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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Steam required and no more dedicated servers or mods - Video update

After the release of Modern Warfare 2 has been confirmed for November 10, new information has been released: The game won't run without Steam and furthermore there will be no more dedicated servers or support for modifications.

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Original article October 19, 2009
Instead of giving gamers the chance to create a dedicated server with individual rules, map rotations and mods, the developers decided to use the matchmaking application called IWNet. With this tool Infinity Wards wants to make sure that players with equal abilities are assigned to the same games. So called Private Matches are said to be allowed, but customization is still a big secret. Mod tools for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will not be available at first.

Users have already started a petition for dedicated servers in Modern Warfare 2. More than 50000 people have already signed this petition. Another petition that has been started directly in the Infinity Ward forum has been removed by the moderation. According to media reports the forums of the Modern Warfare 2 developer is in chaos already.

Nevertheless the petitions are unlikely to be successful since Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will already be released on November 10, 2009. Nevertheless one might ask why Infinity Ward did wait so long before releasing this piece of information. There are already rumors that people in charge feared a negative impact on the pre-order business or wanted to prevent endless discussions before the game is finally released.

What it could mean to PC gamers if Modern Warfare 2 comes without dedicated servers has been summed up by the website Dotdosh. We listed the most important points:
• Matchmaking issues (players can't choose servers freely anymore)
• Higher latencies (the player himself is the server)
• No more big games (because of high latencies and automatic matchmaking)
• More cheating (VAC does not have a good reputation)
• No more user created mods
• Map Packs and DLC will probably be charged
• No clan servers

What do you think about this? Use the comments to give your opinion.

Update: October 20, 2009
The news that Modern Warfare 2 won't support dedicated servers and mods has caused heated discussions all over the Internet. Some people have vented their anger about the decision in a quite creative way. On Youtube someone posted a video that shows a well known scene from the movie Der Untergang (Downfall) that has been assigned with new subtitles about the recent changes in Modern Warfare 2 politics.

More stories about Modern Warfare 2:
• Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2: Third Person mode confirmed
• Modern Warfare 2: System requirements revealed

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Author: Thilo Bayer (Oct 20, 2009)

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Ar.Pi	Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Steam required and no more dedicated servers or mods - Video update
Senior Member 16.11.2009 21:29	I didn't like the first MW MP and I just looked at couple of MW2 MP videos; there is absolute mess going on all over the screen. Can you remove all that Arcade style crap? Its cool as a mod, but it takes away from all the realism and concentration in MP, annoying SFX too. This is just not serious. Talking about console influence... I hope the next CSS won't be like this horsecrap.
Senior Member 16.11.2009 21:29

Ar.Pi

Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Steam required and no more dedicated servers or mods - Video update

Senior Member

29.10.2009 20:57

i'm sure PC gamer companies like EA

I was agreeing with you until you babbled this ridiculous thing. EA is a PC gamer company?

They used to be. Exactly as IW used to be. They came up with MoH and IW basically made a copy of that with CoD (although a good game). EA is been giving crap to PC gamers for quite a while now, just check to see what happened to EA sports, especially the FIFA franchise.

Big companies (which started as small PC developers) will almost always go multi-platform with bad support for PC or weak ports.

No matter though; small names will always emerge (Crytek, CD Projekt, and other foreign companies) to make great PC titles. They in turn will start making multiplatform as they grow big. And thus the great chain will keep on going

No worries. PC will always have great games.

Clausenlt

Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Steam required and no more dedicated servers or mods - Video update

Junior Member

28.10.2009 03:45

I think it is hilarious they claim the "Hardcore" gamer is the only one effected....classic double speak! Say the opposite of what you mean while claiming you mean the opposite of what you said!

I have news for Activision...the only reason I game is because of the friends in my clan I game with. When I am not gaming I run a business and SURF...in the ocean out of doors! I WILL NOT BE BUYING YOU CRAP GAME. To classify me as a nerd is so far out of touch with the reality of the PC gaming community as to be unfathomable.

I will not buy another IW game! IW, you would be wise to fix this massive screw up...no one in my clan...which is 10 years old...will be buying your piece of crap either!

Ar.Pi

Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Steam required and no more dedicated servers or mods - Video update

Senior Member

22.10.2009 16:58

Quote: (Originally Posted by Unregistered)

Steam isn't bad. Most people, including me, have no issues with Steam.
It's the other choices that keep us away of the game...

+1.

Indeed most Steam issues have long been fixed. (although i guess some still have problems).

Not only gamers will suffer, but also companies that rent servers.

Limiting people always gets them upset. Why limit just to steam? Its the same problem with DRM, you can get by, but its annoying, causing problems and inaccessible for many.

Ar.Pi

Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Steam required and no more dedicated servers or mods - Video update

Senior Member

21.10.2009 01:18

Quote: (Originally Posted by Unregistered)

Official response from IW: gameinformer.com/b/news/a...

They won't change anything, they say that the changes they mae only affect the hardcore gamers, while the casual ones that are the majority and they are their priority will enjoy the game more this way.

MAINSTREAM'D

Its funny how they think that it will improve something. Why not just add a matchmaking mod?

They do realize that those casual gamers they are talking about will have huge problems with lag and ping.

"We thought maybe it would be cool if the fans could play the game," - Jason West

Yeah, I thought so too.

Jud4shX	Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Steam required and no more dedicated servers or mods - Video update
Junior Member 21.10.2009 00:04	I will not buy it definetly... What a shame of marketing strategy.
Junior Member 21.10.2009 00:04

harshahorizon	Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Steam required and no more dedicated servers or mods - Video update
Senior Member 20.10.2009 15:29	oh snap..................this video is epic or what.**** was saying **ing console fanboys then cancel my pre-oder and those two Chicks were saying don't cry we still could play uncharted 2 oh man awesome stuff...................even guys at Activision would enjoy this.
Senior Member 20.10.2009 15:29

chizow

Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Steam required and no more dedicated servers or mods - Video update

Senior Member

20.10.2009 03:59

I'm looking forward to the changes and willing to give IW a shot. If they manage to leverage any of Blizzard's online B.net expertise it could be a change for the better. At worst, they just change it back to the way it was before with dedicated servers and the crappy server list system filled with spam and different colored caps and ASCII keys.

[COLOR="YellowGreen"]W3lC[COLOR="DarkOrange"]oM3[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]T0 )v([COLOR="Green"]oD[/COLOR]3rNw4RF4r3 [COLOR="DarkOrchid"]****2****[/COLOR] S3rV3r [/COLOR]#1029490022[COLOR="Red"]!1!!!1omgzElvenElevn!!!0n3!!!!!11[/COLOR]

Ar.Pi	Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Steam required and no more dedicated servers or mods - Video update
Senior Member 20.10.2009 03:45	Quote: (Originally Posted by TheWeasel) Bastards! Its like coming home with the woman of your dreams and finding her bra full of toilet paper. A. MW2 is hardly a dream game. B. You mean instead of boobs she has toilet paper? or just toilet paper to make it look bigger? I would take it in any case though
Senior Member 20.10.2009 03:45

theineffablebob	Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Steam required and no more dedicated servers or mods - Video update
Junior Member 20.10.2009 01:50	"• More cheating (VAC does not have a good reputation) " What? VAC is way better than Punkbuster.
Junior Member 20.10.2009 01:50

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