I was in Office Depot checking out some wireless gear yesterday and I couldn't help but peruse the PC games. Lo and behold, I see 3 copies of Motor City Online on the shelf.

I tried to be helpful and explain to the salesman that EA is shutting down the Motor City Online servers on August 29th. He didn't quite understand when I explained that the game was useless without online servers to match. His assumption was that of course if people buy a game they'll be able to play it.

You can't even get online as a new customer for the remaining two weeks, they stopped registration for the game on July 16th. So even if they drop the price at Office Depot, if anyone buys it they're going to end up with angry customers.

So here we have the first example that the fear of MMORPG/online-only game players holds true: if the game isn't a resounding success, they drop the servers. Don'tcha just love EA? (I should be one to talk, Gameslate isn't exactly supreme at the moment).

I have one major curiosity, will someone make a third-party fan-made server for Motor City like people have done for Ultima Online?