GameSpy Technology

GameSpy Industries, Inc.

Type| Subsidiary of Glu Mobile Inc.
Industry| Video games
Game Middleware
Game development tool
Founded| April 30, 1997; 29 years ago (1997-04-30)
Irvine, California , United States
Defunct| May 31, 2014
Headquarters| Costa Mesa, California and San Francisco, California

Key people

| Todd Northcutt (Division Vice President)
Parent| Glu Mobile Inc. (2012–present)

IGN Entertainment, Inc. (2000–2012)

Independent (1997–2000)

GameSpy Technology (also known as GameSpy Industries, Inc.), a division of Glu Mobile, was the developer of the GameSpy Technology product, a suite of middleware tools, software, and services for use in the video game industry.

Gamespy Technology was acquired by Glu Mobile in 2012. The company and service were shut down in May 2014 when GameSpy was shut down.

## Contents

* 1 Technology
* 2 Supported platforms
* 3 Integrated Technology Partners
* 4 External links
* 5 References

## Technology

GameSpy Technology consisted of an array of portable C SDKs that plug into hosted web services that provided the following functionality:

* Game advertising and player matchmaking[1]
* Player and team scores and statistics gathering, arbitration, ranking, rules processing, and leaderboards[2]
* Arbitrary game data storage and retrieval for files to atomic data[3]
* Team, guild, and clan services and management
* NAT Negotiation
* In-game purchases and downloadable content
* Presence, authentication, game invites, and instant messaging[4]
* Player chat rooms
* CD key authentication
* Voice communication
* HTTP, XML, and socket data transport

## Supported platforms

* Microsoft Windows
* Mac OS
* PlayStation 2
* PlayStation 3
* PlayStation Portable
* Nintendo Wii
* Nintendo DS
* Nintendo DSi
* Linux
* iPhone

## Integrated Technology Partners

Game Engines

* Unreal Engine 3

## External links

* GameSpy Technology's Official Site

## References

1. ↑ "Learn About Our Matchmaking Features". Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130511053834/http://www.poweredbygamespy.com/features/matchmaking/. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
2. ↑ "Learn About Our Player Metrics, Rankings and Competition Features". Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130511083249/http://www.poweredbygamespy.com/features/player-metrics/. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
3. ↑ "Learn About Our Cloud Storage Features". Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140711103304/http://www.poweredbygamespy.com/features/cloud-storage/. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
4. ↑ "Learn About Our Community Features". Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140702150815/http://www.poweredbygamespy.com/features/community/. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

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