If you never see the point of buying every yearly update of EA's sports titles, EA's about to give you one: from September 1 it will begin shutting down the online servers for most of its 2006-edition sports titles.
As of that date, the online gameplay options on games like FIFA World Cup 2006, NBA Live 06, Madden 06 and Tiger Woods 06 will be rendered useless on all formats including PC.
This means you'll have to purchase the newer editions of the games to continue the fight via the web, or
Official ELSPA Entertainment Top 20 Software Chart (all prices) - week ending 15 October1 (1) FIFA 06(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC)2 (2) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC, PSP)3 (8) Spartan Total Warrior(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube)4 (NE) Ultimate Spider-Man(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC, DS, GBA)5 (3) Burnout Revenge(PS2, Xbox)6 (6) Black & White 2(PC)7 (16) Brothers in Arms Earned in Blood(Xbox, PC)8 (4) Conflict Global Storm(PS2, Xbox, PC)9 (7) Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube,
Official ELSPA Entertainment Top 20 Software Chart (all prices) - week ending 8 October1 (1) FIFA 06(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC)2 (NE) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC, PSP)3 (2) Burnout Revenge(PS2, Xbox)4 (5) Conflict Global Storm(PS2, Xbox, PC)5 (3) Far Cry Instincts(Xbox)6 (NE) Black & White 2(PC)7 (10) Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC)8 (NE) Spartan Total Warrior(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube)9 (NE) Nintendogs: Lab & Friends(DS)10 (4) Rome Total War: Barbarian
Official ELSPA Entertainment Top 20 Software Chart (all prices) - week ending 1 October1 (NE) FIFA 06(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC)2 (1) Burnout Revenge(PS2, Xbox)3 (NE) Far Cry Instincts(Xbox)4 (NE) Rome Total War: Barbarian Invasion(PC)5 (NE) Conflict Global Storm(PS2, Xbox, PC)6 (2) The Sims 2 Nightlife(PC)7 (5) Burnout Legends(PSP)8 (4) Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Winter Assault(PC)9 (3) Brian Lara International Cricket 2005(PS2, Xbox, PC)10 (NE) Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks(PS2, Xbox,
