While the scheduled server shutdown was to take place on to coincide with the closure of the company itself, Electronic Arts prolonged this deadline a month for their titles further, to 30 June 2014. A fan team called TeknoGods created a modification that remedied this.Īll aforementioned games, except Renegade which also has dedicated server support and hosting on XWIS, had their official servers shut down with the closure of GameSpy Technology by their final owners, Glu Mobile.
Red Alert 3 had its co-operative campaign mode a GameSpy exclusive and was unavailable in LAN play.
These had the functions of matchmaking, NAT negotiation, ranking and statistics, serial key authentication, chat rooms, voice communication, data transfer, clan/guild systems and more.Īmong the games that used this infrastructure and were hosted on GameSpy servers were: The GameSpy Technology division was established in 1997, and specialized in creating software development kits (SDKs) for multiplayer infrastructure. In 2013, was shut down, while GameSpy Technology was bought out by Glu Mobile in 2012 and closed on. The company merged with IGN in 2004, and was briefly known as IGN/GameSpy before having the finalized corporate name, IGN Entertainment. In 1999, the site expanded and was named, and formed the Planet Network, a cumulative name for fansites of different games, one being Planet Command & Conquer. The company started as a fansite for Quake, called PlanetQuake, and developed the QSpy tool for multiplayer matchmaking. GameSpy referred to both a gaming website ( ) and GameSpy Technology, a division oriented at creating multiplayer middleware for other companies' games. Windows, Mac OS, Linux, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast, Xbox, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS(i), iOS
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