Editing GameSpy (section)

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{{Short description|American video game company}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2012}}
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| type             = [[Subsidiary]]
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| fate             = [[GameSpy Technology|GameSpy Industries]] acquired by [[Glu Mobile]], site acquired by [[Ziff Davis]] and shut down<ref name=joystiq-layoffs/>
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| key_people       = Mark Surfas ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
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| owner            = [[IGN Entertainment]]
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'''GameSpy''' was an American  provider of [[online multiplayer]] and [[Matchmaking (video games)|matchmaking]] [[middleware]] for [[video game]]s founded in 1999 by Mark Surfas.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-21-fi-2793-story.html|title=GameSpy to Buy Mplayer Web Site for $20 Million|last=Pham|first=Alex|date=December 21, 2000|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701212225/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-21-fi-2793-story.html|archive-date=July 1, 2020|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> After the release of a multiplayer server browser for [[Quake (video game)|Quake]], QSpy, Surfas licensed the software under the GameSpy brand to other video game publishers through a newly established company, [[GameSpy Technology|GameSpy Industries]], which also incorporated his Planet Network of video game news and information websites, and GameSpy.com.

GameSpy merged with [[IGN]] in 2004;<ref name="ign-gsi-merger">{{cite press release |url=https://corp.ign.com/press/press/2004/igngamespy-merger-creates-one-of-the-internets-largest-game-and-entertainment-focused-companies |title=IGN/GameSpy Merger Creates One of the Internet's Largest Game and Entertainment-Focused Companies |publisher=[[IGN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102223614/http://corp.ign.com/press/2004/igngamespy-merger-creates-one-of-the-internets-largest-game-and-entertainment-focused-companies |archive-date=January 2, 2018 |date=March 4, 2004 |access-date=March 18, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="gibiz-gsi-ign-merger">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/gamespy-and-ign-announce-intention-to-merge |title=GameSpy and IGN announce intention to merge |work=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |first=Rob |last=Fahey |date=December 5, 2003 |access-date=March 18, 2019}}</ref> by 2014, its services had been used by over 800 video game publishers and developers since its launch.<ref name="gi-shutdown"/> In August 2012, the GameSpy Industries division (which remained responsible for the GameSpy service) was acquired by mobile video game developer [[Glu Mobile]]. IGN (then owned by [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]]) retained ownership of the GameSpy.com website. In February 2013, IGN's new owner, [[Ziff Davis]], shut down IGN's "secondary" sites, including GameSpy's network. This was followed by the announcement in April 2014 that GameSpy's service platform would be shut down on May 31, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Samit |date=April 3, 2014 |title=GameSpy Technology shutting down May 31 (update) |url=https://www.polygon.com/2014/4/3/5579254/gamespy-technology-shutdown-date-multiplayer-server-hosting-matchmaking |access-date=June 1, 2022 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GameSpy online services shutting down May 31 |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/83880/gamespy-online-services-shutting-down-may-31 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |website=Shacknews |date=April 3, 2014 |language=en}}</ref>