Arcanum and VtM: Redemption Servers Going Offline

Sierra Entertainment has announced that they will be permanently shutting down quite a few game servers on November 1st, including those necessary to enjoy the multiplayer component in Troika's Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura and Nihilistic's Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption. The disappointing announcement:
The following game servers will be shut down as of 11/01/08:

1. Alien vs Predator 2
2. Arcanum
3. Caesar IV
4. Dark Reign 2
5. Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
6. Empire Earth
7. Empire Earth 2
8. Empire Earth: Age of Conquest
9. Ground Control
10. Ground Control2
11. Homeworld
12. Homeworld: Cataclysm
13. Nolf2
14. Red Baron
15. Sanity
16. Star Trek: Armada
17. SWAT3: EE
18. SWAT3: GOTY
19. The Incredible Machine
20. Tribes2
21. Vampire

Thanks, Eurogamer.