This is followed by Mercenaries 2 (PS3, Xbox 360), Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (PS3, Xbox 360), Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, and Command and Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath (Xbox 360) on November 9th. Onrush’s servers shut down on November 30th, while Mirror’s Edge, NBA Jam On Fire Edition, Gatling Gears, and Shank 2 will lose their online services on January 19th, 2023.

The publisher stated, “The decisions to withdraw particular features or modes of certain EA games, or to retire online services relating to older EA games are never easy. The development teams and operational staff pour their hearts into our games, their features and modes almost as much as the players, and it is hard to see one retired.

“As games are replaced with newer titles, the number of players still enjoying the games that have been live for some time dwindles to a level – typically fewer than one percent of all peak online players across all EA titles – where it’s no longer feasible to continue the behind-the-scenes work involved with keeping the online services for these games up and running. We are also committed to constantly updating and improving the features and modes to keep in our games to ensure they remain exciting to play for as long as possible. That commitment to great gameplay sometimes means that we need to remove outdated features and modes.”

Some games are still playable offline, and features like “players’ inventory of virtual currency, and/or in-game items may continue to be used,” even if the in-game store has been disabled. As such, removing online support for older titles and DLC isn’t too surprising. Ubisoft announced in July that several titles would lose online functionality before backtracking on the same after extensive backlash.

Given the relative age and popularity of many of Electronic Arts’ titles, it’s unlikely the decision will be reverted. Nevertheless, stay tuned for updates on the same.

The recent twin stick shooter Gatling Gears, having torn up the charts of the Xbox Live Arcade, is now heading to PS3 this summer.

“Gatling Gears is an action-packed, top-down shooter that has gamers blasting their way through 30 unique environments armed with a deadly arsenal of weapons including a gatling gun, grenades, rockets and power-ups.” That’s according to the press release at least.

It also says that “Players take on the role of Max Brawley and suit up for an epic mission to save the planet and defeat the Empire. Fight together or compete against friends in full online or offline co-op modes as gamers battle for high score and leaderboard prowess by collecting the gears left behind by obliterate enemies. Each gear will bring players closer to earning cool upgrades for their Gatling Gear mech.

Gatling Gears also tests players’ ability to stay alive with Survival mode, an arena-based battle where gamers go head-to-head with enemy forces in 10 rounds of pure chaos. Complete the objective with or without a buddy by dodging thousands of bullets from enemy tanks and soldiers and maneuvering through homing missiles, flame-throwers and cluster bombs, while protecting a core natural resource.”

We’ll let you know if a more concrete release date gets announced.

Vanguard’s Gatling Gears will be released for XBLA on May 11th and on PSN a week later on May 18th, according to a new video released for the game. It’s a twin-stick shooter created by folks from Guerrilla Games and W!Games and is being published by EA.

It isn’t like the XBLA and PSN are lacking in twin stick shooters, but I’m sure the game will speak for itself when it launches next month.

If that wasn’t the most sarcastic headline, as the latest trailer for Gatling Gears, shit blowing  up everywhere!  There are so many explosions, I am not sure there is anything in the game that does not explode. You may remember the developer Vanguard who brought us the game Greed Corp, but now they have got Gatling Gears for us being published by EA it looks like a pretty intense arcade game.  The game is a top down, duel-stick shooter that will be out for Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network and PC thing spring.  Check out the damage: