CivCube
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As is well documented, GameSpy got bought by another company and is now ending multiplayer support for a lot of older games. Just curious if that affects Civ 4 as well.
Effective May 31, 2014, GameSpy will cease providing all hosted services for all games still using GameSpy. If you have any questions about how this impacts your favorite title please contact the game’s publisher for more information. Thanks for a great ride!
Direct IP and PBEM games should still work entirely fine. It will most likely mean that we won't have the lobby to discover games.
from shacknews (+I abridged this) :
"2k games has announced that civ3 and 4 and their respective expansions will survive the gamespy shutdown and transfer to steamworks"
so yes its doomed for people using disks, but no for those who got it through steam.
And there are alternatives