2014-04-08

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As we reported last week, online matchmaking client GameSpy will shutdown on May 31. The community at Reddit's /r/Games is compiling a list of games that will be affected, partially affected, or not affected at all. The list is not official by any means, as most publishers have yet to make official comments about the shutdown, and most games have yet to be confirmed one way or another. But it’s still a pretty terrifying list.

Here are just some of the possibly affected games that stood out to me:

Battlefield 1942

Battlefield 2

Battlefield 2142

Battlefield Bad Company 2

Borderlands

Civilization III

Civilization IV

Crysis

Halo: Combat Evolved

There are many more, which you can find on the full list. As with the upcoming Games for Windows Live shutdown, it's down to individual publishers as to whether they want to update their games with new server technology.

Activision and Capcom said that this will not affect their games, and Bohemia explained that Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead and Arma 3 will migrate to Steamworks, while some of its other games will now have a “more limited multiplayer experience.” The Company of Heroes games, which appears on that list as “affected,” actually migrated to Steamworks last year.

A couple of the big question marks here are 2K (Borderlands) and Electronic Arts. These publishers (and others) have yet to release official statements. Until they do, the fate of these games remains uncertain.

Source : Reddit compiles terrifying list of games affected by GameSpy shutdown

The full list of games are :

Affected

Arma

Arma: Cold War Assault

Arma 2

Arma 2: Free

Borderlands

Dungeon Defenders [PS3/Non-Steam]

Halo: Combat Evolved

Saints Row 2

Star Wars Battlefront

Star Wars Battlefront 2

Stronghold 2

Stronghold Legends

Take On Helicopters

Status Unknown

Alien vs Predator (Classic)

Alien vs Predator 2

Battlefield 1942

Battlefield 2

Battlefield 2142

Battlefield Bad Company 2

Battlefield Vietnam

Call of Juarez

Call of Juarez Bound in Blood

Civilization III

Civilization IV

Commandos 2

Commandos 3

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

Commandos: Behind the Call of Duty

Crysis

Crysis Warhead

Crysis Wars

Far Cry

Hexen

Hexen 2

Jagged Alliance

Jagged Alliance 2

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Medieval Total War

Medieval Total War 2

Multiwinia

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

Postal 2

Quake 2

Quake 3

Quake 4

Red Dead Redemption

Shogun Total War

Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune 2

SWAT 2

SWAT 3

SWAT 4

Titan Quest

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

Tom Clancy's HAWX

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent

Two Worlds

Two Worlds 2

Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War

Warhammer 40K: Dark Crusade

Warhammer 40K: Soulstorm

Warhammer 40K: Winter Assault

Probably Unaffected

Call of Duty

Call of Duty United Offense

Call of Duty 2

Unreal Tournament

Unreal Gold

Unreal 2

Unaffected

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

Arma 3

Company of Heroes

Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike Online Edition

Stronghold HD

Stronghold Crusader HD

Source : List of games affected by GameSpy shutdown

So if there are any games in this list that you still play regularly online, I'd suggest you get in as much play time as possible before 31st of May. I admit, a vast majority of these games I don't play... but I do have a fondness for Saints Row 2. Guess I'll fire that up one more time...

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