Electronic Arts announced today that they will be shutting down EA-Land on August 1, 2008. The micro-transaction supported title was an attempted re-launch of The Sims Online. EA is offering everyone who was a subscriber to EA-Land as of April 29 a free three-month subscription to Pogo.com or $15 off any game at the EA Store.

"We share the sadness of the entire community in writing this blog to announce that the EA-Land experiment is being brought to an end," read a message from the EA-Land team. "Decisions such as these are never easy and the rationale for closing EA-Land is particularly complex. Regardless, it is hard to see the end of the collective investment of emotion, time and friendship."