Call of Duty

By ozrow Multiplayer Conclusion is that it has its good points, and it has it bad points. Good points being how they have made the whole multiplayer thing more exciting in the ranks. But the HUGE downfall is obviously the bottleneck in dedicated servers and laggy multiplayer games.

By Owen Good News that Infinity Ward was dropping dedicated server support in favor of everyone playing online through its new matchmaking service IWNet touched, off, predictably, a petition-fueled backlash from a PC community that had long used dedicated servers to play Call of Duty games. Carma...

By larch It has recently come to light that Infinity Ward is removing dedicated server functionality from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. With dedicated servers and the server browser that comes with them replaced with custom-built matchmaking, PC gamers will have an online experience functio...

It's clear that the last words haven't been written about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. After the controverse surrounding the dropping of support for dedicated servers on PC and the rather dubious decision to implement an optional third person view, Infinity Ward now seems to not be afr...

Edge Online has an ultra-short quote (via Twitter) from Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling, stating only that they are aware of the online petition to bring dedicated servers back to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. (thanks EvilAvatar) fourzerotwo: Definitely made a big wave, and the respons...

By Griffin McElroy As is often the case with instances of internet democracy, it's impossible to know whether or not the petition will influence Infinity Ward to reverse its dedicated server policy. We've contacted IW's Robery Bowling to see if the petition has at least made a blip on the developer's sizabl...

By hx Following confirmation from Infinity Ward that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on PC will not feature support for dedicated servers, DICE executive producer KM Troedsson has hinted pretty heavily that Bad Company 2 will feature dedicated servers. backed dedicated servers. \uot;Dedic...

Fans of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 are pissed and petitioning after finding out that MW2 will...

By Owen Good Especially when the petition registers 20,000 in just a little more than a day since the news hit. The petition's short and sweet: "Get Infinity Ward to review their decision not to allow fully dedicated servers for their forthcoming game release CoD:MW2. Remember that this Call of Duty wa...

By Andrew Smith Other news regarding the game’s PC release has come from the interview, with the confirmation of Prestige mode – missing from Call of Duty 4 – and the usage of Valve’s VAC (Valve Anti-Cheat) system instead of PunkBuster. This suggests that retail purchases will be tied to Steam. (The game is...