dedicated servers
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How Dedicated Servers Are Keeping Games And Their Communities Alive
We have a lot to thank dedicated servers for. The way it usually goes with most online multiplayer games is the following: The person who starts the game becomes the ‘host’ as well as being a ‘client’ like every other player who’s also involved in that particular session. The problem is, if the client-host has…
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Overwatch Will Have Custom Games, Dedicated Servers And A Spectator Mode, But No Private Servers
There are certain expectations and demands upheld for first-person shooters that don’t necessarily apply to real-time strategy and MMOs. Blizzard are learning those the hard way with Overwatch, their first venture into the genre. But during a trip to the Blizzard offices, game director Jeff Kaplan confirmed that while Blizzard are still staying true to…
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Section 8: Prejudice Brings Dedicated Servers To The Xbox 360
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.
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Dancing Man is the New Angry Hitler
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.