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GameSpy shutting down "31st of May"

Lunick

#1 Posted 03 April 2014 - 05:35 PM

http://www.gameinfor...publishers.aspx

GameSpy is shutting down and is going to affect 100s of games across several platforms. Wii and DS games that use the WiFi Connection service are closing on the 26th of May. Some PS2 titles will be affected too but I never got to do Multiplayer stuff on that.

The original Crysis, Dungeon Defenders (non Steam), Borderlands, Saints Row 2 and Battlefield 2 are some PC titles that are affected as well.

Jimmy

Let's go Brandon!

#2 Posted 03 April 2014 - 05:57 PM

Hold the fuck up, people still play Playstation 2 online?

ReaperMan

#3 Posted 03 April 2014 - 06:01 PM

Wolfenstein: ET

MetroidJunkie

#4 Posted 03 April 2014 - 06:02 PM

Shouldn't come as a surprise, there are people who still death match each other on Doom and Quake.

Lunick

#5 Posted 03 April 2014 - 06:15 PM

Jimmy, on 03 April 2014 - 05:57 PM, said:

Hold the fuck up, people still play Playstation 2 online?

I just know that some PS2 titles use Gamespy, no idea if people still use it. I know some people who still do Quake 3 games on their Dreamcast...

Duke of Hazzard

#6 Posted 03 April 2014 - 06:51 PM

You can bet there are some people still devoted to old games who still use those services. There always are.

MetroidJunkie

#7 Posted 03 April 2014 - 07:01 PM

That's nostalgia for you. Some games are good enough that, even when they're several generations old, you can still find yourself popping them in and enjoying them all over again.

gibfrag

Honored Donor

#8 Posted 03 April 2014 - 08:30 PM

Awh man :/

Daedolon

Ancient Blood God

#9 Posted 03 April 2014 - 09:16 PM

Lunick, on 03 April 2014 - 05:35 PM, said:

Wii and DS games that use the WiFi Connection service are closing on the 26th of May.

Holy shit

MusicallyInspired

The Sarien Encounter

#10 Posted 03 April 2014 - 09:16 PM

Thats why all games need dedicated servers.

Jimmy

Let's go Brandon!

#11 Posted 03 April 2014 - 09:34 PM

I honestly thought Sony had shut down PS2 online play at this point. I wonder if anyone is still playing SOCOM. That series ruled.

Lunick

#12 Posted 03 April 2014 - 10:35 PM

Daedolon, on 03 April 2014 - 09:16 PM, said:

Holy shit

Yeah, GameSpy hosted that service

It breaks a lot of games that focus around internet connection or DLC like the Pokemon games (trading and battling), Warioware D.I.Y (Create minigames and share with people) or some of the Professor Layton games that have downloadable puzzles. I think there is a list out there somewhere but I couldn't find a decent looking one.

Dolphin only just got multiplayer capabilities too...

Daedolon

Ancient Blood God

#13 Posted 03 April 2014 - 10:39 PM

There goes Monster Hunter Tri and all of the Castlevania games.

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#14 Posted 04 April 2014 - 05:39 AM

MusicallyInspired, on 03 April 2014 - 09:16 PM, said:

Thats why all games need dedicated servers.

Which doesn't help the average user nor does it solve the Gamespy problem. UT3 for example uses dedicated servers. But the whole system (masterserver, etc ...) is (currently) Gamespy. No matter if dedicated server or not. EPIC for example has a local fix in the works. That will help those who read forums, not the others. No idea if a patch is in the works.

This post has been edited by fuegerstef: 04 April 2014 - 05:39 AM

Idiotska

#15 Posted 04 April 2014 - 05:56 AM

For some reason, this reminded me of those empty servers with nobody but bots.. and the bots that had conversations..

ice cream? god I love ice cream!

This post has been edited by Idiotska: 04 April 2014 - 05:56 AM

Kyanos

#16 Posted 04 April 2014 - 06:02 AM

Lunick, on 03 April 2014 - 10:35 PM, said:

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I think there is a list out there somewhere but I couldn't find a decent looking one.
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Here is a list of the more popular titles, it's long

Spoiler

MusicallyInspired

The Sarien Encounter

#17 Posted 04 April 2014 - 06:36 AM

There's also GameRanger which works with most of those games on that list.

