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  1. GameSpy Multiplayer Shutting Down, Affecting Hundreds of Games

    Games · Cloud · · posted by Soulskill · from the things-you-may-no-longer-experience dept. · 145 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "For over a decade, GameSpy has provided and hosted multiplayer services for a variety of video games. GameSpy was purchased in 2012, and there were some worrying shutdowns of older servers, which disabled multiplayer capabilities for a number of games. Now, the whole service is going offline on May 31. Some publishers are scrambling to move to other platforms, while others are simply giving up on those games. Nintendo's recent abandonment of Wi-Fi games was a result of their reliance on GameSpy's servers. Bohemia Interactive, developers of the Arma series, said the GameSpy closure will affect matchmaking and CD-key authentication."

  2. Arma III Developers Arrested In Greece For 'Spying'

    Games · Crime · · posted by Soulskill · from the game-developers-make-the-best-secret-agents dept. · 162 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "Kotaku reports that two employees of Bohemia Interactive have been arrested while on a photo-tour of the Greek island of Limnos, on charges of spying. The developers were taking reference photos for the upcoming military simulation game Arma III, which is to feature Limnos as it's primary setting, when they were arrested (Google translation of Greek original)."