GameSpy was an American provider of online multiplayer and matchmaking middleware for video games founded in 1996 by Mark Surfas.
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15 Facts About GameSpy
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GameSpy merged with IGN in 2004; by 2014, its services had been used by over 800 video game publishers and developers since its launch.
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In 1999, GameSpy received angel investment funding from entrepreneur David Berkus.
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GameSpy received $3 million in additional funding from the Yucaipa Companies, an investment group headed by Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz and Southern California supermarket billionaire Ronald Burkle.
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In 2000, GameSpy received additional investment funding from the Ziff Davis publishing division ZDNet.
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GameSpy shut down its RadioSpy division, backing away from the online music market which was dominated by peer-to-peer applications such as Napster and Gnutella.
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GameSpy Arcade was the company's flagship matchmaking software, allowing users to find servers for different online video games and connect the user to game servers of that game.
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GameSpy published the Roger Wilco voice chat software, primarily meant for communication and co-ordination in team-oriented games, where users join a server to chat with other users on the server using voice communication.
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The company's "Powered by GameSpy" technology enabled online functionality in over 300 PC and console games.
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In 2005, GameSpy added the PlayStation Portable, and Nintendo DS to its stable supported platforms.
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GameSpy Industries was bought from IGN Entertainment by Glu Mobile in August 2012, and proceeded in December to raise integration costs and shut down servers for many older games, including Star Wars: Battlefront, Sniper Elite, Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Saints Row 2, and Neverwinter Nights, with no warning to developers or players, much to the outrage of communities of those games.
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Games that still used GameSpy are no longer able to offer online functionality or multiplayer services through GameSpy.
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GameSpy Debriefings was a party-style discussion between editors of GameSpy and IGN Entertainment on that week's gaming news.
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The GameSpy Debriefings was the 25th most popular podcast under the category “Games and Hobbies” on iTunes .
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On July 30,2011, The GameSpy Debriefings ended with an episode consisting of only the main crew.
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