EA Shutting Down Multiple NHL Servers
In the sports gaming world, it's a natural process for the older-generation games to take a back seat while the newest year's release is optimized and promoted by the company. Electronic Arts is taking a step forward in putting its NHL titles from nearly a decade ago on the shelves for good as part of several EA announcements made over the weekend.
On June 6, EA will be shutting down online servers to multiple NHL games, including NHL 14, NHL 15, NHL 16, NHL 17, and NHL 18, across all platforms. The unfortunate news means that all online gaming modes, including Be A GM and NHL Threes, will be available to play for another three months before closing its doors for good.
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On the EA service updates page, it's made clear that due to the effective games reaching an all-time low in player activity, the sustainability of maintaining the servers for these games is no longer viable. Players will still have the option of playing all offline modes, but the online format will no longer be available to its player base. With the uncertainty of providing an excellent online experience along with the yearly release of new titles, it was only a matter of time before this decision came into effect. Luckily, the retro NHL 94 anniversary mode introduced in NHL 14 is an offline feature, making it possible that it'll be playable after the server shutdown.
The massive list of games facing the same type of shutdown goes to show that as online gaming evolves and brings to life new installments, the older titles get ultimately hit with the unfortunate circumstance of becoming irrelevant in the minds of the gaming community. It's a sad note nonetheless, as fans of the older franchise to
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