OXM - Activision has put together a little guide to getting rid of multiplayer lag in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Come back, Bobby Kotick - all is forgiven. Well, except for the whole Big Bad Corporation shtick.
Activision has published a new patent that wants to create NPCs capable of reacting with AI-generated audio and animations in games.
Have people forgotten that the 'A' in 'AI' stands for ARTIFICIAL? As in not real, as in the opposite of realism? AI-Generated content is the opposite of realism.
Microsoft and Activision have announced a AA-focused splinter team, making Tango Gameworks' closure baffling.
Yea let’s shut down a AA studio that just put out a great game and open another AA studio out of nowhere. I swear Microsoft never make any sense.
Microsoft constantly talks about creating new studios but most of their titles end up coming from studios they just threw money at 🤷♂️
Remember when they hyped The Initiative as their Naughty Dog? It's been 6 years and we've seen a trailer....
Bottom line is the Xbox part of Microsoft is in a helluva mess. The pivots are snapping ankles.
Obviously the team that remained after so many left didn't meet the needs of MSFT. A new team is not unusual for new projects. Some of the old team moved on internally and we do not know where they all went. The resources elsewhere that were freed up could likely have even been a part what spun up this new studio. Resources move. Just not in Tango Austin anymore.
Employees from King and other parts of Activision have formed a new team within the Blizzard umbrella.
HELL YEAH!!!
According to rumors, Playground just formed its third studio and Obsidian is already working on it´s third unannounced upcoming game!
Just bring the games!
Lag compensation system "build into" the game and lack of dedicated servers makes this whole article invalid !
I play online everyday and don't experience lag. What's my secret? I don't play Black Ops 2
Black Ops I KD Ratio 1.57
MW3 KD Ratio 1.44
Black Ops II KD Ratio .77
I don't know what Treyarch changed but they really f'ed things up. I even connected my xbox directly to my cable modem to no avail.
21.50 Mbps Download
7.05 Mbps Up
I really like what 343 has done with Halo 4. It looks like I'm going to get my multiplayer fix there instead.
LB
To stop lag..stop playing and relax lolz
"Disable any firewall or security features on your router [...] place your [console] into the DMZ"
Um, no? I like my home network and console secure thanks...
How to stop Black Ops 2 lagging:
Step 1. Eject Black Ops 2
Step 2. (Optional) Insert Battlefield 3 and enjoy yourself