GameSpy

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GameSpy was a collection of software that in the area of Multiplayer - computer games was used. GameSpy was also an online PC and video game magazine. It was distributed by GameSpy Industries, as part of the IGN network.

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Company history

The company was founded in 1997 in San Francisco. In March 2004, IGN , the operator of the online games magazine of the same name, took over the company for around 55 million US dollars and integrated it into its website network. Since 2005 Gamespy has been part of the News Corporation together with IGN . In 2012, IGN sold the technology division to Glu Mobile for around $ 2.8 million. The online magazine remained part of the IGN network. In February 2013, the media group Ziff Davis finally took over the IGN Network from News Corp. The new owner decided to focus on the core brands IGN and AskMen. As part of the realignment, the network sites GameSpy, UGO Entertainment and 1UP were therefore closed. At the end of May 2014, the multiplayer service was also completely discontinued.

function

The user selected the computer game he wanted to play from a list , and the program then loaded a list of game servers from a GameSpy master server. The program interrogated the game servers one after the other in order to determine the number of players and further server information and the latency (see ping ).

Another functionality was the automatic patching of installed games.

Components

The GameSpy software consisted of:

GameSpy Arcade

GameSpy Arcade was the main part of the software collection and supported first-person shooters , role-playing games and strategy games . In addition, it offered chat channels and board games such as chess or Monopoly for each game , the latter being played in the program itself. There was a free trial version and a paid version for purchase.

Supported games (selection)

GameSpy 3D

GameSpy 3D almost exclusively supported first-person shooters (see below) and was a stripped-down version of GameSpy Arcade. There was also a free trial version and a paid version for purchase.

Games supported

Almost all of the data traffic for the online services of the Wii and Nintendo DS was handled via GameSpy servers, which ultimately led to the early shutdown of these services.

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Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.reuters.com
  3. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2012/08/02/glu-mobile-loses-3m-buys-gamespy-for.html
  4. ↑ http://kotaku.com/5986027/ziff-davis-shuts-1up-gamespy-and-ugo
  5. ↑ http://www.golem.de/news/glu-mobile-multiplayerdienst-gamespy-wird-eingetzt-1404-105619.html
  6. ↑ Source: http://www.gamespy3d.com/
  7. ↑ http://wiiki.wii-homebrew.com/Wiimmfi