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|{{~✗}}<br/><small>On October 4, 2023, Nintendo announced the discontinuation of the service by early April 2024.<br/>It was shut down on April 9, 2024.</small>

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These shouldn't be confused with [[#LAN_Tunneling_Programs|LAN tunneling or offline multiplayer gaming over a LAN]] (local area network) multiplayer games (e.g. System Link for XBOX home console systems or third party tools and services such as XLink Kai etc).[[Wikipedia:Peer-to-peer|P2P infrastructure]] based games are included for informational purposes regarding their availability, even if the primary focus might be on the private servers. While some games listed below use [[Wikipedia:Peer-to-peer|peer-to-peer]] (P2P)infrastructure, they might have private servers for authentication phase.

|{{✓~}}<br/><small>Game online infastructure is [[Wikipedia:Peer-to-peer|P2P-based]] on seventh-gen home consoles[https://old.reddit.com/r/PS3/comments/17q06jx/are_there_games_whose_multiplayer_is_still_active/] so it's playable, but it needs custom server for authentication process[https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=Call_of_Duty_3#Netplay_testing] so it's incompatible with emulators at the moment.<br/>For sixth-gen home console versions you need to use revive projects.</small>

|[https://www.gameranger.com/games/ GameRanger]<br/>[https://cod4x.ovh/ CoD4X]<br/>''CoD Nintendo''<ref name=CoDNintendo>Join the "[https://discord.com/channels/609222104801607753/730631232546799617 CoD Nintendo]" discord group to stay up-to-date on news about Call of Duty revival projects for the Wii or DS version.</ref>

|{{~}}<br/><small>Home console versions still have multiplayer enabled.<br/>For physical windows Windows or steam Steam version if you have already a profile registered with keys you can still join dedicated servers using master server list but if you try to register a new profile there is no way to play multiplayer anymore due to physical windows Windows copies and steam versions ran out of keys so you need to use revive projects.<br/>You need gecko code to play on Wii[https://old.reddit.com/r/WiiHacks/comments/hqn182/call_of_duty_multiplayer_error_23400_fix/] but servers down[https://discord.com/channels/609222104801607753/730631232546799617] and because the game uses different servers, WFC revival projects are incompatible.</small></small>

|{{~}}<br/><small>The servers were [https://www.truetrophies.com/n9637/servers-shut-down-for-five-ubisoft-titles-in-september-update shutdown in September 2016].<br/>However according to [https://old.reddit.com/r/xbox360/comments/uy0n5x/does_anyone_know_if_the_servers_for_call_of/ia1e86a/ recent reddit Reddit user report] "ranked matches" still works.</small>

|[[Wikipedia:The_Crew_(video_game)|The Crew, The]]

|{{~✗}}<br/><small>On December 14, 2023, Ubisoft announced that the servers will shut down after March 31, 2024, so the game is unplayable from now on.<ref>SomeOrdinaryGamers: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60fGEU7-ECg SomeOrdinaryGamers: You Are Being Scammed], [https://youtu.be/ptW0pKkTazQ Ubisoft Is Taking Away Your Games...]</ref></small>|{{N}}[https://old.reddit.com/r/The_Crew/comments/1bsdnji/a_server_emulator_for_the_crew_1_is_being_worked/ WIP]|N/AThe Crew Unlimited

|{{~}}<br/><small>Multiplayer was removed from the "Complete Edition" version when Microsoft ended its Games for Windows Live support.<br/>Unpatched/previous versions and home console versions still have multiplayer enabled. Although on Windows you need a valid GFWL key.<br/>Otherwise you need revivial revival projects to play multiplayer.

|{{~}}<br/><small>Seventh -gen home console versions of GTA Online were shut down on December 16th, 2021.<br/>As well as GTA Online, services for LA Noire and Max Payne 3 are shutting down on seventh-gen consoles.<br/>The eighth and ninth gen -generation home consoles and Windows are now the only platforms the game can be played on.

|{{✗}}<br/><small>GHTV game mode's servers were [https://support.activision.com/articles/guitar-hero-live-ghtv-sunset shut down on December 1, 2018], making over 500 streamable songs no longer playable in Guitar Hero Live.<br/>Wii U's Nintendo Network online service shut down on April 8, 2024, making GHTV Reloaded inaccessible on Wii U until Pretendo supports third-party game servers.<ref>@GHTVReloaded on X (formerly Twitter) [https://twitter.com/TheGHNerd/status/1777105503090553156 announcing Wii U's Nintendo Network and confirmation for Pretendo support]. However, according to [https://discord.com/channels/758530768640802826/1220547149293551626/1220547149293551626 Nathan3197 on the GHTV Reloaded Discord], 3rd party game servers like GHTV Reloaded for Wii U won't be supported until Pretendo finishes building tools and API for third party use.</ref></small></small>

|{{✗}}<br/><small>101XP shut down this game June the 15th in 2021. Unfortunately , you can no longer play Happy Aquarium.</small>

|[https://soapboxrace.world/ SoapBox Raceworld]<br/>[https://nightriderz.world/ nightriderz]

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|[https://schtserv.com/ Schthack PSO]<br/>[https://sylverant.net/ Sylverant]<br/>[https://insignia.live/games/4d53004a Insignia]<ref>Insignia allows the Xbox version to connect to the aforementioned Schtack and Sylverant servers</ref>|{{Icon|Dreamcast|GameCube|Xbox|Windows}}

|{{~✗}}<br/><small>On November 25, 2020, Nintendo formally announced that course upload support and the bookmark portal site would be discontinued on March 31, 2021.<br/>Sale of the game on the Wii U's Nintendo eShop would be discontinued on January 12, 2021.<br/>The remaining online services for the game, such as playing existing levels already uploaded to the server, will be was discontinued by on April 89, 2024.</small>

References for this list can be found in [[Talk:Preservation projects#My "revive projects" bookmarks|Talk:Preservation projects]].<br/> ====External links for Revivial Projects====* [https://old.reddit.com/r/ReverseEngineering/comments/1uognx/how_do_modders_revive_online_features_in_old/ "How do communities revive online features in old games without the server files?"] (Useful if you want to learn basics about reverse engineering the private servers.)<br/>* Mystic: [https://youtu.be/6uFn8rzku1I?t=219 Reverse Engineer Introduction - PSOne Group], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBd1P7vpvfc PlayStation Home PS3 Is Back Online in 2023]* Rocket Sloth: [https://youtu.be/bCDjNPfpUlc GameSpy: the company that killed off hundreds of games in a single day]* Reddit: [https://old.reddit.com/r/OnlinePreservation/ r/OnlinePreservation/]