• GameSpy shutting down May 31
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Bad Company 2 Battlefield 2 Star Wars Battlefront 2 Quake 3 (does this include Q3 Live?) Halo Red Dead Redemption Unreal Crysis God, please no don't do this.
When there was a gamebreaking bug for Halo CE a few years ago (well after Bungie stopped supporting it), a Bungie employee fixed it in his own free time. I'm not hopeful we'll see that again though, due to the fact that they'd have to totally overhaul the multiplayer code.
[QUOTE=Hellreaver;44443224]Ah, fuck. It's been nice, Borderlands.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=rhx123;44443892]That's Borderlands 1 gone as well.[/QUOTE] Quite sure it runs on Steamworks, now.
Gamespy has quit servicing previous game titles before such as Neverwinter Nights. They just made their own server directory and changed the gamespy IP to the directories IP. Of course, servers who weren't added to the directory couldn't be seen but it allows for some games with an active community to remain so. I'd imagine some of the games that are no longer being supported could use a similar system.
[QUOTE=aussiedropbear;44445669]Quake 3 (does this include Q3 Live?) [/QUOTE] I think Tremulous and Urban Terror still use Q3's master server. I guess that's them down too, gonna miss all those good times.
[QUOTE=aussiedropbear;44445669]Red Dead Redemption[/QUOTE] So why did Rockstar decided to put RDR, a PS3/360 game, on Gamespy when they use whatever?
[QUOTE=aussiedropbear;44445669]Bad Company 2 Battlefield 2 Star Wars Battlefront 2 Quake 3 (does this include Q3 Live?) Halo Red Dead Redemption Unreal Crysis God, please no don't do this.[/QUOTE] Quake 3 doesn't rely on Gamespy. PlanetQuake does, though.
Delta Force Black Hawk Down and IL-2 Sturmovik are doomed.. FUCK FUCK FUCK UGH
Shit it's had a long run. Was like 15 years old. I still remember using QSpy to find servers on my shitty 28.8k modem.
[QUOTE=aussiedropbear;44445669]Bad Company 2 God, please no don't do this.[/QUOTE] WHAT?! I can't see BF:BC2 on this list [url]http://arena.gamespy.com/platform/pc/[/url] But if what you're saying is true.. god damn it, Bad Company 2 is my favorite multiplayer game ever(Except TF2, but nonetheless)..
this shouldn't interfere with LAN stuff right? Hamachi methods will still work for playing these games over the net, right???
[QUOTE=Souly;44446003]WHAT?! I can't see BF:BC2 on this list [url]http://arena.gamespy.com/platform/pc/[/url] But if what you're saying is true.. god damn it, Bad Company 2 is my favorite multiplayer game ever(Except TF2, but nonetheless)..[/QUOTE] That's not a good list to use, that just lists all of the games that gamespy (arcade? i think) supports (there's plenty on there that use their own or other systems for multiplayer, e.g there's no reason for AOE2 to be on there, nor World of Warcraft). In some cases Gamespy Arcade could facilitate multiplayer by setting up lobbies and connecting people (similar to say GameRanger), but it's not the actual backbone of the multiplayer system for that game. [url]http://www.poweredbygamespy.com/projects/2003-titles/[/url] This lists all the games that are poweredbygamespy, as in they use gamespy technology to actually run the multiplayer servers.
[QUOTE=Souly;44446003]WHAT?! I can't see BF:BC2 on this list [url]http://arena.gamespy.com/platform/pc/[/url] But if what you're saying is true.. god damn it, Bad Company 2 is my favorite multiplayer game ever(Except TF2, but nonetheless)..[/QUOTE] I've been hearing that BC2 uses gamespy, hopefully I'm wrong.
[QUOTE=Radical Rebel;44445898]IL-2 Sturmovik[/QUOTE] Pretty much everybody uses HyperLobby for that though.
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;44445795]Quite sure it runs on Steamworks, now.[/QUOTE] That's Borderlands 2.
List of games affected: [quote]Alien vs Predator (Classic) Alien vs Predator 2 ARMA Battlefield 1942 [B]Battlefield 2[/B] Battlefield 2142 Battlefield Vietnam Battlefield Bad Company 2 Call of Duty Call of Duty United Offense Call of Duty 2 Call of Juarez Call of Juarez Bound in Blood Civilization III Commandos 2 Commandos 3 Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines Commandos: Behind the Call of Duty Company of Heroes Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts Company of Heroes Tales of Valor Crysis Crysis Warhead Crysis Wars Far Cry Halo Hexen Hexen 2 Jagged Alliance Jagged Alliance 2 Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Medieval Total War Medieval Total War 2 Multiwinia Quake 2 Quake 3 Quake 4 Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 Postal 2 Shogun Total War Soldier of Fortune Soldier of Fortune 2 Star Wars Battlefront Star Wars Battlefront 2 Star Wars Jedi Outcast Star Wars Jedi Academy Star Wars Republic Commando SWAT 2 SWAT 3 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 (Starsiege) Tribes Tribes 2 Tribes Vengeance Two Worlds Two Worlds 2 Unreal Gold Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Warhammer 40K: Dark Crusade Warhammer 40K: Soulstorm Warhammer 40K: Winter Assault Unreal Tournament Unreal 2[/quote] I'm most sad about Battlefield 2 closing down and it's associated mods, including Project Reality and Forgotten Hope 2. There are still so many people playing every day.
God dammit I just bought BF2 for Project Reality today.
Wait a minute what the fuck Unreal Tournament? Aww fuck.
Doesn't that mean Borderlands 1 is gonna die? :v: [editline]4th April 2014[/editline] Nevermind I'm dumb as fuck
Shit, and I just reinstalled Bad Company 2.
this sucks so bad :(
[QUOTE=gonedead0;44446368]List of games affected: I'm most sad about Battlefield 2 closing down and it's associated mods, including Project Reality and Forgotten Hope 2. There are still so many people playing every day.[/QUOTE] Star Wars Jedi Outcast Star Wars Jedi Academy Unreal Tournament oh man, UT99 is still pretty popular too
Does this mean medieval 2 total wars online is dead? What the hell people still play the total war games, creative assembly had better fix that shit.
It's weird to think that a couple of decades from now, unlike any other medium, it will be impossible to enjoy games today, not just because of technical issues, but because they were multiplayer experiences.
Would I still be able to play Hexen online via source ports like ZDoom?
Fuck me 2142 is going to be gone forever. I'm still pissed that I never got to play that game for more than a few months in elementary school. That game was ridiculously underrated.
[QUOTE=theseltsamone;44446820]Fuck me 2142 is going to be gone forever. I'm still pissed that I never got to play that game for more than a few months in elementary school. That game was ridiculously underrated.[/QUOTE] My friend and I ran one of the most popular knife servers back in the day. Oh man, was it fun as hell to see so many players jumping and lunging at each other. I hope they will find a way to allow the games to remain online. For nostalgia and historic purposes at least.
Be happy [video=youtube;Oo4OnQpwjkc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo4OnQpwjkc[/video]
Overall very sad
Rise of Nations NOOOOOOO
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