Long read: The beauty and drama of video games and their clouds

"It's a little bit hard to work out without knowing the altitude of that dragon..."

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy.

Motorstorm Pacific Rift and Arctic Edge shutting down servers

SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 and The Eye of Judgment: Legends also getting the boot.

PS3 exclusive Motorstorm: Pacific Rift (2008) and its portable PSP brethen Arctic Edge (2009) are closing down their servers come 1st October, Sony has announced.

Additionally, SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3's servers are closing down that day as well, after originally expected to go offline in August .

As of 31st August, The Eye of Judgment: Legends is also losing its online support.

All these games will still be entirely playable offline.

Our Tom Bramwell quite liked Motorstorm: Pacific Rift and awarded it a 7/10. Dan Whitehead gave the PSP follow-up the same in our Motorstorm: Arctic Edge reviewMotorstorm: Arctic Edge review.

Motorstorm: Pacific Rift