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On May 31st, 2014, all multiplayer services hosted by ''[[GameSpy]]'' were shut down by [[Glu Mobile|''Glu Mobile'']].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Futter |first=Mike |date=Apr 3, 2014 |title=Glu Shutting Down Gamespy Service, Affecting A Reported 800 Developers And Publishers |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072627/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |archive-date=Apr 7, 2014 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=Game Informer}}</ref> A documented library of over 800 video games on platforms such as PC, [[Xbox]] 360, [[PlayStation]] 3, [[Wii]], and far more were affected by this massive shutdown.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=u/Stevoisiak |date=Apr 7, 2014 |title=List of games affected by GameSpy shutdown |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/22fz75/list_of_games_affected_by_gamespy_shutdown/ |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpy |url=https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/GameSpy |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=PC Gaming Wiki}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpy Titles Archive |url=https://www.poweredbygamespy.com/projects/2010-titles/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629233447/https://www.poweredbygamespy.com/projects/2010-titles/ |archive-date=Jun 29, 2014 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=[[GameSpy]]}}</ref> Some games, such as the Arma series,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Burns |first=Chris |date=Apr 4, 2014 |title=GAMESPY SHUTS DOWN MAY 31: WILL YOUR GAME BE AFFECTED? |url=https://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717091309/http://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |archive-date=Jul 17, 2014 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=Slashgear}}</ref> were retooled to function without needing to rely upon [[GameSpy]] services by the developer, however a majority of these games require 3rd-party tools to regain functionality,<ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpy |url=https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/GameSpy |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=PC Gaming Wiki}}</ref> such as ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]] 2142'', which relies upon ''OpenSpy'' and the ''BF2142 Reclamation'' community.<!-- Reminder to harass the community to turn their story posted in their discord into an article! -->A subset of affected games had their DRM affected by this shutdown as well.{{Citation needed|reason=Read comment}}<!-- This was hearsay I remember discussing in the BF2142 discord, where people mentioned that some DRM was reliant on GameSpy servers to function. I think it is related to GameSpy Comrade, but I need more documentation. | On May 31st, 2014, all multiplayer services hosted by ''[[GameSpy]]'' were shut down by [[Glu Mobile|''Glu Mobile'']].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Futter |first=Mike |date=Apr 3, 2014 |title=Glu Shutting Down Gamespy Service, Affecting A Reported 800 Developers And Publishers |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072627/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/03/glu-shutting-down-gamespy-service-affecting-a-reported-800-developers-and-publishers.aspx |archive-date=Apr 7, 2014 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |work=Game Informer}}</ref> A documented library of over 800 video games on platforms such as PC, [[Xbox]] 360, [[PlayStation]] 3, [[Wii]], and far more were affected by this massive shutdown.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=u/Stevoisiak |date=Apr 7, 2014 |title=List of games affected by GameSpy shutdown |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/22fz75/list_of_games_affected_by_gamespy_shutdown/ |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpy |url=https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/GameSpy |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=PC Gaming Wiki}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpy Titles Archive |url=https://www.poweredbygamespy.com/projects/2010-titles/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629233447/https://www.poweredbygamespy.com/projects/2010-titles/ |archive-date=Jun 29, 2014 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=[[GameSpy]]}}</ref> Some games, such as the Arma series,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Burns |first=Chris |date=Apr 4, 2014 |title=GAMESPY SHUTS DOWN MAY 31: WILL YOUR GAME BE AFFECTED? |url=https://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717091309/http://www.slashgear.com/gamespy-shuts-down-may-31-will-your-game-be-affected-04323788/ |archive-date=Jul 17, 2014 |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=Slashgear}}</ref> were retooled to function without needing to rely upon [[GameSpy]] services by the developer, however a majority of these games require 3rd-party tools to regain functionality,<ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpy |url=https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/GameSpy |access-date=Jul 8, 2025 |website=PC Gaming Wiki}}</ref> such as ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]] 2142'', which relies upon ''OpenSpy'' and the ''BF2142 Reclamation'' community.<!-- Reminder to harass the community to turn their story posted in their discord into an article! -->A subset of affected games had their DRM affected by this shutdown as well.{{Citation needed|reason=Read comment}}<!-- This was hearsay I remember discussing in the BF2142 discord, where people mentioned that some DRM was reliant on GameSpy servers to function. 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Latest revision as of 16:15, 8 July 2025
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On May 31st, 2014, all multiplayer services hosted by GameSpy were shut down by Glu Mobile.[1] A documented library of over 800 video games on platforms such as PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and far more were affected by this massive shutdown.[2][3][4] Some games, such as the Arma series,[5] were retooled to function without needing to rely upon GameSpy services by the developer, however a majority of these games require 3rd-party tools to regain functionality,[6] such as Battlefield 2142, which relies upon OpenSpy and the BF2142 Reclamation community.A subset of affected games had their DRM affected by this shutdown as well.[citation needed - Read comment]
Background[edit | edit source]
In 2012, the mobile game developer Glu Mobile purchased GameSpy's multiplayer service department GameSpy Industries.
The Shutdown[edit | edit source]
Shortly after Glu Mobile purchased GameSpy Industries from IGN in August 2012,[7] 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 neither the developers of these games nor the users who paid for these games.[8]
On April 2014, Glu Mobile announced that on May 31st of the same year, the remainder of all GameSpy services would be shut down.[1] 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.[9]
Consumer response[edit | edit source]
There was outrage from consumers over the discontinuation of GameSpy's services,[citation needed - Read comment]some communities responded by slowly working to reverse-engineer the servers into new tools such as OpenSpy. One of the initial attempts to restore GameSpy functionality faced a shutdown notice from Electronic Arts regarding the restoration of multiplayer in older Battlefield games.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Futter, Mike (Apr 3, 2014). "Glu Shutting Down Gamespy Service, Affecting A Reported 800 Developers And Publishers". Game Informer. Archived from the original on Apr 7, 2014. Retrieved Jul 8, 2025.
- ↑ u/Stevoisiak (Apr 7, 2014). "List of games affected by GameSpy shutdown". Reddit. Retrieved Jul 8, 2025.
- ↑ "GameSpy". PC Gaming Wiki. Retrieved Jul 8, 2025.
- ↑ "GameSpy Titles Archive". GameSpy. Archived from the original on Jun 29, 2014. Retrieved Jul 8, 2025.
- ↑ Burns, Chris (Apr 4, 2014). "GAMESPY SHUTS DOWN MAY 31: WILL YOUR GAME BE AFFECTED?". Slashgear. Archived from the original on Jul 17, 2014. Retrieved Jul 8, 2025.
- ↑ "GameSpy". PC Gaming Wiki. Retrieved Jul 8, 2025.
- ↑ Potter, Seth (Aug 2, 2012). "Glu Acquires GameSpy Technology to Expand Connected, Cross-platform Mobile Leadership". Glu Mobile. Archived from the original on Apr 11, 2016. Retrieved Jul 8, 2025.
- ↑ Parrish, Kevin (Dec 11, 2012). "Glu Shutting Down Multiplayer for GameSpy-based PC Titles". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved Jul 8, 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Williams, Katie (Feb 26, 2014). "Nintendo Terminating Wi-fi Service For DS and Wii". IGN. Retrieved Jul 8, 2025.