In a move that’s sure to result in a lot of cancelled pre-orders for games that probably weren’t actually pre-orders and a lot of internet-based raging about “consolification”, publishers only being in it for the cash, and the imminent death of PC gaming (etc.), Ubisoft has confirmed that Far Cry 3 on PC won’t support dedicated servers for online multiplayer.<\/p>\n
The news comes out of Ubisoft’s official forums<\/a>, where community manager MSV-Vextor dropped the controversy-bomb.<\/p>\n “The online experience does not support dedicated servers,” he said.<\/p>\n “Of course we are not trying to kill the pc community,” he later added in response to the inevitable avalanche of complaints. “We have simply decided on a different way of handling multiplayer. We weighed the different options against each other to see what worked best, and what we came up with worked very well even without DS’s [sic].”<\/p>\n It shouldn’t really come as a big shock to PC gamers because Far Cry 2 didn’t support dedicated servers either, but you know it will come as a shock anyway, just because.<\/p>\n Far Cry 3 is out next Friday, 30 November.<\/p>\n Check out more\u00a0Far Cry 3 coverage<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Big games of November 2012<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Far Cry 3: learning to adapt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Far Cry 3 pre-E3 trailer prepares you for insanity<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Far Cry 3 Insane Edition includes two hours of extra content, lots of goodies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Far Cry 3 gameplay trailer is a visual treat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nRelated articles:<\/h3>\n