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Feb 20, 2013 · GameSpy was a website that covered PC gaming news, reviews, previews, demos, mods and patches from 1999 to 2013. Find out what happened to GameSpy, watch trailers, read articles and see screenshots of various PC games.
GameSpy was an American company that provided online multiplayer and matchmaking middleware for video games from 1999 to 2014. It also operated a network of gaming websites, such as GameSpy.com and Planet Quake, until they were shut down by Ziff Davis in 2013.
- What Was Gamespy?
- Giving Gamers Content
- Bringing Gamers Together No Matter The Platform
- The Next Level
- Game Over
- Achievement Unlocked
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GameSpy was a server browser for online games, but it was also much more. It actually started life as QSpy, a service created by Joe "QSpy" Powell, Tim Cook, and Jack "morbid" Matthews. It was an application that allowed users to list and search for Quakeservers to join. Mark Surfas, the founder of then popular PlanetQuake website, licensed QSpy an...
When it came to the media side, you might recall several websites with the 'Planet' moniker serving gamers and tech enthusiasts. These included Planet Quake, Planet Half-Life, Planet Unreal, 3DActionPlanet, RPGPlanet, SportPlanet, and StrategyPlanet. You may also remember FilePlanet, a file-sharing destination for getting patches, demos, and mods. ...
GameSpy received a few investments and briefly entered the world of online music before returning to its bread and butter, online gaming. GameSpy3D was replaced by GameSpy Arcade, which included features like user profiles, a buddy list, and game lobbies. It could even scan a PC's hard drive to check for compatible games. Upon launch, over 150 game...
Following the development of GameSpy Arcade and further investments, including one from the Ziff Davis group, the app gained a few important features, like voice-over-IP. Thanks to the purchase of Roger Wilco and rival matchmaking client MPlayer, GameSpy was able to deploy VoIP to gamers and integrate voice-chat features into GameSpy Arcade and the...
Shortly afterward, it seemed like IGN could get more value from selling off and shutting down aspects of GameSpy. In 2012, a developer and publisher of mobile and freemium games called Glu Mobile purchased GameSpy Technology. This purchase separated the tech and media sides of the company for good. Apparently, Glu Mobile raised the prices for devel...
While many gamers were upset and pointing blame at developers and GameSpy for abandoning the online communities of many older games, others were finding new solutions to these issues. Some services, including 333networks, offer a master list of available game servers. Nintendo Wii gamers could turn to wiimmfi to continue playing their games online....
GameSpy was a pioneer in online gaming, offering server browsing, matchmaking, mods, news, and more for PC and console games. Learn about its history, features, and demise from the founder and former users.
May 12, 2014 · Picture the GameSpy shutdown like a massive power-cut rolling out over an entire continent, plunging a significant portion of gaming's multiplayer catalogue into darkness.
May 30, 2014 · More than 800 games have used GameSpy to connect players and manage servers. Gamespy's ubiquity spawned dozens of offshoots like Planet Half-Life and FilePlanet.
- Ian Birnbaum
GameSpy is a website that covers news, reviews, previews, and guides for various video games and platforms. Find out the latest on Battlefield 4, BioShock Infinite, Far Cry 3, and more.
Apr 4, 2014 · GameSpy Technologies, which provides matchmaking, authentication and NAT traversal for many PC games, will shut down on May 31st. Find out which games will be affected and what alternatives are available.
