2K’s Borderlands , Civilization III and Civilization IV, including expansions for the Civilization games, will migrate their online services to Steamworks.

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Today 2K announced that on May 31, all online services for these games will be temporarily suspended until the migration is complete, but offline play will not be affected.GameSpy Multiplayer was a technology developers and publishers could use to host online services, but with the service shutting down on May 31, companies using the technology were forced to look for alternatives.While 2K is transferring Borderlands and the Civilization games to Steamworks, some 2K PC, Wii, and DS titles will lose their online service entirely. This includes Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution for the DS, Vietcong and Vietcong 2 for PC, and Top Spin 2 for PC and DS. For the complete list of games affected, head over to 2K's announcement

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