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Call of Duty: Ghosts to use dedicated servers on Xbox One, new “Blitz” game type revealed

Gamescom 2013: Call of Duty: Ghosts to use dedicated servers on Xbox One, new “Blitz” game type revealed

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drsfinest723930d ago

No dedicated servers for pc or ps4? Man they should of live stream all this..

GamingWithMack3930d ago

Not known if exclusive to Xbox One yet. Probably not.

magzter3930d ago

One of the big announcements about Xbox Gold on the X1 was Microsoft providing dedicated servers for games.

trafalger3930d ago

it wouldnt be exclusive, the problem is sony does not provide servers to 3rd party publishers. at least they never did in the past. call of duty used demonware on the ps3 which is why when call of duty launches on the ps3 there are more issues than we see on the x360. thats because on the x360 its handled on m$ end. activision has to guess how much demand is on the ps3 whereas m$ takes care of all that. now that m$ is going to have 300,000 servers around the globe expect that gap to increase which is why sony is now charging to play online. m$ has invested billions of dollars into their online structure.

van-essa3930d ago

It's not XB1 exclusive (at least I don't think so), they would be screaming it from every rooftop if it were the case. Come on people get real, expect Sony to reveal the same later during their conference.

Kingdom Come3929d ago

Microsoft are openly handing Dedicated Server's to First and Third-Party developers, as to ensure the X1 Version of games have the greater online experience.

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Kingthrash3603930d ago

I had the same thought.....I really doubt it.

Gazondaily3930d ago

Yeah I doubt the PS4 version won't have dedicated servers.

I'm glad P2P is fast becoming a thing of the past now. Finally!

Blackdeath_6633930d ago

WTF???!!! i don't get it what is the point of Xbox one's "Advanced matchmaking" using the "power of the cloud" when most next gen games are using dedicated servers?

PtRoLLFacE3930d ago

Blackdeath_663
lol dedicated servers are provided by the cloud moron

_FantasmA_3929d ago

They just say they have TrueSkill matchmaking or some BS so people will be tricked into thinking that they are getting their money's worth. I always used to get put on bad teams on Gears and Halo. True Skill my ass, more like True Lies.

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Wizziokid3930d ago

"No dedicated servers for pc or ps4?"

Where does it say that?

JackStraw3930d ago

apparently you don't understand question marks.

B-radical3930d ago

It does seem alot of next gen games are going dedicated servers

gazgriff2k123930d ago

dedicated servers are not a magic fix. ask pc players what they think of cod's netcode

sorane3930d ago

I'm a pc player and I can't remember one time since cod4 where I have experienced lag or anything in a CoD game I own. Granted I don't play the game a whole lot, but I can't remember having any problems at all.

famoussasjohn3930d ago

They'll probably say more stuff for servers on PC later, they usually don't have details to share until the last month or so until launch.

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Kingthrash3603930d ago

more cod news!!!!!! sooo last year...
jokes aside dedicated severs for cod now....they are really trying to catch bf....is it just me...im really unimpressed with ghosts.....I thought with new consoles they would wow me....they didnt....bf4 for me this year...cod after

CerebralAssassin3930d ago

They are both launch day purchases for me. I dont need to pick. Luckily.

drsfinest723930d ago

They did dedicated servers for gears and they forced you to buy a dlc for it. I bet they are going to force some sort of dlc just so you could get didicated servers

tokugawa3930d ago

What are you talking about????????? I dont remember anyone forcing me to buy dlcto play gears on-line

smh

lastofgen3930d ago

lol what??
I never purchased dlc to have access to gears dedicated servers... what are you talking about? :/

DARK WITNESS3930d ago

when gears 3 launched it had Dedicated servers out the door, but also some games were played P2P, like if the servers were down or whatever.

Then they changed it so only people who downloaded a particular dlc would play on the servers and if you didn't you played P2P.

There was never a problem playing online but to get on the servers you needed the dlc basically. although if I remember right I think TD could still be played on servers , but you needed the dlc for any of the other game modes

famoussasjohn3930d ago

What? Could you at least attempt to troll decently?

TheKingWilliamV3930d ago

OMG!!! Yes dedicated servers great news Microsoft now keep up the good work at Gamescon.

(prepares flame shield)

tokugawa3930d ago

Dedicated servers for cod.... I will now buy this.

If this is a microsoft exclusive thing. Then they should start shouting it

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Microsoft to Add Copilot AI to Video Games

Microsoft recently revealed its plans to incorporate Copilot directly into video games, with Minecraft being the first showcased example.

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Fishy Fingers3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

F*** AI

"Hey Copilot, what's a good meme to prove I dislike AI".... https://giphy.com/clips/sou...

Einhander19723d ago

Two trillion dollar company that just can't wait to put as many people possible out of work as fast as possible.

It feels like every single thing they do is making gaming worse and destroying the industry.

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darthv723d ago

....you know it takes people to program the AI.... right? It isnt like it is sentient. We haven't reach skynet level of situation or anywhere close to the matrix just yet.

That's next Thursday.

