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Sierra shuts down servers for 21 games
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 9th October 2008
It's time to say goodbye to the servers for some of Sierra's most classic games. We'll miss you, AVP2.
What exactly is going to happen to Sierra has long been an issue for Activision Blizzard and already several in-development games coming from the publisher have been cancelled. In fact, the last we heard, several attached development studios were being assessed for sale or closure, including Massive Entertainment of World in Conflict fame.
Come the start of November, the official servers for all the games listed below will be shut down.
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 Control 2
11. Homeworld
12. Homeworld: Cataclysm
13. Nolf 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
Of course, the loss of some of those games will pass most by without effect - but AVP2's sudden departure is enough to leave a big, facehugger-shaped hole in the hearts of many LAN gamers. Sniff.
Which was your favourite Sierra game of all time, not counting Half-Life obviously? Let us know your thoughts and nostalgia in the forums.
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Makes me wanna play it again :(
Nobody plays Vampire on the Sierra servers any more, those few people still playing use virtual LANs via Hamachi.. and I'd imagine that'll be common practice for many older games like these.
I always thought Arcanum was Single Player as well... great game though
Homeworld aaaaaaand Tribes?
Talk about a one-two punch in the balls.
It's a shame to Sierra die off with not even so much as a whimper, when you look back on all the great games they had a part in over the years it makes me pretty sad to see them go.
They haven't tried continuing their IPs.. AvP, Homeworld, etc.. all were great games and sold well.. but they never continued them further.. I would still love to see an AvP3
AVP2 though? sadface.
Oh well, still got Starcraft - and Starcraft 2 :)
QFT.
I believe they've said they'd make patches available to remove the activation if they were to take down the servers
By the way, what was that sierra game where you played a detective solving a case. I miss that game.
The one where you play as a woman? And everything is 70's flower-style and whacked out?
No one lives forever, although I only played the second one. Good fun though, if it's what your thinking of.
Joosh
I think i just died a bit inside.
Couldn't get the hang of Ground Control 2 though.
The first NOLF game is still worth picking up. For eight year old software, the Lithtech engine holds up pretty well.
OT, were people still playing half of these games online anymore, anyway?
QFT
****ing loved the Rabbit chases!
Master_Dick Pwned you all!
I did spend most every waking hour playing it for the first couple of years it was out though ... but between the horrible 3rd game and the release of BF it really died some time in 2004.
a new AvP with today's technology would be too dangerous heart attack wise
If they made along the lines of AvP2, yes, and it'd be glorious.
Hardcore on AvP2 still gives me a few frights.
Now imagine if they did make AvP3, and including scripted events with xenos popping up here and there, they added a random factor of having a group (or one) xeno bursting out of the ceiling, wall, or floor at you.
Having your motion sensor detect random movements, etc.. Man, I really wish I knew why they decided to abandon the franchise (and hope AvP3 still comes out sometime..)