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Title: Sierra to close 21 games' MP Servers on Nov 1, 2008
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 11:25:14 AM
21 of Sierra's game servers are going down on the MP-side of things on Nov. 1, 2008.

Here's the long list (http://forums.vgames.com/ann.jspa?annID=332)

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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
Title: Re: Sierra to close 21 games' MP Servers on Nov 1, 2008
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 11:32:19 AM
That kinda sucks but not that big of an issue. Most people play on private servers anyway.
Title: Re: Sierra to close 21 games' MP Servers on Nov 1, 2008
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 12:02:45 PM
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.
Title: Re: Sierra to close 21 games' MP Servers on Nov 1, 2008
Post by: iPPi on Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 12:34:35 PM
Oh noes!
Title: Re: Sierra to close 21 games' MP Servers on Nov 1, 2008
Post by: idolminds on Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 12:37:48 PM
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.
Title: Re: Sierra to close 21 games' MP Servers on Nov 1, 2008
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 12:56:40 PM
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.
Title: Re: Sierra to close 21 games' MP Servers on Nov 1, 2008
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 05:08:22 PM
Those all still had official servers running?  I find that hard to believe.  Some of those are old as the hills.
Title: Re: Sierra to close 21 games' MP Servers on Nov 1, 2008
Post by: idolminds on Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 05:31:35 PM
Not official playable servers, but the master servers were still up. So this means no more in-game server browser.
Title: Re: Sierra to close 21 games' MP Servers on Nov 1, 2008
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 06:21:00 PM
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.
Title: Re: Sierra to close 21 games' MP Servers on Nov 1, 2008
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 06:29:18 PM
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.)