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Section 8 to Support PC Hosting of Xbox 360 Servers

by Nick Breckon, Aug 12, 2009 11:45am PDT

Related Topics – Section 8, xbox 360, PC

TimeGate Studios today announced that its upcoming shooter Section 8 will allow players to host Xbox 360 servers on PCs.

The servers will support up to 32 Xbox players at once, resulting in one of the larger Xbox 360 multiplayer shooters. Without a dedicated server, Section 8 only supports 16 players on the console.

On the PC side, running the game on a dedicated server will allow for 40 players, with the max knocked down to 32 when moving to peer-to-peer.

Section 8's multiplayer component is an ambitious team-based game that's receiving comparisons to Tribes--which is quite a compliment. Might be worth checking out.

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Question: Why would PC gamers want to help other gamers make The Wrong Decision?

Perhaps if we as PC gamers just TOLD everyone that they would enjoy their game much more (and the way it SHOULD be) if they just played it on the PC in the first place?

Just saying.

Aug 12, 2009 6:00pm PDT

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This still means that Xbox players need a gold account to play on these PC dedicated servers right?

Aug 13, 2009 7:26am PDT

This still means that Xbox players need a gold account to play on these PC dedicated servers right? : GPUX

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Section 8 District 9.

Aug 12, 2009 3:12pm PDT

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Section 8 District 9. : packav
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Huh. TimeGate made Kohan, didn't they? I had forgotten about these guys. :D

Aug 12, 2009 2:51pm PDT

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Huh. TimeGate made Kohan, didn't they? I had forgotten about these guys. :D : xsoulbrothax
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- They also did a couple of FEAR expansions. The second one was really cool imo. Lots of Quake (1) stuff in... : anal justice

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If there's no skiing, then quit with the Tribes comparison. Tribes is jetpacking + skiing + outdoor combat put together. Nothing I've seen about Section 8 indicates it has skiing, unfortunately.

Aug 12, 2009 3:34pm PDT

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If there's no skiing, then quit with the Tribes comparison. Tribes is jetpacking + skiing + outdoor comba... : antareus
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- There is an overdrive mode that I assume is similar to skiing to get more momentum. I doubt you can ski ... : melkore
- Oh look, a jetpack! It must be like Tribes! : dangerdoggie
- Hey at least it fills the Tribes void a bit. Fallen Empire Legions isnt doing it. Section 8 can be fun a... : poopster2
- It's not tribes. At all. : EnderWigginDA

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Modern Warfare 2 needs this feature.

Aug 12, 2009 1:13pm PDT

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Modern Warfare 2 needs this feature. : kodt
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  If you buy COD:MW2 for the PC, it does. Amazing! : carbontree
  - rofl, console gamers secretly want to be PC gamers. ;) : samduhman
  - Yeah I bought COD4 for PC and 360.... kinda like playing on a couch with controller but also like mouse/k... : kodt

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Thats pretty cool and generous of them to do.

Aug 12, 2009 8:58pm PDT

Thats pretty cool and generous of them to do. : poopster2

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I had no idea this was even possible on Xbox Live. They let devs do this? Wow! I do my fair share of hating on closed, controlled services but this gives me pause. User controlled (or partially controlled) dedicated servers for Xbox games? That is kick ass. PC gaming, mods and all that for the win but damn it's getting harder and harder for me to be a console hater. I am actually really happy with my 360 despite the RROD that's bitten me twice. Come on Modern Warfare 2...

Aug 12, 2009 5:22pm PDT

I had no idea this was even possible on Xbox Live. They let devs do this? Wow! I do my fair share of hati... : Dr_Cube

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That's great news! I don't really know a ton about this game and thus at the moment I don't really have any intention of buying it, but I've been wishing more 360/PS3 games would allow this option. Never really saw any reason why they couldn't, and it's nice that one finally did. Good job guys!

Aug 12, 2009 3:57pm PDT

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That's great news! I don't really know a ton about this game and thus at the moment I don't really have ... : Begawkiness
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- XBL is a closed network. Couldn't do this unless MS says it's ok. Windows Live has made it possible. : holinka

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Well my interest just shot up a notch. Kind of wish I got into the beta because I heard it's fun

Aug 12, 2009 12:00pm PDT

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Well my interest just shot up a notch. Kind of wish I got into the beta because I heard it's fun : melkore
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  http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/section-8/ It's an open beta right now.. can you not get in anymore? : prokat
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    Oh nice I thought it was still in closed beta. Downloading now! : melkore
    - I'm gonna have to wait until I get home to grab this. Argh. If there's a demo, I guess this means it'... : SeraphielX
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God people, just by the PC version already and hook your PC to your TV if you need that couch potato environment.

Aug 12, 2009 3:26pm PDT

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It would be pretty awesome if there were some way to have moderators on a dedicated server. Being able to kick/ban people would be a very good thing, and if it were to catch on and be used in future games one of Live's biggest problems (the players themselves) would see a change for the better.

Aug 12, 2009 12:39pm PDT

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It would be pretty awesome if there were some way to have moderators on a dedicated server. Being able to... : nakedsavage
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- And the moderator would have the ability to play the game from the PC where he'd go through the map and p... : r4ck3r
- Basically what carbontree said in another thread. If you buy the PC version you can do this. And yes its ... : samduhman

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Yes, it's pretty, but are there jetpacks?

Anyway, I love the idea of being able to host servers for consoles on the PC. Server-side mods (even server-side map hosting, if they are wise enough to allow this) can be so much fun and add a lot of longevity to a game.

When is this game due to arrive?

Aug 12, 2009 11:56am PDT

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  - And divebombing deployments, too. Yum Sold. :) : SeraphielX

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I played the beta, it was a little fun, but, kinda boring tbh.

It did some cool things, like missions and events happening while the game was going, but it was really hard to do those things, because you were concentrating on attacking or defending a point.

The game had a built in aimhack which was also really annoying.

Aug 12, 2009 12:17pm PDT

I played the beta, it was a little fun, but, kinda boring tbh. It did some cool things, like mission... : Kylegar

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It's about time someone did this

Aug 12, 2009 11:52am PDT

It's about time someone did this : colonel noble

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AAAAAAAWWWW SHIT!

Aug 12, 2009 11:49am PDT

AAAAAAAWWWW SHIT! : Liquid

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