Some Sierra and Activision master game servers to go down Nov. 1

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Some Sierra and Activision master game servers to go down Nov. 1

Posted Oct 8th 2008 4:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Multiplayer

The effects of the Activision Blizzard merger are still being felt by gamers, particularly those who like to play older games online. A post on the official Sierra message boards indicates that a large number of multiplayer master servers for both Activision and Vivendi Games (under their Sierra brand) will shut down on Nov. 1

While multiplayer will still work people who want to continue to play these title must use third party server browser software to find online games. Most of the games are from the Sierra brand but there are a few older Activision titles in the mix. Check out the full list of affected titles after the jump.

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. No One Lives Forever 2
14. Red Baron
15. Sanity
16. Star Trek: Armada
17. SWAT3: EE
18. SWAT3: GOTY
19. The Incredible Machine
20. Tribes 2
21. Vampire

[Via Shacknews]

Tags: activision, activision-blizzard, sierra, vivendi-games

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Hahah wow, so basically any good games that have come from them in the past 10 years?Posted at 4:08PM on Oct 8th 2008 by sicsided

Oh man, Tribes 2 -- the end of an era. I wonder if they'll release a "master server" package so people can host their own server browser? That would be nice...Posted at 9:14PM on Oct 8th 2008 by James

They may be together with Blizzard now... but they still have a lot to learn from them.Posted at 3:14AM on Oct 9th 2008 by ahac

yes i seen this & it sucks armada has had very poor support from activision from the start & the server has been down all to often.

I have been on at them to release the server software so that the armada community could keep the game running ..

But tbh id get further banging my head of a brick wall .. they tried telling me it was server dependant .. even though i know its not cause you can change the config file to point to a new host ... but still they wont give us the software neededPosted at 8:00AM on Oct 16th 2008 by MadDog

fook'em....stop buying Activision! This companys blows!!Posted at 11:57AM on Nov 15th 2008 by slugs