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minus-squareilli@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoExcept the City of Heroes one, all are unofficial. But for the shut down MMOs, nobody really cares afaik. Sure there are cease and desists for private servers for live games, but never heard of such takedowns for servers running for “dead” games.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoSo then if Facepunch were to buy New World and allow players to self-host servers, it would be a first for the genre, which would be cool.
minus-squareilli@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoA lot of ifs but yeah, I guess. Would be a cool precedent to have.
Except the City of Heroes one, all are unofficial. But for the shut down MMOs, nobody really cares afaik. Sure there are cease and desists for private servers for live games, but never heard of such takedowns for servers running for “dead” games.
So then if Facepunch were to buy New World and allow players to self-host servers, it would be a first for the genre, which would be cool.
A lot of ifs but yeah, I guess. Would be a cool precedent to have.