As Sony continues to shift its support towards the PlayStation 4, some major PS3 titles will be losing their online functionality in early 2014. Sony believe the PS3 will continue to thrive for years to come and that’s apparent with recent release this year which include The Last of Us, Beyond: Two Souls, and Gran Turismo 6. Still, no has also made it no secret that all first party studios which include the likes of Santa Monica Studios, Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, and Media Molecule to name a few have turned their attention towards the PS4 and will not be working on titles for the PS3.

With this shift, it seems that Sony is also putting its financial dollars towards the PS4 and shutting down a few major PS3 games. After the jump, the list of games and titles await you.

According to Sony:

As of 20 May 2014 you will no longer able to use the online features of the following game:

PlayStation 3
Gran Turismo 5

As of 28 March 2014 you will no longer able to use the online features of the following games:

PlayStation 3
Resistance: Fall of Man 
Resistance 2
Resistance 3

As of 26 November 2013 you will no longer able to use the online features of the following game:

PlayStation 3
PAIN

As of 28 January 2014 you will no longer be able to use the online features of the following games:

PlayStation 3
MAG
SOCOM: Special Forces
SOCOM: Confrontation

After these dates, you will still be able to play these games offline, with the exception of MAG and SOCOM: Confrontation, which do not have offline modes.

We would like to thank everyone who has taken part in these PlayStation online communities and hope you enjoyed them.

While always disappointing, this move should’t come as a surprise as the given titles are no longer bringing in any revenue for Sony. What’s truly surprising is to see GT5 make that list though the online system in that game is truly lacking compared to the recentally released GT6.

Discuss:

Are you still playing any of the games listed above?

[Via Sony]