Gamespy hosted games for EA shutting down in June

[MaydaX]

GameSpy announced earlier this month that they would be ending all hosted services for games, which impacts the online capabilities of a number of older titles, including some from EA.

 

Since GameSpy’s announcement, our teams have been working to evaluate options to keep services up and running.  Unfortunately, due to technical challenges and concerns about the player experience, we do not have a solution at this time. Online services for EA games on the GameSpy platform will be closed down at the end of June.

 

 We know some of these games are still fan favorites, including Battlefield 2, Battlefield 1942, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Command & Conquer games. We are still investigating community-supported options to preserve online functionality for these titles, such as multiplayer. Significant technical hurdles remain, and at this time we don’t have anything to announce.

 

 For the full list of titles impacted by the change, visit the EA Online Services Updates page here.

http://www.ea.com/news/update-on-ea-titles-hosted-on-gamespy

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Halo: Combat Evolved will survive. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/halo-1-pc-s-online-multiplayer-will-survive-despite-gamespy-shutdown/1100-6419388/

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Here's the list of 50 games that EA games will have their servers shut down. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-05-12-50-ea-games-will-have-their-servers-shut-down

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http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/05/27/project-reality-bf2-update-ensures-life-after-battlefield-2s-gamespy-shutdown/?ns_campaign=article-feed&ns_mchannel=ref&ns_source=steam&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0

 

 

Armed forces are closing in on the notorious multiplayer sympathiser, GameSpy. The matchmaking system is due to be terminated with extreme prejudice this coming Saturday, plunging the games it uses into an offline darkness. EA have said that many of their GameSpy-enabled games won't be updated with a new matchmaking solution. For Battlefield 2, that's meant the battle for online battles must now be fought by fans. It's not just the main game struggling to stay connected; its mods are also at risk. Thankfully, the most popular of those mods—Project Reality: BF2—has received a new update that will keep its multiplayer running.

 

Project Reality: BF2 v1.2 does all the usual update stuff of fixing bugs and improving stability, but also provides a new master server backend, ensuring the mod will function after the GameSpy closure. In addition, it brings three new maps into the mix, as well as a new Dutch Forces faction.