Modern Warfare 2 PC: no dedicated servers, mods

Posted Oct 18, 2009 at 12:48AM by Mabie A. Listed in: Xbox 360, PS3, PC Gaming Tags: Infinity Ward, Robert Bowling
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We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there will be NO dedicated servers or mods for the PC version of Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 (also on PS3, Xbox 360). Community Manager Robert Bowling, aka fourzerotwo, said so himself in a podcast.

Modern Warfare 2 - Image 1 


It's not just the dedicated servers or mods that'll be missing from your MW2 fix. Said Bowling, there will also be no server lists and matchmaking features. They've got a lot of explaining to do, so why don't you hear out what he has to say for yourself by checking out the podcast linked below. You'd want to jump to the 1 hour 41 minutes mark for the relevant portion.

In the meantime -- take this as a bone thrown your way or what -- but here's a new batch of screens from the yet-unnamed new Multiplayer map that's coming.

Modern Warfare 2 - Image 1 Modern Warfare 2 - Image 2 Modern Warfare 2 - Image 3 
Modern Warfare 2 - Image 4 Modern Warfare 2 - Image 5 Modern Warfare 2 - Image 6 
Modern Warfare 2 - Image 7 




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Comments [refresh]

by fearlubu - 2009-10-17 20:42
» wow

how f***ing stupid IW

by Ezekial - 2009-10-17 22:28
» This is no gonna happen

This will kill any form of competitive clan matches and kill the game.



Seeing you can have a clan prefix this is obviously misunderstood information.

by auronvi - 2009-10-17 23:36
» That made an easy decision...

My uncle asked me if I wanted to get it on PC to play with him...



Now I think I'm gonna tell him to get the 360 copy. They probably won't even support the PC version with patches from the sound of it.

by Bountyhunter53 - 2009-10-18 01:48
» Hmm.....

So no more cracked servers. Exploit number one got patched.

by RexNox - 2009-10-18 01:55
» At one time...

IW said that over 40% of the people on the multi-player were playing a cracked versions of the game. This was a year or so ago, so I'm guess there's even more now (as people practice for the new one). No use of putting money into something that people didn't pay for. BTW, think this through, unless put zero security on their servers, the people who reverse engineered the game, also know what ports may be open on your computer.

by mupet0000 - 2009-10-18 04:15
» WOW

I just cancelled my pre-order. This is horrible news.

by Musev - 2009-10-18 05:49
» ...

Why? call of duty is a console game now.

thats where the money is, nothing wrong with it.



Pc gaming reached its peak at the end of the last console gen.. its on a fast track downwards now



thank micro*****s

by vizard00 - 2009-10-18 19:13
» lol , iw easy

dedicated servers and players made this game known and played and IW answer by banning 1000s of gamers just for comercial things .



IW think they are big and thik pad players will make them 1st another time , wrong pad players played COD 4 just bcz they saw how PC players enjoyed the game , and FPS game without clan will dead in no time so all the serie will dead including the console version .



Call of duty without open Multiplayer will dead

by Popson - 2009-10-18 21:16
» ..

I think I'm going to change my preorder to the PS3 version now.

by Cyric78 - 2009-10-19 09:17
» Way to shoot yourself...

Well, you watch as the PC version flops now, as everyone cancels their pre-orders, and no one who is in a clan/squad purchases the game.

by HunterXyron1134 - 2009-10-19 14:34
» OMGLOLZ

Well there goes my preorder. Im not even sure Im going to switch to the 360 now.



If they dont explain why the heck they dropped dedicated servers, besides "it stoppes piracy" then im just not going to buy it at all and stick to playing COD4 with my clan.



Suck on that IW.

by vizard00 - 2009-10-19 23:04
» IW insult COD clans and teams

ill play COD 4 this year too , IW think wold wide players are noobs , but its ok , also removing dedicated servers is a insult to all COD comunity and clans and teams .

by vizard00 - 2009-10-19 23:10
» lol

Also IW admited that they used some comunity maps on their next COD a maps brouth by MODS and now they said No Mods how does guys who developed independently to make this serie celebre will feel now , greedy IW .



the guys who work on IW now started by MODs how they can now prevent players to be creative too .



WOW im blowed

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