Topic: Sierra to close 21 games' MP Servers on Nov 1, 2008

[MysterD]

21 of Sierra's game servers are going down on the MP-side of things on Nov. 1, 2008.

Here's the long list

Announcement: Sierra Game Servers Closing Down
Posted By:          Eric@Sierra
Created in:       System (Global Announcement)
Posted:          Oct 7, 2008 1:29 PM

The following game servers will be shut down as of 11/01/08:

1. Alien vs Predator 2
2. Arcanum
3. Caesar IV
4. Dark Reign 2
5. Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
6. Empire Earth
7. Empire Earth 2
8. Empire Earth: Age of Conquest
9. Ground Control
10. Ground Control2
11. Homeworld
12. Homeworld: Cataclysm
13. Nolf2
14. Red Baron
15. Sanity
16. Star Trek: Armada
17. SWAT3: EE
18. SWAT3: GOTY
19. The Incredible Machine
20. Tribes2
21. Vampire

[Xessive]

That kinda sucks but not that big of an issue. Most people play on private servers anyway.

[MysterD]

I never tried Arcanum's MP. Never had a real need to.

NOLF 2, never tried the MP. Never finished the SP, even though it's still installed.

[iPPi]

Oh noes!

[idolminds]

Interesting. I wonder if you'll need a CD key anymore for Tribes 2. It was released for free as a T:V promo, but they only gave out so many keys to play.

[MysterD]

Interesting. I wonder if you'll need a CD key anymore for Tribes 2. It was released for free as a T:V promo, but they only gave out so many keys to play.

Good inquiry.
I got no clue.

[Quemaqua]

Those all still had official servers running?  I find that hard to believe.  Some of those are old as the hills.

[idolminds]

Not official playable servers, but the master servers were still up. So this means no more in-game server browser.

[Quemaqua]

Well, yeah... but it surprises me they even had that much.  Some companies wouldn't seem so outrageous, but with what Sierra has become, it didn't seem realistic.

[MysterD]

Single Player games don't ever die! Muhahahahahaha!
(As long as there's no required activation or connection needed to the Net for the SP game.)