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John Carmack Says No Dedicated Servers For Rage

AndrewDBarker writes "Modern Warfare 2 will use a matchmaking setup powered by IWNet for online play (as we've discussed). It's too early to say what Rage will use, but Carmack indicated he believed the servers are something of a remnant of the early days of PC gaming. That said, he realizes the affinity many PC gamers have for them — and is glad Rage won't be leading the charge away from them. 'The great thing is we won't have to be a pioneer on that,' he says. 'We'll see how it works out for everyone else.'"

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  1. Re:A remnant? by Stormwatch · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think you are mistaken. There was no game called Doom 3. There was, however, a tech demo by that name...

  2. Re:Glad to see he's not charging forward by RiotingPacifist · · Score: 2, Funny

    screenshot of doom4(uses raytracing)

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  3. Re:Having no dedicated servers is a bad idea by DavoMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Personally, I think that the big companies will find any way they can to charge you 2 cents every time you push 'start'. And then someone will think of the idea to charge you one cent to press 'stop'.

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