Call Of Duty 7 Will Feature Dedicated Servers

The debacle surrounding IWNet dropping dedicated servers was certainly one of the biggest news stories last year.

The announcement which meant players had to play on IWNet caused outrage amongst PC gamers when Infinity Ward's community manger, Robert Bowling insisted it allowed the publisher to support the PC audience better.

This is not the case with Call of Duty 7: World at War 2/Black Ops/Vietnam, or whatever the heck it's going to be called.

[TheHater]

Is it me, or is IW getting open each here

[Government Cheese]

Yet the console version will still have only p2p. Yay.

[evrfighter]

meh. CoD needs to be a console only game. I'm 100% sure I won't be buying another one.

[memots]

I don't think so Activision.

I won't get suckered in like millions of peoples.

[PotNoodle]

Call of duty is pretty much just a console game now, i've just been gifted MW2 on steam, and it still feels like a console game and doesn't fit in at all.

But, i don't think the franchise should ever be taken away from the PC, as it was that audience that brought it to where it is today, it became popular thanks to the PC and even if the quality does decline, i still think there will be fans of the series that will want to enjoy it on the PC.

[sid4gamerfreak]

Yes, good move for the devs unlike infinity ward who has lost all my respect. But if this game is a revamp of the other cod games then its a no-no for me.

[darkmurder]

Bleh and let me guess, you give it to the guys who care about PC but its in a boring setting. sigh ...

[Pandamobile]

Good choice, but there's so much stuff I desparately want coming out in Q4 (Portal 2, Crysis 2, MOH, etc) that I probably won't even consider picking up a COD game.

[kaveti6616]

Yeah, but being a PC gamer means you will be paying substantially less for your games than I will. I doubt it's a money issue. :)

[Pandamobile]

But it's a time issue :)

If they revamp the Crysis 2 multiplayer so that it's better than the first, that coupled with MOH, Brink, Portal 2 will keep my multiplayer palette satisfied for a long time.

[champ21]

I dont think i will be picking up another COD title, unless its a complete revamp with a new engine. Sorry but i am tired of the same recycled crap.

[DiffusionE]

I'm all for Treyarch making a good game. I just wish it wasn't under the supervision of Bobby Kotick and his minions. And I wish they were given the freedom to make a new IP rather than just keep churning out a new COD game every 2 years.

BTW I'm,pretty sure the decision to remove dedicated servers and port the game from consoles to PC for MW2 was made by IW themselves and not by Activision as many gamers believe. Which means IW are as much the guilty party as Activision in this whole controversy. Now, a couple of IW heads get fired and suddenly IW are the good guys again? What the hell. Getting fired doesn't excuse them from the disrespect they had shown us with MW2. If anything, I'd say "Serves em' right".

[Lionhead]

w00t?

[Chnswdchldrn]

is the level that my respect is now for Treyarch

continue giving IW the finger, be the better developers!

[mauleriscool]

probably wasn't treyarch's call. I'm pretty sure they would love to just port iwnet peer to peer system to save a few days of work.

[NEWSWATCHERS]

They have a team just dedicated for PC, so if they include ded servers, it cant be that hard because all they have to do is port the W@W ded code in the next game and there done!

And if they dont have a new engine or at least use the COD3 engine I wont buy this game, COD4 engine has been use WAY too long.

[EL Lanf]

Even with dedicated servers, I'm not sure if my trust in the COD series can even be regained. MW2 PC was a severe kick in the balls for PC gamers (and for the UK). I doubt they'll lower the price point to the norm either.

Not to mention that I never liked the treyarch games much, even if MW2 looked way too OTT for me (from observation, I'm one of the few guys who stuck true to the boycott, it seems).

I'm also weary about what they would pull with DRM,though activision isn't the most infamous about it, I wouldn't be surprised if its heavily controversial.

[Ravenor]

You aren't the only one who stuck true to the boycott, I have to admit I was extremely disappointed when I saw how many people picked up this pile of crap (MW2) for the PC. I borrowed MW2 for the 360 and the PS3, I felt I needed to play the game before I could speak on it.

-Maps...are bad, if not terrible.

-Weapons...are bad (Dual wielding and a lot of the RPG type weapons don't really need to be in the game, where are the vehicles?)

-Perks...are just plain silly. (No one has cold blood)

-Attachments...The thermal scope is basically glow skins, gg IW.

Dedicated servers or not, Treyarch has got a lot to prove before I give them my money. That doesn't necessarily mean I want a new engine, but I would like to see CoD's gameplay evolve a little.

[ATi_Elite]

you can loose and find things but to loose trust is to never find it again.

F*ck you Activision and Infinity Ward as you blatantly spat in the faces of PC gamers, you know the ones, the ones that made Call of Duty the monster it is today.

Your IP is dead and only No0bs and 12 year olds play it. You may sell some copies but no one respects it. When no one is left to answer the Call of Duty and your going bankrupt and trying out a new IP for survival, PC gamers will not support you.

So take you IWnet and console port along with it's lame as single player and go have a glitch and haxor fest some where else.

I Exclusively from here on out play Battlefield Bad Company 2 as DICE is the only choice for serious military online FPS.

[haqshot]

Speak for yourself and not for others.

1) "Your IP is dead". Haha? Despite a few vocal virgins on n4g, most of the world is ravenously playing MW2 and will trade their kidney for the next CoD.

2) "Only No0bs and 12 year olds play it". Because Battlefield is for the hardcore only. Try playing a game that takes real skill, like counter-strike. Anyone can hop in a tank and fire explosives at infantry. Noob.

3) "PC gamers will not support you". Well, seeing as how PC gamer's primary complaint was the lack of dedicated servers, their main issue has been resolved. Not playing the next game merely because the previous didn't have what they wanted would be rather juvenile. I mean, Killzone sucked so maybe I shouldn't play Killzone 2 out of principle?

[Ravenor]

I wouldn't really compare CS to BC2, if anything be angry with the kids who think CoD is on par with CS skill wise.

[TrailerParkSupervisr]

I don't care if they offer dedicated reach arounds, I'm not buying another game from them, period.

[dan_chan89]

i don't understand why they didn't have dedicated servers in mw2, highest grossing game and they're to cheap to provide servers? pathetic.

[NotSoSilentBob]

They say this now but only time will tell if they follow threw with their word. After what Activision/IW pulled with MW2 I wouldn't put any stake in what they say will happen.

[dirthurts]

You should have listened to your fans the first time around. They're not fans anymore. You have alienated your fan base. People don't forget this crap.

[Jumper09]

people still care about CoD?

[jjesso1993]

cod is the worst thing thats happen to gaming this gen its lowered people standards so much. i dont understand how so many people play glitched noob fest kiddy filled online game.

[Shaka2K6]

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[Pandamobile]

Welcome to 1996 Quake had dedicated servers.

[sashimi]

They say that now...but they'll just take it away right before releasing it and again give us bullsh!t reasons.

[buddman]

Deja-Vu - heard it all before..... dedicated my big sweaty crackpiece

[dkgshiz]

Dedicated servers dont mean anything when the game is most likely going to be buggy and awful.