Person of Color

Senior Unpaid Intern at Viceland

#18 Posted 04 April 2014 - 04:27 PM

No more UT99.

Can today possibly get any worse?!

Lunick

#19 Posted 04 April 2014 - 04:31 PM

Protected by Viper, on 04 April 2014 - 04:27 PM, said:

No more UT99.

Can today possibly get any worse?!

You can still directly connect to servers right? It would just be the server list

According to several posts you can use a different master server for Unreal Tournament at least.

MrBlackCat

#20 Posted 04 April 2014 - 04:39 PM

(Imagines modern game companies thoughts)
"FINALLY these last few die-hard customers can STOP playing these old games and buy some of the new disposable ones! Note to self... never have a game experience that lasts more than 8 months."

MrBlackCat

Person of Color

Senior Unpaid Intern at Viceland

#21 Posted 04 April 2014 - 05:10 PM

Lunick, on 04 April 2014 - 04:31 PM, said:

You can still directly connect to servers right? It would just be the server list

According to several posts you can use a different master server for Unreal Tournament at least.

It's irrelevant. It will kill what little is left. 200+ players is considered a GOOD night.

I just joined a deathmatch with 4 people, grew to 12 within 10 minutes...That will never happen again in a few months.

This post has been edited by Protected by Viper: 04 April 2014 - 05:10 PM

Lunick

#22 Posted 04 April 2014 - 05:47 PM

Protected by Viper, on 04 April 2014 - 05:10 PM, said:

Read up on it some more, UT doesn't exclusively use GameSpy anymore and Epic has their own server listings. So it shouldn't get hit as bad.

Person of Color

Senior Unpaid Intern at Viceland

#23 Posted 04 April 2014 - 05:54 PM

That's good to know. I hope it works out.

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#24 Posted 05 April 2014 - 03:15 AM

Protected by Viper, on 04 April 2014 - 05:54 PM, said:

That's good to know. I hope it works out.

This is what it reads in my unedited ini:

ServerActors=IpServer.UdpServerUplink MasterServerAddress=unreal.epicgames.com MasterServerPort=27900

There are also two more lines: mPlayer and Gamespy. But it will also connect to their own masterserver. Same with UT2004. UT3 is said to have a solution coming up.

This post has been edited by fuegerstef: 05 April 2014 - 03:17 AM

DustFalcon85

#25 Posted 05 April 2014 - 06:13 PM

Well Daikatana's multiplayer server's run off Gamespy too. What also sucks that UT3 for PS3's servers are shutting down too.

And it gets worse: Sony shuts down the Resistance trilogy's multiplayer servers on April 8 (same day Win XP's support to end).

It's the hardest pill to swallow.

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#26 Posted 06 April 2014 - 12:09 AM

That's they way with console games.

On PC you can run your own system, which at least lets the "hardcore fanbase" that reads forums continue playing without any or litte hazzle. It was done for Unreal 2 XMP. The community set up an own masterserver and you had to edit the ini to connect to it.

MusicallyInspired

The Sarien Encounter

#27 Posted 06 April 2014 - 03:40 PM

There are always ways around it. They already have servers to connect the Wii to somehow for onlne play.

Butn sometimes I'm glad that I haven't played many of the old popular games for this reason. Was never a big multiplayer guy anyway.

Striker

Auramancer

#28 Posted 07 April 2014 - 03:25 PM

I'm going to miss playing Turok 2: Seeds of Evil online. The PC version's Multiplayer ran on GameSpy. (And still had a small, running community to this day)

Lunick

#29 Posted 18 April 2014 - 05:01 AM

If you own both Classic Versions (not HD) of Serious Sam on Steam, at the end of the month you will get a free copy of Serious Sam Revolution https://twitter.com/...106156989972480

http://samrev.com/

It will be Early Access but it was pushed forward due to the impending doom of Gamespy.

This post has been edited by Lunick: 22 April 2014 - 03:21 AM

Hool

#30 Posted 18 April 2014 - 05:16 AM

I'm going to miss playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 on PC, a few players stuck around and some matches gain about 4 or 5 players at a time. Most if not all have since moved to Tony Hawk's Underground Pro mod instead which uses OpenSpy although I'm not sure how much OpenSpy will be affected if at all when GameSpy shuts down.