Sierra Titles Losing Multiplayer Functionality

Sierra Entertainment has announced that they are discontinuing all multiplayer support for a variety of older games, including Lords of Magic and Throne of Darkness. If you’d still like to play the turn-based strategy/RPG hybrid and the Diablo clone (in a Japanese setting) online, you have less than a month to do so:

Notice of Multiplayer Functionality Termination for 20 Sierra Entertainment Heritage Titles

Los Angeles, CA – July 16, 2007 – The sites and multiplayer functionality for the following products will terminate as of August 16, 2007:

• 3-D Ultra Cool Pool
• ARC (Attack Retrieve Capture)
• Lords of Magic™
• NASCAR® Legends
• NASCAR® Racing 2002 Season
• NASCAR® Racing 2003 Season
• NASCAR® Racing 3
• NASCAR® Racing 3 demo
• NASCAR® Racing 3 Trucks
• NASCAR® Racing 4
• Professional Bull Rider 2
• PGA Championship Golf 2000™
• Starsiege: Tribes
• SWAT® 3 demo
• Throne of Darkness™
• Field & Stream Trophy Bass 4
• Field & Stream Trophy Bass 5
• Field & Stream Trophy Hunting 4
• Field & Stream Trophy Hunting 5
• You Don’t Know Jack®: 5th Dementia

Thank you for your longstanding support of Sierra Entertainment’s products.

Sincerely,
Sierra Entertainment