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EA-Land To Close In August
by David Jenkins
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April 30, 2008
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Officials from Electronic Arts have announced that massively multiplayer online community EA-Land is to close on August 1st, 2008. The game, which began life as The Sims Online before being rebranded and updated in February, was first launched in 2002.
A blog entry on the EA-Land website from Electronic Arts’ Luc Barthelet commented that “decisions such as these are never easy and the rationale for closing EA-Land is particularly complex”.
“We would like to thank the community for trusting us over the last 10 months and enabling this opportunity. A special thank you to the few thousand who have been with the game since the original beta!" said Barthelet.
“The virtual worlds are still in their infancy, I sincerely hope we will have the opportunity to be creative together again,” he concluded.
Subscription billing for users will be closed immediately, giving sixty days of free play on the service until its close. Paying subscribers as of April 29th, 2008 will be offered either $15 off any game on the EA online store or three months of free subscription time for Club Pogo.
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the online version from the Sims of Electronic Arts will be closing its virtual doors on August 1, 2008.
Even though I am an adult , I truly enjoy playing the game with my 2 boys (14 and 16 years).
EA-Land is also a genuinely safe place for kids to interact with each other.
It's nice to know that in these times of cyber bullying and cyber crime that there is such a place for kids to play.
Most importantly, I think most of us who play EA-Land would miss the friendships that have developed.
Even though most of us have never met and may never meet, EALand pals are true pals.
With EA-Land gone where do we turn?
Sure we can turn Second Life, WOW and even Pirates Online,
but the truth is, we all want to be a little selfish, we all want that great feeling that only TSO (Ea-Land) can provide us with.
The magic that we are Sims!! The magic there is a game without fights, sex, war and monsters!
Please help us and make Electronic Arts reconsider their decision to close EA-Land.
like we do on http://www.playercampaigns.com/
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter.
Sincerely,
Bienchen