Talk:GameSpy server shutdown

Points of additional research

GOG giving free copies of STALKER to people who were affected by GameSpy

https://wccftech.com/gog-drm-free-copy-retail-stalker-game/

http://www.docterror.com/gog-gives-all-stalker-owners-a-drm-free-copy/

https://copyrightisshit.blogspot.com/2015/04/redeem-your-old-stalker-keys-for-drm.html

Borderlands

https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-patch-adds-steamworks-support-reinstates-multiplayer-after-gamespys-shutdown/

[unrelated but WTF???] GameSpy menacing researchers?!

https://www.eff.org/pages/unintended-consequences-fifteen-years-under-dmca

http://news.dmusic.com/article/8969

OpenSpy

https://www.moddb.com/tutorials/gcii-multiplayer-via-openspy

https://www.wired.com/2014/06/gamespy-server-shutdown/

Rewriting DRM based on GameSpy

https://keowu.re/posts/Rewriting-completely-the-GameSpy-support-from-2000-to-2004-using-Reverse-Engineering-on-EA-and-Bungie-Games/

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3s1e6y/psa_spellforce_an_old_game_mentioned_in_pc_games/

Steam better than GameSpy

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/fn5q5/dear_gamespy_comrade_and_direct2drive_there_is_a/

Other:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/27mvjq/here_are_community_solutions_to_many_pc_games/

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/does_gogcom_have_any_plans_to_remove_gamespy_and_the_gamespy_logos/post19

https://www.reddit.com/r/gog/comments/sci7uh/can_i_get_a_game_in_gog_if_i_have_a_disk/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/22ljrh/after_the_annoucement_of_the_gamespy_shutdown/ JamesTDG (talk) 09:17, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Relevance

So, we should probably discuss the relevance mark, since the GameSpy shutdown hurt ownership on a massive scale, and it was not because GS was unable to afford it, but rather the company that bought their server infra decided to just shut it all down JamesTDG (talk) 09:38, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

So why is the relevance questioned? It seems like a classic example of the sort of new consumer issue the wiki is intended for. Drakeula (talk) 01:36, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

Another member of our staff applied the mark without discussing why it deserved the mark. I still have no awareness as to why they were thinking this. JamesTDG (talk) 03:47, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

I think this article needs a stub (or incomplete notice). The consumer response is somewhat critical to this issue but is very lacking here Beanie Bo (talk) 13:41, 25 October 2025 (UTC)