The linear passage of time is extremely predictable but cruel, and gamers know the pain it inflicts all too well.
Tomorrow, November 7, marks a dark day for four major EA titles as the publisher will close the casket on their multiplayer services.
This solemn occasion is an all too common phenomenon in the age of multiplayer and live-service gaming.
It embodies the concerns many players have when their favorite title suddenly does not match the astronomic expectations set forth by Mr. Faceless Investor.
Without further ado, here are tomorrow's obituaries.
Battlefield 3
"Operation Metro, all weapons, 24/7." Once upon a time, these words were enough to make even the hardest gamer shed a tear.
The neon blue lighting felt like home, as did the warm comfort of getting blasted to smithereens by someone swinging around the corner with a Saiga-12.
Battlefield 3 lives on for PC players, and still has arguably the most exciting superpower cooperation campaign (sorry, Modern Warfare). Still, the blue light will go out for one last time in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Battlefield 4
While the campaign took things on a more epic turn that not everyone loved, multiplayer in Battlefield...
