New Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Footage Reveals Seamless Host Migration Support

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  wow, you are a grumpy person.. God himself must have to come down and present himself before you will be ... : jeffmace3917
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    You're full of shit, none of those things are true. If that's what you need to convince yourself you don'... : Tchest
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      dude I have been pc game for 25+ years. I have a nice SLI config, blah blah blah. and you know what.. i... : jeffmace3917
      • Quake Live huh? Good thing you're rocking the quad SLI. : Rooster Cockburn
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        Never been a problem for me though. And there is still a lot of that that isn't true even for you. No one... : Tchest
        • Some console games DO have dedicated servers, and they are indeed better for it. : carbontree
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        Dude, pretending to be a PC gamer is NOT cool. An SLI setup, yet you only play RTS and Quake Live..? ... : ReckHavoc
        • Stop being such a tool.. I can play whatever I want on my PC. Go tell the millions of people that play St... : jeffmace3917
      • I do understand your gripe with updates. With digital distribution platforms like Steam, you don't have ... : JediDwag
      • Having SLi shows your stupidity. : datim
  • You need not bow, merely kneel... : Topsiderover
  • Besides the inane gibber of ekuriox, this is perhaps the most asinine comment I've ever read in Shack... : VisitorQ
  • People will flame you, but i agree. Even having to ship my xbox back for RROD, I spend way more time pla... : UberKalden
  • I don't know about you, but MY PC experience has been compatible drivers, crash-less XP, a decent graphic... : michaelleung
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  They can. Section 8 will have the ability to use a pc to host dedicated servers for the 360 version of th... : thejay247
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    I doubt anyone is going to host a dedicated server for someone on the xbox. As for jeffmace3917, I don... : Demond4231
    • He could be typing in this topic on a phone. : noxiousgg
    • "People will play on low and it will look exactly like the xbox version." best part of all the glob of t... : N301
• IAWTP : hyperwired
• There are 360/PS3 games that support dedicated servers, like Frontlines or Section 8. : tharger

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• Meh, fk Halo. The only good thing about that series is the Red Vs. Blue show. : ShEsHy

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  I hope so. Burst fire would be much more accurate. : richm74
  • Just don't hold the trigger down for extended periods. : Madwacker
• Dunno, dun care. Semi-automatics rullz. : ShEsHy

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  Ohhhhh. MAN you have NO idea..... Thank god my keyboard still works, I smashed it so many times thanks to... : The_Turbinator
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    Yep, been there too man. My PB never ever updated the way it was supposed to. A trip to Evenbalance web... : richm74
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      Same here, i always have to update manually when i install it, because it does not update automatically, ... : Magus_X
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        PBSetup ftw! : VisitorQ
        • Yup, I don't even allow the game to update itself, I run PBSetup everytime i restart my computer and have... : ShEsHy

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• Hey guys, I don't know how to program myself out of a cardboard box and I'm calling Infinity Ward program... : Zombie Vonnegut
• It could be worse, they could have NOT fixed it :D : marmite
• I don't remember playing online console games in 1989. : OmegaRed59
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  and i suppose you're willing to go run/maintain a dedicated server and keep it up for the life of the gam... : synapse19
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    Speaking as the guy who has run a BF2 server, a Killing Floor server, a Left 4 Dead server, a CS server, ... : AgentPothead
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      the fact that you do that and yet still completely ignore the inherent differences of doing so for consol... : synapse19
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        So how can they make console games with dedicated servers? All the bf1943 servers are dedicated, the upco... : AgentPothead
        • you mean the console games with only a mere fraction of the user base of this series? the ones were the c... : synapse19
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    Uhhh.. ever played a PC game before? : ReckHavoc
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      considering i've ran servers for them for the past 10 years as both pubs and private ones for my competit... : synapse19
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        No, no you haven't or we wouldn't even be having this conversation. : AgentPothead
        • it's a pretty one sided conversation given that you've yet to explain how you think this would actually b... : synapse19
  • So much fail. : datim
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  It's not a problem they created by using p2p in lieu of dedicated servers, it's a problem they created by... : DeBurgo
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    People make a big deal because at the very basic level, it's better for gameplay. You aren't relying on a... : pyide
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      Is it? I think that's arguable, especially considering most games using P2P tend to have about 20 players... : DeBurgo
      • Of course Peer to Peer has advantages for game developers.. they don't have to spend money to run a dedic... : ReckHavoc
      • That's doesn't seem to be the case today? Why then does every PC multiplayer game still use dedicated ser... : pyide
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    If you had any idea what a dedicated server was, you'd understand why people make such a big deal. : ReckHavoc
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      I do know what a dedicated server is, I understand the principles behind it, I'm just not familiar with t... : DeBurgo
      • (based on my experiences playing peer to peer games on a console) : DeBurgo
      • Uh, one advantage is you don't have to worry about host migration or whatever it is called. The game does... : OmegaRed59
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  Will the PC version use peer-to-peer, or is that shit just for the console versions? :( : code-e255
  • I thought they released a dedicated server for CoD4. I would expect more of the same. : Dr_Cube
  • Well they haven't pulled that crap so far so I doubt it. Also it probably wouldn't work, what with PC... : richm74

