The game was the most played Half-Life modification in terms of players, according to GameSpy in 2008.

According to GameSpy, Doom was voted by industry insiders to be the greatest game of all time in 2004.

Twilight Princess was named Game of the Year by X-Play, Game Trailers, 1UP, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Spacey Awards, Game Informer, GameSpy, Nintendo Power, IGN, and many other websites.

Phantom Hourglass was named DS Game of the Year by IGN and GameSpy.

" The audio was praised by IGN, who considered Luigi's voice acting as " cute, humorous and satisfying ", and GameSpy, who declared that the soundtrack remains " subtle, amusing and totally suitable throughout the game ".

It has been considered a " Trojan horse " for getting NESs into stores during the video game market crash of 1983 and the accessory was called by GameSpy the fifth greatest video game marketing move within twenty-five.

Director Yojiro Ogawa stated in an interview with GameSpy that the compilation was meant to introduce younger gamers to the original games in the Sonic series.

The reception at the time of original Dreamcast version was very positive, with reviews from GameSpot and GameSpy being above 90 %.

Although receiving average reviews, with an aggregate score of 75 % on both GameRankings and Metacritic, Renegade was praised for its online features: GameSpy awarded Renegade its 2002 " Wish it had been better " award, condemning the single player but saying that " C & C: Renegade's multiplayer was innovative and fun ".

In addition, the game's artificial intelligence was not regarded as particularly challenging, with GameSpot noting that " enemies follow the same sorts of predictable patterns that may remember from previous Doom games " while GameSpy stated the way enemies would spawn to attack the player was " gimmicky "; the reviewer noted that players would realize that picking up a lone armor vest would cause a variety of zombies to emerge from hidden compartments in the dark.

GameSpy was disappointed that the feature advertised on the box and in the game manual was not available in the product.

GameSpy reviewer Phil Theobald, who awarded the games four out of five stars, stated, " Before I knew it, I was hooked all over again.

" The game was similarly reviewed by GameSpy, who concluded: " Unreal Tournament raises the bar for first person teamplay games.

Bryn Williams from GameSpy complimented the game's controls and level design, commenting that the game was challenging but fair.

Echoes won an award in almost every category it was nominated for at the 2004 Nintendo Power Awards, and won awards for Best GameCube Game of 2004 from IGN, Electronic Gaming Monthly and GameSpy.

It was rated the 174th best game made on a Nintendo system in Nintendo Powers Top 200 Games list, the 74th best game by GameFAQs users, the 15th best GameCube game by IGN, and the 13th best by GameSpy.

Max Payne 2 was the recipient of several industry awards, including Outstanding Art Direction at the Golden Satellite Awards 2004 ; Editors ' Choice Awards from GamePro, IGN, GameSpy, and GameSpot ; and Game of the Month from Game Informer.

Similarly, GameSpy described the action as " adrenaline-pumping ", and considered it comparable to what was available in film.

The game was, in 2008, one of the ten most played Half-Life modifications in terms of players, according to GameSpy.

This was done through the multiplayer network which is now GameSpy.

The game also received 4 stars out of 5 from GameSpy, saying that " Pick-up football was never this exciting.

It was considered to " deftly satirize Grand Theft Auto while being almost as entertaining " in a review by GameSpy, which suggested that Hit & Run improved several gameplay aspects that it borrowed from Grand Theft Auto, including instant mission restarts, a superior guidance system, and an easily accessible collection of vehicles.

However multi-player matchmaking is still possible via GameSpy, GameRanger or Voobly.

" Founders Club ", the second pay subscription service, is the highest possible level of membership to GameSpy arcade.

IGN praised the addition of the water backpack for improving the gameplay, and GameSpy commented on the " wide variety of moves and the beautifully constructed environments ".

Chris Baker of GameSpy decided that " despite its exclusions, though, Collection < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s large selection of titles for $ 19. 99 is a tough thing not to recommend to anyone who calls himself a gamer.

The multiplayer mode, operated by GameSpy, allows for a maximum of 8 players over the internet to compete in one of four modes ; Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, UFP vs Non-UFP Deathmatch and Defend the Starbase.

Although the Xbox version of Halo lacks official support for online multiplayer play, XLink Kai, GameSpy and XBConnect's packet tunnelling software provide unofficial ways around this limitation.

* GameSpy Arcade, a utility for use with network computer games

" GameSpy editor Ryan Scott called Sephiroth the " King of Overrated Characters " during GameSpy's villain feature for Dissidia Final Fantasy, arguing that gamers were impressed by him only because of his design and by how he killed Aerith during Final Fantasy VII.

GameSpy also credited the game with being more popular than Master of Orion, and responsible for making Steve Barcia and Simtex household names.

GameSpy contrarily criticized its lack of innovation, declaring, " Anyone that hasn't tried a Mega Man game yet would be better advised to spend $ 15 on a new copy of Mega Man 8 on the PSOne rather than paying $ 30 for an inferior retread of the same game ".

GameSpy awarded the game 4 out of 5, praising the game in general, but finding it fell just short of being a classic ; " There's no question in my mind that Dark Cloud 2 is one of the most solid RPG adventures for the PS2 ; but what I am sure of is that it doesn't quite live up to its potential.

Rocket Arena was created by David " crt " Wright of GameSpy and first released for Quake in 1997, less than a year after Quakes debut.

GameSpy stated all of the music is " incredible ", and noted it for being one of the first appearances of " classics like The Silence of Daylight ".

Wired's John Mix Meyer described him as a " classic powerhouse ", and GameSpy editor Justin Leeper called Gyarados a choice for " more macho gamers ".

GameSpy includes coverage for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, N-Gage, Wireless, PC, and Retrogaming.

GameSpy also offers online matchmaking and community software, such as GameSpy Arcade and GameSpy3D, as well as software development kits ( SDKs ), middleware and back-end online services for game developers and publishers.

GameSpy Arcade is the company's flagship matchmaking software, allowing users to find servers for different online video games ( whether they be free or purchased ) and connect the user to game servers of that game.

GameSpy also publishes the Roger Wilco voice chat software, primarily meant for communication and co-ordination in team-oriented games, where users join a server to chat with other users on the server using voice communication.

As of August 2010, GameSpy ceased to publish for the general public on the internet, statistics on the number of servers, players and games actually engaged at any one time.

Originally internet play was only available through GameSpy however a fan created launcher eventually became the most common method for fans to play online.

Finding the game's online shortcomings annoying, GameSpy still believed that the single-player mode and local wireless gameplay more than made up for them.