Einhander19722d ago (Edited 2d ago )

It takes a people to program the AI then that AI is used for who knows how many games eliminating countless jobs which only grows as AI is used for more and more game creation functions.

What you're saying is so ridiculously short sighted and truly larking any kind of understanding and foresight.

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CaptainFaisal3d ago

Why all the hate? Im actually excited about this! Always wanted this kind of immersion, and an AI companion with me all the time helping me out knowing the status of my skills/inventory/progress and giving me tips on the best approach or how to craft something specific is game changing for the industry.

Hate all you want about AI, but this is just the start and I can see the potential already. You wont be complaining in the next 5-10 years about this, but rather complain if a game hasn’t implemented it.

MrDead3d ago

Yes we can't wait for the work of others to be used without the need to pay them so that MS can profit even more from the people they fire.

I_am_Batman3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

There is no chance I'd ever use something like this, especially if it's not part of the core game design, but a layer on top of it. It's way too much handholding. Many games already feel like busy work, because they don't let the player figure things out on their own. Having a real-time interactive guide defeats the purpose of playing the game in the first place in my opinion.

If this were to become the standard like you predict, we'll see more and more video games get away with bad design, because people will just be used to ask for help from the AI companion anyway.

Number1TailzFan3d ago

Well Nintendo don't need this with some of their games these days, with invincible characters, items, easy bosses etc.. they do the hand holding built in

helicoptergirl3d ago

Takes "hand holding" in games to a whole new level.

BlackDoomAx2d ago

Because human nature xD Almost every new technology had these kind of comments.

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Activision team is opening a new game studio in Poland 'Elsewhere Entertainment' to build new AAA IP

Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.

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Psychonaut857d ago

They’re not working on Call of Duty? Give it time.

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Microsoft's quest for short-term $$$ is doing long-term damage to Windows, Surface, Xbox, and beyond

Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.

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Brazz9d ago

"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "

Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.

Xeofate9d ago

"Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware."

It's for the best.

Quit stringing along xbox fans and screwing over PlayStation owners.

crazyCoconuts9d ago

Take good care of those Xboxes if you have 'em ...

outsider16249d ago

An Xbox game on a Playstation. Never in my years of gaming did i ever thought this was gonna happen.

jznrpg8d ago

It is dying anyway so doesn’t make much of a difference

VersusDMC8d ago

No way can they get rid of the hardware as probably 90% of game pass subscribers are hardware users.

Highly doubtful those users will move to PC or Cloud to subscribe there and the competition (Sony and Nin) will never have gamepass on their system.

If they want to keep the current subscribers, they need to keep releasing new hardware.

PSPSA8d ago

I'm not convinced, why then announce that they're actually working on the next-generation Xbox with “the largest technical leap”, and also looking into handhelds now?

Rols8d ago

Not like MS don’t drop things a hot potato if it is not performing. Look at MS history to see products or platforms discontinued. Xbox is not a charity for MS, it needs to make money and the ABK was the last roll of the dice for Xbox.

purple1018d ago

Xbox hardware team members have been incorporated into surface team

This perhaps shows they are not expecting big things from Xbox as a separate entity

Abear218d ago

Seems like they are planning to win next gen. All the acquisitions were this generation and nobody except Xbox fans expect games from the acquisitions any time soon.

I’m sure Microsoft can afford to lose money on the short term, pretty sure they do risk assessment when acquiring many companies and spending billions, they’ll be fine lol.

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gold_drake9d ago

i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.

but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.

S2Killinit9d ago

They wont kill it, but they will go fully PC while keeping xbox as a brand, and go multiplatform for the most part. They will also work tirelessly to diminish console gaming’s importance.

PRIMORDUS9d ago

It would be best if Xbox goes the way of Sega, just make and publish games. I know I myself will not support them at all with buying games from them, you all can. 🙃

ChasterMies8d ago

The Xbox brand will live for the games. I don’t expect Microsoft to entirely drop out of gaming hardware. They make Surface tablets and laptops. They’ll make Xbox branded hardware for those that want it.

shadowT9d ago

"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"

Forza and Starfield next?

Skuletor9d ago

Starfield would be no surprise and there's the rumor that it will come to Playstation after the Shattered Space DLC, Forza (along with Halo and Gears of War) I find less likely but I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually end up on PlayStation too, especially if Xbox give up on hardware and go the Sega route.

shinoff21839d ago

Not to worried about forza. I'd rather see others like what inxile and obsidian are working on. Starfield sounds like it needs more time in the oven so let it cook first imo. If starfield and it's a small if does release on ps it'll be in the fall around the time for dlc or right at the dlc and come packaged with it.

-Foxtrot9d ago

In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year

“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"

S2Killinit9d ago

Yup. MS are a cancer to console gaming.

Aloymetal9d ago

100%!!
I wonder what happened to that dude that was always here posting those court articles with cartoons about MS spending all those billions in studios. He suddenly disappeared, I guess he doesn't like bad news when the green brand is in trouble. No new articles from him as of late...

PRIMORDUS9d ago

Yup, and it's only going to keep spreading.

Outside_ofthe_Box9d ago

Phil Spencer's words always comes back to bite him lol

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