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Rebellion Vows Dedicated Servers For Alien Vs. Predator

12:00PM Owen Good | You might recall last month that David Brickley, a Rebellion senior producer, was asked directly, three times, to confirm dedicated server support in Alien vs. Predator, and wouldn’t say yes or no. The studio’s chief now officially confirms its presence. More »
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Vid Yanked Off Infinity Ward Channel — On Modder’s Takedown Notice

1:00PM Owen Good | The displeasure directed by some in the Modern Warfare 2 PC community toward Infinity Ward isn’t limited to petitions. This weekend, YouTube removed a video Infinity posted to its channel after a modder filed a DMCA takedown notice. More »
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What To Play While Boycotting Modern Warfare 2

4:00AM Mike Fahey | Yes, we understand that you’ll be boycotting Modern Warfare 2 because you want dedicated servers and feel Infinity Ward isn’t listening to you anymore. What will you be playing instead? Here are several suggestions. More »
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id: Probably No Dedicated Servers For Rage

2:00PM Owen Good | id Software’s John Carmack is mindful of the anger over Modern Warfare 2 dropping dedicated server support. That’s why he’s glad Infinity Ward is going first, because he plans to do the same thing with Rage. More »
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Dedication To Dedicated Servers Earns EA At Least 60 Bucks

9:00AM Stephen Totilo | As seen on the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 blog, where, I’ll guess, the redacted words include “Infinity” and “Ward”.
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Dedicated Servers Not Likely For Aliens Vs. Predator, Either

8:00PM Owen Good | Modern Warfare 2, of course, done stepped in it with the dedicated-server thing. CVG talked with a producer and got less-than-assuring answers that Alien vs. Predator PC will support dedicated boxes, too. More »
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Modern Warfare 2 Server Petition *Sigh* At 21,000 Sigs And Counting

7:00AM Owen Good | Online petitions ain’t worth much to me – just once, I’d like to see someone with a clipboard outside a GameStop doing this in person. But on some topics they’re meaningful, like the Infinity Ward/dedicated server fiasco that broke yesterday. More »
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DICE Makes Hay With Dedicated Server Controversy

4:00AM Owen Good | Earlier this morning, the executive producer for the Battlefield franchise tweaked Call of Duty over Infinity Ward ending dedicated server support, “confirming” that, yes, dedicated server support is “a given” in Battlefield titles. More »