http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mi...-for-ios-rendering-game-unplayable-on-may-31/ This is the reason why I'm not a fan of downloading games instead of having a physical disc. While I'm neither a fan of the series nor do I own the game, it's bullshit how a company can just render your game inert on a whim.
It wouldn't matter if you had a physical disc (not that anyone would bother for a phone game) if the game depends on some sort of online connection to play your screwed if that service is removed. That is the issue I have the most problem with regarding PC gaming. It is frankly ridiculous that certain games/publishers force you to maintain a connection to the net to play a game even when you're not using any sort of multiplayer feature.
Yeah, EA is famous now for ending support for its games, so it doesn't matter how you bought them. EA has been yanking multiplayer support from titles, some of them not more than a year old.
EA's already backtracking on this, indicating that the Rock Band notice was some sort of a mistake. I don't know how many people in a multi-billion dollar company had to sign off for that "mistake" to get pushed out the door to users.
One of the Crysis devs said something about how awesome it will be if the next generation of consoles prevented the playing of used games. Pretty quick backtrack on that one too.
Thank god for places like GOG.com. Once you buy a game and download it from them to your computer it's yours to keep. No DRM included.