Gamespy is shutting down!

[CanuckSoldier]

Gamespy will be shutting down all services on May 31st! It's a business decision unfortunately. But for our Civ3 and Civ4 communities the lobbies and matchmaking services will end.

http://www.maximumpc.com/gamespy_discontinue_multiplayer_services_may_31st_2014

http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/122/1227460p1.html

To try and mitigate the impact of this I have created two new steam groups, one for Civ3 and one for Civ4, were players can gather to organize direct IP games. I know not everyone likes Steam, however, I believe this is the best all round solution. Many people already have steam installed for other games. And it is free and does not take a lot of system resources for those on older systems. I strongly suggest that players start using these chats as soon as possible in order to gain momentum and not get caught of guard when Gamespy shuts down.

This is not only for league players, everyone is welcome to use this chat to organize games.

Civ4 league steam group and chat http://steamcommunity.com/groups/CPCiv4

Civ3 league steam group and chat http://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791432519323

 

[CanuckSoldier]

Civ3 and Civ4 will be moved to Steam Servers on May 31st!
Posted By: CanuckSoldier on 04-23-2014 at 2:43:43

Good news for us at Civplayers, 2K will be moving Civ3 and Civ4(all XP's) to Steam on May 31st.

Though there are many unanswered questions about all of us with legacy/non steam games. And the mods at the 2K forums are trying to find out the answers for me.

Such as will legacy games be patched? Or will we all have to download steam versions of the games, and if so will they be free? At least for a limited period of time? Will Civ3 and Civ4 lose their built in chat lobbies(I assume so) like Civ5 has with just games list?

For all the leagues Civ3 and Civ4 players and for all MP players for that matter, Civplayers will keep the new Civ3 and Civ4 league steam groups as it certainly looks like we are all joining the Steam family.

Civ3 Steam group and chat http://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791432519323

Civ4 Steam group and chat http://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791435386384



Borderlands® 1 and select Civilization® catalog releases to see temporary online service interruptions; offline play unaffected

2K will implement online service changes for several legacy titles, including releases for Windows PC, as a result of GameSpy Technology terminating its online service offerings for video games.

Beginning May 31, 2014, Borderlands® 1 and select tiles from the Civilization® catalogs will temporarily go offline while service is transitioned to Steamworks. During the transition, players will experience interruption of several features, including online play, matchmaking and voiceover Internet protocol (VOIP). Players will not experience interruptions to offline play. The list of 2K titles currently slated for online migration includes:

Borderlands®
Civilization® III
Civilization® III: Conquests
Civilization® III: Play the World
Civilization® IV
Civilization® IV: Beyond the Sword
Civilization® IV: Colonization
Civilization® IV: Warlords



2K also announced the company will discontinue online service functionality for several legacy titles. A full list of titles losing online service, as well as updates on service restoration for the aforementioned Borderlands 1 and Civilization titles, are available at http://2kgam.es/2KOnlineMigration.

https://blog.2k.com/index.php/home/single/2k-announces-online-service-changes-for-legacy-titles