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GameSpy
URL http://www.gamespy.com/
Commercial? Yes
Type of site Gaming
Registration Optional
Owner IGN (News Corporation)

GameSpy, also known as GameSpy Industries, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software. Uniform Resource Locator is an URI which also specifies where the identified resource is available and the protocol for retrieving it IGN (abbreviated and formerly known as I magine G ames N etwork is a multimedia news and reviews Website that focuses heavily on Video News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation IGN (abbreviated and formerly known as I magine G ames N etwork is a multimedia news and reviews Website that focuses heavily on Video GameSpy dates back to the 1996 release of an internet Quake server search program named QSpy. Quake is a First-person shooter Computer game that was released by Id Software on June 22, 1996. The current company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. Costa Mesa is a Suburban city in Orange County California, United States. It is currently controlled by News Corporation, the 92. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation 3% shareholder of its parent company, IGN - which was bought for $650 million on September 8, 2005. IGN (abbreviated and formerly known as I magine G ames N etwork is a multimedia news and reviews Website that focuses heavily on Video Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. GameSpy includes coverage for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, N-Gage, Wireless, PC, and Retrogaming. The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP) is a Handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The Xbox is a sixth-generation Video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. The, often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo 's fourth home Video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. The is a dual-screen Handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. The N-Gage is a Mobile telephone and Handheld game system based on the Nokia Series 60 platform Wireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of electrical conductors or " Wires quot A personal computer ( PC) is any Computer whose original sales price size and capabilities make it useful for individuals and which is intended to be operated Retrogaming, also known as classic gaming and old-school gaming, is the Hobby of playing and collecting older computer, video, and

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Origins

The 1996 release of id Software's Quake furthered the concept of gamers creating and releasing "mods" or modifications of games for use by other gamers. id Software (ɪd officially is an American computer game developer based in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Mod or modification is a term generally applied to Computer games especially First-person shooters RPGs and Real-time strategy games Mark Surfas saw the need for hosting and distribution of these mods and created PlanetQuake. Mark Surfas founded GameSpy Industries, a network of computer and video game Web sites and online video game-related services com - a Quake-related hosting and news site. The massive success of mods such as ThreeWave Capture the Flag catapulted PlanetQuake to huge traffic and a central position in the burgeoning gaming website scene.

Quake also marked the beginning of the Internet multiplayer real-time action game scene. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks However, finding a Quake server on the Internet proved difficult. A server is a Computer dedicated to providing one or more services over a computer network typically through a request-response routine Gamers could only share IP addresses of known servers between themselves or post them on gaming websites. To solve this problem, a team of three programmers (consisting of Jack "morbid" Mathews, Tim Cook, and Joe Powell) formed Spy Software and created QSpy (or QuakeSpy). This allowed the listing and searching of Quake servers available across the internet.

Surfas licensed QSpy and became the official distributor and marketer while retaining the original programming team. QSpy became QuakeSpy and went on to be bundled with id's QuakeWorld update - an unprecedented move by a top tier developer and huge validation for QuakeSpy. QuakeWorld ( qw) is an update to id Software's seminal multiplayer deathmatch game Quake, that enhances the game's multiplayer features With the release of the Quake Engine-based game Hexen II, QuakeSpy added this game to its capabilities and was renamed GameSpy3D.

Present operations

Further information: Planet Network

Currently, the company's websites include the gaming portal, GameSpy. The Planet Network (also known as the GameSpy Network) is a network of Video game -related websites operated by GameSpy. com, created in 1999; the Planet Network, a collection of "Planet" websites devoted to popular video games (such as Planet Quake, Planet Half-Life and Planet Unreal) as well as the genre-related websites, 3DActionPlanet, RPGPlanet, SportPlanet and StrategyPlanet; ForumPlanet, the network's extensive message board system; and FilePlanet, arguably the largest video game file download site on the Web. The Planet Network (also known as the GameSpy Network) is a network of Video game -related websites operated by GameSpy. Planet Half-Life (often abbreviated to PHL) is a gaming website owned and run by GameSpy. See also [[Game classification]] Video games are categorized into Genres based on their Gameplay interaction FilePlanet is a Video game download service that provides free game patches mod files and media downloads to its users The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked Hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. GameSpy also offers online matchmaking and community software, such as GameSpy Arcade and GameSpy3D, as well as software development kits (SDKs), middleware and back-end online services for game developers and publishers. GameSpy Arcade is a Shareware Multiplayer game server browsing utility GameSpy Arcade is a Shareware Multiplayer game server browsing utility A software development kit ( SDK or " devkit " is typically a set of development tools that allows a Software engineer to create applications

GameSpy Arcade is the company's flagship matchmaking software, allowing users to find servers for different online video games (whether they be free or purchased) and connect the user to game servers of that game. GameSpy also publishes 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. Roger Wilco is a Voice over IP application used by Multiplayer computer game players in Microsoft Windows, usually This software rivals the other major voice chat software Ventrilo and Teamspeak. Ventrilo is a proprietary Voice over Internet Protocol program with clients for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. TeamSpeak is proprietary Voice over IP software that allows users to speak on a chat channel with other users much like a telephone Conference call

The company's "Powered by GameSpy" technology has enabled online functionality in over 300 PC and PlayStation 2 games. In 2005 GameSpy added the PlayStation Portable, and Nintendo DS to its stable supported platforms. The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP) is a Handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The is a dual-screen Handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. In March 2007, GameSpy added the Wii as another supported platform and will help get some of its games online. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

In March 2004, IGN Entertainment and GameSpy Industries merged, and was briefly known as IGN/GameSpy before formalizing their corporate name as IGN Entertainment.

In early 2008 GameSpy's forums got the long awaited update. The update fixed a lot of bugs the forum was having, but the forums altogether became hard to navigate and still lacked many functions considered standard in modern forums, including the loss of some functions that had existed in the original forums, resulting in the departure of many of it's members.

Corporate history

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