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CoD: Black Ops To Get Dedicated Game Servers

Posted by Soulskill on from the that's-dedication dept.

roh2cool writes "The seventh Call of Duty game is being planned, and it has been dubbed Call of Duty: Black Ops. This game will be developed by Treyarch instead of Infinity Ward. Mark Lamia, Treyarch studio head, confirmed with CVG that in CoD: Black Ops, players will get dedicated game servers for the PC version of the game. Finally, PC gamers will get a chance to rejoice."

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  1. To bad. by Dyinobal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To bad I won't be buying from this franchise again. They already screwed themselves over with COD MW2, and I've no faith that activision won't pull some douche move later on after they release the game.

    1. Re:To bad. by zwei2stein · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Oh, REALLY!? Not playing game on principle, eh? Not buying games from evil publisher, eh?

      It sounds like ... boycotting. Which kinda does not work at all: http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6062/1258035395841.jpg

      It is not like nerd tears matter because they dry when *shiny* becomes available.

      --
      -- Technology for the sake of technology is as pathetic as eschewing technology because it's technology.
  2. Good job people by aceofspades1217 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I know that I am one of many people who decided not to buy the last game because taking dedicated servers out of the game basically took out one of the few advantages out of playing a PC game. The reason I prefer PC games when it comes to online first person shooters is because
    1. A mouse is just better suited for an FPS.
    2. I have a really good PC that I painstakingly built myself.
    3. Because of the sense of community you get from going to same server over and over and playing with the same people.

    Without a sense of community a game gets boring after a while and it is just the same cycle over and over again. I have joined a few clans but even when I didn't join the server's clan it was still fun to have a loose connection to the regulars on a server.

    I play most non-FPSs on my xbox now in days, but you just can't take the PC away when it comes to FPSs.

    Good job voting with your wallet everybody.

  3. A better question would be... by Whatsmynickname · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...does this game allow LAN play? This may follow the same model as Battlefield Bad Company 2 where they say "we have dedicated game servers", but too bad ALL servers are hosted on THEIR hardware ONLY and no LAN play...