHL 08 PC
Tiger Woods 07 PC
Madden 09 Xbox360 and PS3
Madden 07 Xbox 360

As you can see, the majority of the titles affected are sports games. The title that will likely leave many scratching their heads is the decision to shut down the NASCAR 09 servers on some platforms, given the fact that EA is not planning to release another NASCAR game in the immediate future. Beyond this, most of the titles are rather old, so we are not really surprised by this move, as EA has done it many times in the past. If you have any achievements to get from any of these titles, you had better act quickly and get them before the servers are shut down.