If you haven't been living under a rock for the last few months, you may have heard the news that GameSpy will be shutting down online services for Battlefield 2 at the end of this month.
Shortly afterwards, Electronic Arts announced via their Origin Twitter that they were working on transitioning Battlefield 2 so that it would still be playable after the shutdown. However, contrary to their original statement, they recently announced that they would not be doing this, and that Battlefield 2 online services would be shut down at the end of June.
Have no fear though! Ever since the original announcement from GameSpy, the Project Reality Team has been hard at work on developing our own solution to keep Project Reality: BF2 online, and our players playing. In partnership with the Forgotten Hope 2 team, we have quickly developed our own custom master server, and I am happy to confirm that Project Reality: BF2 (and Forgotten Hope 2) will continue to be playable online after the GameSpy shutdown.
The update that will provide this new functionality will be released in our upcoming v1.2 patch, scheduled to be released before the shutdown occurs. Not only does it replace the GameSpy online services with our own, it also includes the Dutch Forces, several new maps, as well as loads of tweaks and improvements.
For the regular players of PR:BF2, the only difference you will notice with the new online services is that upon updating to v1.2, your existing player profiles will be deleted, and you will be required to make a new online account if you wish to play online. The account management system in the PR:BF2 Launcher, the ingame server browser, and PRSPY will continue to function as normal.
As we're nearing our 10th year since Project Reality was founded, we look forward to seeing Project Reality: BF2 continue long into the future!
Enjoy,
The Project Reality Team
This is really, really relieving to hear.
Whew! For the past month I have been living in fear that I wont be able to play my favorite two BF2 mods, good to hear this!
Very good news.
I'm glad we can keep PR
More so, only the master service is down, so you won't get a server list, right? But if you know the IP of a server, can you connect directly then? Would really like to know. And there are other sites/programs out there that display the servers without Gamespy. Used one in the past, can't remember the name tho..
"The account management system in the PR:BF2 Launcher, the ingame server browser, and PRSPY will continue to function as normal."
Source: Realitymod.com
Its the PR dev team, ofc you will still get a server list, just look at what he just said they're doing! lol
Great to see this brilliant mod is still going to be alive! :D
I never played BF2 before (shame on me), bu this are awesome news :) It's great not to see this dying, even if I never palyed it :) Kind Regards and good luck for the future
Super news! Did I just read the Dutch Forces will be here? Nice!
My jimmies were rustled but as usual the PR team never fails and will hopefully guide the community into a new Era.