The multiplayer servers for the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360Medal of Honorgames will be shuttered within the week, including the 2010 release. A soft reboot for a famed first-person shooter franchise that had, to that point, primarily been known for its World War 2 settings, the shift toward contemporary warfare felt warranted in the face ofsuccesses such asTom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2andCall of Duty: Modern Warfare. Plenty ofMedal of Honorfans remember the title’s multiplayer mode fondly, but it now seems destined for obscurity.
In the early 2010s, EA and developer DICE hoped to put out either a newMedal of HonororBattlefieldtitle every year, but these ambitions were laid to rest following thefinancial failure of 2012’sMedal of Honor: Warfighter. The series would lay dormant for roughly a decade until the release of the VR-exclusive experienceMedal of Honor: Above and Beyond, though the lineage of games has yet to make a bona fide return to form. Plus, now that the multiplayer servers forMedal of Honor2010 are being axed, the franchise may ball even further into decline.
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Online functionalities forMedal of Honor2010 are scheduled to be decommissioned on May 30, 2025, which gives interested parties just a few days to give this once-beloved multiplayer mode a shot before it’s gone for good. Along withMedal of Honor2010,Medal of Honor: WarfighterandMedal of Honor: Airbornewill also be losing multiplayer access. Though these servers were certainly populated only sparsely, longtimeMedal of Honorfans are still sure to see this as a shame.
In truth,Medal of Honor2010’s time in the limelight was short-lived, asBattlefield 3was released just one year later and more or less totally usurped DICE’s previous output in terms of popularity. That said, while theBattlefieldgames have always been incredibly popular—thanks in no small part to their multiplayer components—the franchise is currently experiencing a decline in interestowing primarily to the controversialBattlefield 2042.
It’s hard to say what thefuture may have in store for both theBattlefieldandMedal of Honorfranchises, but the industry by and large seems to have moved on from experiences offered by olderBattlefieldandMedal of Honorgames. Bittersweet though it may be, it’s perhaps time for gamers to bid farewell to some of their favorite seventh-gen multiplayer games.
Medal of Honoris available for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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