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  It's transmorphing into Soldier of Fortune! : dangerdoggie
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    thats not a bad thing though! SoF2 fo life yo! : X-GOUKI
    • Did someone bring up SOF2? SOF2 FTW!!!!! I loved that game. : TxJeepers
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  The throwing knife and the shields are dumb. Where did you see dual wielding weapons? : gibolas1234
  • It wasn't in a video but it has been confirmed a week or two ago. : 1Mystic-G
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  because there was never an action film ever where someone had two pistols... : grifter
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    I'm sure shooting with two guns in real life gives excellent accuracy. : 1Mystic-G
    • Why do people assume that this is based on real life. Ya want real life, go play ARMA. If they are goin... : richm74

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• And after the game is released people will be like... "well you saw the videos, why did you buy it then? ... : SpeedComraD
• Right, right. But do not forget that it is our (gamers in general) very nature to bitch and complain. I... : TxJeepers

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  It's funny when you see a server that still has them enabled. I'm always like ... wait wtf shields are st... : kodt
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    It's even more funny when you see people who still play 1.6. : noxiousgg
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      its even more funny when people knock cs 1.6, not knowing that it is still a widely played FPS in competi... : hyperwired
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        It's even more funny when people knock CS not knowing that it is still the most popular online action gam... : Wisp!
        • i love CS to death but it has nothing on CoD. : magicfucker
• hey! I like my gun + shield in Rainbow Six Vegas 2 =) : Madwacker
• The only retarded aspect with shields was the community reaction to a real world "weapon" making it so th... : WTHInac

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• But not enough to warrant it for Activision. Don't think i'm slating the PC, i'm a PC fanboy first a for... : richm74

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• LOL!!!! : richm74

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  It's a PC exclusive as far as I'm concerned. : Wisp!
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    Even better. I have a E8400/GTX 285 rig. : qwplayer
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      It's actually a multi-platform title, but with a rig like that it would be a disgrace not to pick this up... : Wisp!
      • Well I'll get PS3 for Infamous and Killzone 2. I also want a blu ray player and a media player. : qwplayer
      • But there are so many stupid players on Live. : Dr_Cube
  • Oh you wag you!!! : richm74

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  I see we can equip two attachments now. Perhaps that is a perk. : Dr_Cube
  • Ooohhhhh. Shame there's no P90 now coz that with a silencer and red dot scope would be sooooo lush. : richm74

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• yeah, we are doomed! ... seriously : Garfferen
• Wallhack + aimbot = win xD Nah, j/k he's good. : Dantarios
• He's a shacker: http://www.shacknews.com/profile/DKo5 Hasn't posted in a few years however. : pyide
• yeah, i wish i can survive after killing two people. I get this killing frenzy only once in a year. : hanged_man
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  The people he played against looked pretty lackluster and he and his teammates did a lot of things that w... : TwiiK
  • Agreed. On some of the hardcore PC CoD4 servers I play on, if you did that they'd grab you, drop your tr... : richm74

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• it's called "stay away from front page comments" : zuff
• welcome to the internet : JohnsonBrown
• you're encouraged to use profanity here on shacknews.com : packav

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  It's a good shooter. I hope they do something else than a CoD game after this one though. : razlebol
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    I hope they do something else than a CoD game after this one though. Hehe, You're a funny guy. : carbontree
    • It'd be neat to see something outside of a war setting from these guys. Naturally, it's going to be a sho... : Entity
    • What's so funny about this. We already know they can make a good war FPS. Can they make anything else? : razlebol
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    IW is working on a separate title not related to CoD. : Wisp!
    • what Details, man! Details! : ETPC1

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  BEST GAME EVER. : theangrywaffles
  • you dropped these: . . . : acheron
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  Hard to top it in sales maybe, but some people aren't into surrealistic combat in claustrophobic environm... : Snake&Crane
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    Seriously. I haven't figured out the draw to this. It still seems like nothing but mindless shooting an... : cookman08
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      And to a lot of people, that is the best thing ever. I found the original MP to be fun for a while, I ... : carbontree
      • It's a console shooter first, that's why it is so spammy and cramped. : kahoona1
    • It's a lot of things. It's a really well done single player campaign with some of the best presentation i... : Wisp!

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  Haha, this is so true. I HATE the people that chat incessantly on voice mic. It can occasionally add to... : Athlon7
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    Hahah, this is so true. I HATE the people who care about teamwork. Oh...wait. Stay out of multiplayer... : Wisp!
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      "chat incessantly on voice mic" does not necessarily mean "use voice to aid in team work". You just took ... : FuryVII
      • No, that's not what he is talking about at all. First of all, he was responding to a post complaining abo... : Wisp!

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• Haha, well said. : Snake&Crane
• awesome! : marmite
• Michael Bay would make glorious games. : Whistler77
• Sweet. : OmegaRed59
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  Did you play the first one? The entire single player campaign was sick : sreyes22
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    yeah it was pretty much micheal bay the game - its not like that's a bad thing but it certainly doesnt ma... : ballystix
    • Certainly not the best game ever, but I did enjoy it more than Halo. : noxiousgg
    • There was no shitty love story. Michael Bay connection: FAIL : eonix
• AWESOME : Dantarios
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  If it was Michael Bay: The Game there would have been flying cars to duck under every 30 seconds. : Evan_C
  • In slow motion. : Rooster Cockburn

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• Just a repeating particle effect, not dynamic. : dangerdoggie
• LOL. Dynamic and Call of Duty definitely do not go together. : ReckHavoc

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• boo... full auto barrett is much more fun! : Grimmadog