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==The shutdown== Shortly after Glu Mobile purchased GameSpy Industries from IGN in August 2012,<ref>{{Cite web |first=Seth |last=Potter |title=Glu Acquires GameSpy Technology to Expand Connected, Cross-platform Mobile Leadership |url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=207033&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1721900&highlight= |website=[[Glu Mobile]] |date=2 Aug 2012 |access-date=18 Jan 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721180216/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=207033&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1721900&highlight= |archive-date=21 Jul 2014 }}</ref> the company concluded services for many older games reliant on GameSpy services, such as ''Fairytale Fights'', ''Star Wars: Battlefront'', ''Sniper Elite'', ''Microsoft Flight Simulator X'', ''Saints Row 2'', and ''Neverwinter Nights''. This was done without prior notice to the developers of these games or the users who paid for these games.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Kevin |last=Parrish |title=Glu Shutting Down Multiplayer for GameSpy-based PC Titles |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/Glu-Mobile-GameSpy-Multiplayer-PC-Gaming-Rebellion,19684.html |website=Tom's Hardware |date=11 Dec 2012 |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214062736/https://www.tomshardware.com/news/Glu-Mobile-GameSpy-Multiplayer-PC-Gaming-Rebellion,19684.html |archive-date=14 Dec 2012}}</ref> In April 2014, Glu Mobile announced that on May 31st of the same year, the remainder of all GameSpy services would be shut down.<ref name=":0" /> All games on the Wii and Nintendo DS that relied upon the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection platform lost all multiplayer functionality, as Nintendo tied the functionality of this platform on services offered by GameSpy.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Katie |last=Williams |title=Nintendo Terminating Wi-fi Service For DS and Wii |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/27/nintendo-terminating-wi-fi-service-for-ds-and-wii |website=IGN |date=26 Feb 2014 |access-date=14 Jul 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302022652/https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/27/nintendo-terminating-wi-fi-service-for-ds-and-wii |archive-date=2 Mar 2014}}</ref>
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