No Dedicated Servers For CoD: Modern Warfare 2

An anonymous reader writes "Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling (aka fourzerotwo), in an interview with BashandSlash.com on October 17th, announced that one of the mainstays of PC multiplayer gaming, dedicated servers, won't be in IW's upcoming sequel to Call of Duty 4. Instead, players will use the unknown 'IW Net' for matchmaking purposes. No dedicated servers means no player mods, no player maps, no organized competitive play, no clan servers, etc., and strips away what makes PC gaming different from console gaming. Many vocal gamers have canceled their pre-orders, and a petition to reverse this decision is already past 86,000 signatures."

Comments

Hell hath no fury

[MrMista_B]

Hell hath no fury like a gamer scorned.

Battlefield

[Picardo85]

For the sake of the further growth of the battlefield community i surely hope they don't introduce a serverbrowser nor dedicated servers :) That'd give DICE such an advantage on the PC.

Re:Battlefield

[Blakey Rat]

So you're going to switch to DICE and EA?! DICE, who makes legendarily buggy games? EA who would gladly kick your grandma for a buck?

Oh yah, much better option.