Whats the difference between GameSpy Arcade and GameSpy 3D?
• GameSpy Arcade supports both dedicated-server and “peer-to-peer” games. Peer-to-peer games, such as real-time strategy games like Age of Empires and Total Annihilation, require all players to start at the same time and do not have dedicated servers (open games that can be joined at any time). Instead, peer-to-peer games require one of the players to act as the host. With both types of games available, GameSpy Arcade supports a much wider variety of games — more than 160 titles, and growing. GameSpy 3D only supports games that have dedicated servers, such as first-person shooters like Quake and Half-Life. • GameSpy Arcade uses the latest server and automatic-updating technology, and is therefore significantly faster and more flexible than GameSpy 3D in many key areas. The results of server refreshes are faster, and new game support can be rolled out in Arcade without the need to download an entirely new version of the application every single time. • GameSpy Arcade is a complete gami
