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Section 8: Prejudice Brings Dedicated Servers To The Xbox 360

3:50AM April 26, 2011 | Mike Fahey

TimeGate Studios’ downloadable first-person shooter Section 8: Prejudice becomes the first Xbox 360 game to allow players to rent dedicated PC-hosted game servers. Fully configurable ranked and unranked servers for up to 32 players are now available through GameServers.com. More »


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Local Aussie Servers For Homefront

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5:00PM October 26, 2010 | Mark Serrels

With news of Blizzard’s issues with local servers still fresh in our minds, it’s a bit of a relief to hear that THQ and Kaos Studios are doing the right thing by Australians, commiting to providing dedicated multiplayer servers in Australia for their upcoming title Homefront. More »


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New Site Petitions Black Ops Server Monopoly

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1:00PM September 14, 2010 | Junglist

In an effort to show Activision and Treyarch just how popular the idea of a server monopoly is amongst competitive PC gamers, a petition site has sprung up at FixBlackOps.com. More »


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Call Of Duty: Black Ops Will Have Just One Dedicated Server Option

3:00AM September 13, 2010 | Owen Good

Stung by PC gamer outrage over the lack of dedicated server support in Modern Warfare 2, Activision has responded with something they’ll appreciate about as little: An exclusive deal making GameServers.com the only dedicated server option for Black Ops. More »


In Real Life

Dancing Man is the New Angry Hitler

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9:09AM July 9, 2010 | Junglist

He’s the yin to Angry Hitler’s yang. We’ll probably find out a lot more about this enthusiastic chap in the next few months. In this chronicle, we discover Dancing Man is an avid Call of Duty player. More »


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Command & Conquer 4: No LAN Or Dedicated Servers Either

10:30AM February 21, 2010 | Owen Good

I suppose at some point this will cease to be news, but the franchises that made LAN gaming great continue to turn their back on it, providing a long slow obituary for the service. Command & Conquer is the latest. More »


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Dedicated Server For Aliens Vs. Predator Coming Soon

1:30PM February 17, 2010 | Owen Good

Aliens vs. Predator released today, and PC players are stuck with peer-to-peer matchmaking for a little longer while Rebellion gets a dedicated server ready “in the next few days,” according to the studio. More »


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No LAN Or Dedicated Servers For BioShock 2 Multiplayer

1:30PM January 28, 2010 | Owen Good

How dare 2K Games turn its back on the PC multiplayer community that made BioShock … oh … uh … that’s right. Well, they confirmed that BioShock 2 won’t support LAN gaming or dedicated servers anyway. More »


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DICE Says It Won’t Profit Off Rented Servers For BFBC2

10:30AM January 17, 2010 | Owen Good

During the Modern Warfare 2 no-dedicated servers controversy, DICE was quick to say they would be supported in PC versions of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Well, with one exception: Players would have to rent them, rather than build their own. More »


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Then Vs Now: Infinity Ward On Dedicated Servers, Mods In 2007

4:30PM November 24, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

How time changes men. In 2007, Infinity Ward were gushing over the important things in Call of Duty 4 PC, like dedicated servers, “fat pipes” and the involvement of the mod scene. Wonder what, in the intervening years, has changed? More »