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Official Sierra Servers Being Pulled (21 Games Affected) :[

Topic started by MisterSpiffy on Oct. 8, 2008. Last post by insanejedi 1 year, 1 month ago.

Post by MisterSpiffy (693 posts) See mini bio

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"Some are speculating this is related to the recent Actard merger, but it’s possible it’s simply ruthless, Logan’s Runny culling of the elderly. Whichever, the facts are these: come November 1st, the plug will be pulled on the official servers for 21 Sierra PC games (of varying classicdom).

1. Alien vs Predator 2
2. Arcanum
3. Caesar IV
4. Dark Reign 2
5. Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
6. Empire Earth
7. Empire Earth 2
8. Empire Earth: Age of Conquest
9. Ground Control
10. Ground Control2
11. Homeworld
12. Homeworld: Cataclysm
13. Nolf2
14. Red Baron
15. Sanity
16. Star Trek: Armada
17. SWAT3: EE
18. SWAT3: GOTY
19. The Incredible Machine
20. Tribes2
21. Vampire"

Source: Sierra vs History

Damn, this really sucks, as I never got the chance to play several of these great games, and I've spent MANY hours on SWAT3:GOTY

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by breton (576 posts) See mini bio

*nods* Guess it was bound to happen sooner or later. I'm sure the community can pick a bit of them back up, though - I'm looking at you Empire Earth (but I don't play it anymore, anyway).

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by Jayge (9,055 posts) See mini bio

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I mean, I can see why Sierra is being dissolved, but Activision could at least have the courtesy to leave the servers running (so long as they weren't completely dead, I guess). I suppose the games still work online if you have dedicated servers, or are the central servers shut down?

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by MisterSpiffy (693 posts) See mini bio

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Jayge said:

"I mean, I can see why Sierra is being dissolved, but Activision could at least have the courtesy to leave the servers running (so long as they weren't completely dead, I guess). I suppose the games still work online if you have dedicated servers, or are the central servers shut down?"

I believe the central servers are shut down. Plenty of these games were far from dead, too.

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by insanejedi (305 posts) See mini bio

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God damn Activision....

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

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