Gamespy master servers to go down May 31st.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/4/3/5579254/gamespy-technology-shutdown-date-multiplayer-server-hosting-matchmaking

List of games affected via Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/223edx/gamespys_master_servers_are_shutting_down_may_31/cgj1659

I don't have much history with gamespy other then getting super pissed off about it when me and my friends were playing the first Borderlands game. Does anybody have anything good to say about the service?

Oh man this sucks. I looked down that list and my heart sank because I own so many of those games. SHIT how am I gonna play Quake 3?!?!?!??!? YOU CAN"T TAKE MY QUAKE 3 AWAY YOU PRICKS!

man, reminds me a lot of those quake 3 days, but when Nintendo started shutting down Wii and DS servers it was really sign something was up at gamespy.

gamespy more like gamebye

Dude, Gamespy takes me back. Gamespy and Microsoft Gaming Zone, with Rainbow 6 and Flight Simulator 98, were probably my first online gaming experiences. 56k with 200 ping playing an FPS. I guess I don't miss everything about the 90s.

rip

Phase 1: Get ISDN

Phase 2: Become LPB

Phase 3: Profit '99

I guess this could be the main reason for Wii/DS servers going down.

That list is not correct. Many of those games (including Quake III Arena) do not use GameSpy.

You can actually still play the original Rainbow Six online. :)

@animasta: Nailed it.

@scott_kevill: it was on Reddit so of course it was not correct. Boy do I feel dumb for reading something on Reddit.

@vuud Yeah, apparently everyone is reposting that list from Facepunch somewhere. You still get to play Quake III at least. :)

Was gonna say the same thing. Never trust Reddit.

Sad to hear about the old Battlefield games. I still play BF2 from time to time. The new games just aren't the same. Hopefully EA will throw the people who still play those games a bone and move the server stuff over to be done through Origin and their own servers. They still sell those games and selling a multiplayer without the ability to play multiplayer would be quite questionable. A lot of people still play BF2 and BF1942.

Sad to see Gamespy go. I used that service a ton back in the day to play Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, BF1942 and BF2. Yeah it was kinda sketchy at times but it worked and it was the only thing we had, other than Microsoft's Zone stuff.

For what it's worth, I'm the developer of GameRanger, a multiplayer online gaming service that already supports over 600 PC and Mac games. Many of these are ex-GameSpy or have already had their existing multiplayer services shut down.

I'll be working to try and get as many other affected games supported as possible.

@scott_kevill: Do you know of a more updated list?

A friend and I still play Company of Heroes, Dawn of War and the Battlefront games from time to time. This blows.

I'm actually surprised it took this long for them to start the shutdown. Even when I played Borderlands 3 years ago, I thought that was such an antiquated system to use. On a related note I find it fascinating to see where various games land when stuff like this goes down. Admittedly It's not been a frequent occurrence since the only other situation that is really similar is the GFWL shutdown. Otherwise it's been server shutdowns from publishers, largely for console games, which isn't the same as service that is both popular enough to affect a large number of games but outdated enough to warrant a shutdown.

@colossalghost I don't, but that's something I'll have to look into soon.

@crusader8463 Company of Heroes used Quazal for Relic Online, but I believe that has now been migrated to Steamworks. Dawn of War and Battlefront both used GameSpy, but they can still be played on GameRanger.

Let's have a Gamespy multiplayer party to send this thing off in style!

Do you have any information for the pre-BF3 Battlefield games? I would guess EA will be moving them away from Gamespy if they haven't already since they still sell those games on their Origin service and on Steam.

A whole bunch of Nintendo online stuff used Gamespy apparently so a whole bunch of it is reportedly going offline in May. Like all the DS and Wii stuff. It was announced recently.

Edit: Basically, from my understanding, everything that uses this, not including the 3DS.

http://www.nintendo.com/games/wifi

That Reddit thread is saying that a lot of people still play Halo Custom Edition. I recently installed Halo CE (as in, Combat Evolved), so I'll probably go grab the Custom Edition download and play some of that multiplayer.

BATTLEFIELD 2 AND BATTLEFRONT. FUCK.

Edit: So any Duders wanna have a farewell Battlefield 2 thing if EA doesn't move the servers? On of my favourite games and I need to give it a proper send-off.

:(

No more SW Battlefront 2 ? FUCK

first Heat.net and now this

lawd have mercy

From what I remember, EA licensed the GameSpy code, but ran their own servers for it, and thus they may not be affected. I'm not 100% sure about this. However, it does look like there will be ways to play these games after the fact even if they were affected.

Star Wars Battlefront and Battlefront II are already on GameRanger, so you'll still be able to play them.

@scott_kevill: Thank you. Holy shit.

Goddamn, just when I was getting back into SoF2.

Thank you for the response. That is reassuring.

They had a pretty good gaming website once. Over a decade ago.

Man, I literally just bought a copy of Halo 1 on PC, now you're telling me I won't be able to play Death Island online ever again? D:

@believer258@ottoman673: I just released an update to GameRanger today adding support for Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo: Combat Evolved Demo, and Halo: Custom Edition.