Index ⇒ General Topics ⇒ GameSpy Multiplayer Shutting Down, Hundreds of Games at Risk

[Scaryfun]

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/04/03/g ... es-at-risk

Too bad when services get shut down they affect being able to play old games...like Games For Windows Live which is also shutting down as well. Some publishers are coming up with changes to keep these old games working. We'll see...

[oldman]

It has been confirmed that 13 games will be affected by the shutdown , while the status of over +50 games are unclear at the moment. Among the most notable games with an unknown fate are classic titles like Quake II along with modern games like Crysis and several Tom Clancy games.

However given that almost 800 publishers use GameSpy servers to host their online online games, this may be an incomplete list for the moment.

IGN.com has confirmed that Rockstar Games and Activision will not be affected by the shutdown. Meanwhile Bohemia Interactive is in the process of transitioning its remaining game from GameSpy to Steam servers.
Nintendo however will be abandoning titles that rely on GameSpy servers while SEGA, Volition, and Namco Bandai have begun looking into their options. They could try looking for alternative servers or abandon them if its not financially viable.

source:reddit partial quote.
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It looks like steam is the winner so far.

[Scaryfun]

An update list of titles here: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/ ... _shutdown/

Affected
Arma (Source)
Arma: Cold War Assault (Source)
Arma 2 (Source)
Arma 2: Free (Source)
Borderlands
Dungeon Defenders [PS3/Non-Steam] (Source)
Crysis (Source)
Crysis 2 (Source)
Halo: Combat Evolved
Saints Row 2 (Source)
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Stronghold 2 (Source)
Stronghold Legends (Source)
Take On Helicopters (Source)

Status Unknown
Alien vs Predator 2
Call of Juarez
Call of Juarez Bound in Blood
Civilization III
Civilization IV
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Commandos: Behind the Call of Duty
Far Cry
Jagged Alliance 2
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Medieval Total War
Medieval Total War 2
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Postal 2
Red Dead Redemption
Shogun Total War
SWAT 4
Titan Quest
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy's HAWX
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
Two Worlds
Two Worlds 2
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War
Warhammer 40K: Dark Crusade
Warhammer 40K: Soulstorm
Warhammer 40K: Winter Assault

Probably Unaffected
Alien vs Predator (Classic) (Source)
Battlefield 1942 (Source)
Battlefield Vietnam (Source)
Battlefield 2 (Source)
Battlefield 2142 (Source)
Battlefield Bad Company 2 (Source)
Call of Duty (Source)
Call of Duty United Offense (Source)
Call of Duty 2 (Source)
Commandos 2 (Source)
Commandos 3 (Source)
Jagged Alliance (Source)
Hexen (Source)
Hexen 2 (Source)
Quake 2 (Source)
Quake 3 (Source)
Quake 4 (Source)
Soldier of Fortune (Source)
Soldier of Fortune 2 (Source)
SWAT 2 (Source)
SWAT 3 (Source)
Unreal Tournament
Unreal Gold
Unreal 2

Unaffected
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead (Source)
Arma 3 (Source)
Company of Heroes (Source)
Multiwinia (Source)
Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike Online Edition (Source)
Stronghold HD (Source)
Stronghold Crusader HD (Source)

[Scaryfun]

Crysis 1 and 2 multiplayer will be no longer playable when Gamespy servers close May 31st according to Crytek.
Hopefully fans will set up some alternate servers if possible.

[hfric]

the thing with gamespy was you could play pirated games on it ... guess thats why they closed it down , now we live in a world when even on PS4 you have to BUY A SECOND INTERNET GAMING PRIVILEGE to play games with others