The omission of dedicated servers in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was easily one of the biggest disappointments for PC gamers in 2009. It is still a great online multiplayer game without dedicated servers, but therein lays the tragedy. Dedicated servers would have made for a more user friendly experience, with lower latencies, increased stability and less bandwidth consumption.
A recent interview posted on mapmodnews claims that the next Call of Duty game will return to using dedicated servers, just like every other Call of Duty Game before MW2.
More CoD 7 info (the short version)
– Call of Duty 7: Black Ops will be released in November 2010.
– Activision has hinted that players will be taken to Cuba and South America.
– Players will step into the boots of an SAS soldier, and will be involved in a mission which took place in the Iranian Embassy in the 1980s.
– Activision has hinted that Zombie mode will return.
Interview excerpt (the long version)
“… With a scheduled release date of November 2010 the game is still in full development but undisclosed sources over at Activision have stated that “Call of Duty 7 will be set in recent history, between WWII and present day”. Besides this information the sources have also confirmed that some missions will take us to Cuba and South America, hinting again in the direction of a Cold War / Vietnam based game.
Also revealed was that in certain missions the players are able to play as a member of SAS (the Special Air Service), the principle special forces unit of the British Army. One of these SAS missions pitches you in close combat during a mission in the Iranian embassy in London during the 1980’s.
It has also been confirmed that Call of Duty 7: Black Ops will feature the popular zombie mode, in which players get to shoot down hordes of zombies, a feature that could not be seen in the Infinity Ward produced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
And last but not least, dedicated servers will also be part of the new Call of Duty game, much to the delight of PC gamers across the world. After Activision fired Vince Zampella and Jason West from Infinity Ward, it seems like they are taking yet another step back from the direction they had taken with Modern Warfare 2 by re-adding dedicated servers.”
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