Pedro Hernandez writes:
oday's launch of Titanfall, a major title for the Xbox One console (also available for Windows PCs and on the Xbox 360 later this month), is not only a big milestone for Microsoft's latest video game machine, it will also test the mettle of the company's Windows Azure cloud computing platform.
Although Titanfall is developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by video game giant EA, Microsoft is providing the cloud servers that power the multiplayer, first-person shooter's AI combatants. It's a tactic that frees up local computing resources, enabling the game to deliver a fluid, fast-paced experience that has won raves from the gaming press and helped the game score generally favorable reviews.
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Diablo 4 seemingly lacks Xbox achievements support on Game Pass. It will also require you to install Battle.net to play.
Lacks Xbox Achievement support? If I played on Xbox this would infuriate me. Surely it's just an error and will be rectified shortly? If they only allow Battle.net's own crappy achievements then Xbox fans need to kick up a fuss about this. I mean Microsoft own the developer.
28ms with no issues connecting or finding a match..
No complaints so far.. They've been rock solid
To be honest, its too early to be gauging the value of their cloud servers.
MS never should have made immediate claims. No one should be expecting out of it within the first year. Six months at the least.
It will be nice to see how the cloud can add different elements - I'm still unsure what is actually possible through the cloud though.. Maybe Titanfall can give us some good examples. Of course I'm playing on PC - do we get cloud too? XD
thats one thing i can say. those servers are fast and hearty!!! lol