When games that are live service, or rely heavily on servers get cut off, they should at the very least release the server code so others can continue hosting it.

Stop being afraid of open source and embrace it. Too many games will be lost to greed.

Duelyst is a wonderful recent example of how to do it right.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/counterplay-games-makes-tactical-card-battler-duelyst-completely-open-source/

Counterplay Games makes tactical card battler Duelyst completely open source

This is awesome and something more developers should do with games they shut down. Counterplay Games have made their mix of a collectable card game and a turn-based strategy Duelyst fully open source.

GamingOnLinux

Imagine instead of the complete brutal removal from stores and shutdown that Epic Games are doing with Unreal Tournament, if Tim Sweeney fully open sourced the original. Imagine the fun people could have with such gaming history.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/epic-games-are-killing-off-a-bunch-of-classics-like-unreal-tournament/

Epic Games are killing off a bunch of classics like Unreal Tournament

Epic Games announced today they're killing off a bunch of classic games removing them from stores and turning off their online services for retro delights like Unreal Tournament.

GamingOnLinux
@gamingonlinux as usual, "capitalism is why we can't have nice things"

@VileLasagna
@gamingonlinux I don't even know if capitalism is to blame here. Since by making it unavailable, they're not profiting of it anymore. Unless... 🤔

OH GOD WHAT IF THEY'RE GONNA PULL A GTA DEFINITIVE TRILOGY?!

@deurman @VileLasagna @gamingonlinux it kinda is because even if they're not profiting from it they're not open source it just in the event they want to do it later
@LuigiDev
@VileLasagna @gamingonlinux that's kind of what I meant with the whole GTA trilogy thing...