Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 PC supports dedicated servers

Call of Duty: Black Ops II will indeed support dedicated servers on PC, developer Treyarch has confirmed. And not just any old dedicated servers, oh no, ranked dedicated servers.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II will indeed support dedicated servers on PC, developer Treyarch has confirmed. And not just any old dedicated servers, oh no, ranked dedicated servers. The shooter series has been inconsistent with this feature widely desired by PC gamers, so good to hear it's locked down for the latest.

The confirmation came from Treyarch director of technology Cesar Stastny on Twitter (via Call of Duty Community), who simply said, "Confirmed: Ranked Dedicated Servers for ‪#BlackOps2."

Infinity Ward dropped dedicated server support in 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, then Treyarch brought it back the next year in the first Black Ops. While Infinity Ward did support dedicated servers in last year's Modern Warfare 3, they were unranked, meaning you couldn't level up or unlock weapons playing on them. And here we are today, with everything you want.

Cod Blops 2 is coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 23, published by Activision. A Wii U version, though unconfirmed, is rumoured and highly likely.

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    June 18, 2012 6:45 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 PC supports dedicated servers.

    Call of Duty: Black Ops II will indeed support dedicated servers on PC, developer Treyarch has confirmed. And not just any old dedicated servers, oh no, ranked dedicated servers.

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      June 18, 2012 7:09 AM

      And let the bitching commence! oh they put it back? Uh...

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      June 18, 2012 7:45 AM

      I'm sure people will still find something to complain about and turn this into a negative thread.

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      June 18, 2012 7:45 AM

      So what do we do if the enemy steals the keys to the servers?

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        June 18, 2012 10:59 AM

        Make new keys, find a different server, assault the brigands, board the enterprise, and meme the generator.

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      June 18, 2012 10:10 AM

      This is a good thing. I am glad to hear it. Back to life...

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      June 18, 2012 10:51 AM

      Almost certainly not community-hosted ranked dedicated servers. Black Ops 1 was mandatory rented servers from Gameservers.com.

      Their rationale will be that they can't guarantee the security of dedicated servers unless they're hosted by a trusted third party. This is despite Valve allowing community-hosted servers for TF2 and Left 4 Dead.

      This is nothing new, just a vague tweet before the BLOPS2 multiplayer details being unveiled in September. Same exact thing Treyarch did two years ago, and the gaming press and fanboys are eating it up.

      Meh, have fun repeating history. I'm going to go find a Q3 server tonight.

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      June 18, 2012 11:14 AM

      so wait, even though they had at max. 200k PC players in the last 2 titles, they just HAD to fight for dedicated servers?

      Adorable.

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        June 18, 2012 5:21 PM

        If that's not dedication to pc gaming I don't know what is.

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      June 18, 2012 11:15 AM

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      June 18, 2012 12:58 PM

      Fuck Nuketown 2020. Servers need to stop running that garbage. It's never too early to get the ball rolling.

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      June 18, 2012 3:41 PM

      Wonderful but it's time for a whole new engine. Also, the Treytarch versions aren't so great, sadly (imho).

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        June 18, 2012 5:40 PM

        Probably makes more sense to do a rewrite before next gen instead of hamstring yourself at the end of the current console cycle.

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        June 18, 2012 8:27 PM

        Black Ops was the freshest thing out of the CoD franchise since 4, and I'm really hoping they bring that kind of ferver to the sequel.

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      June 18, 2012 8:52 PM

      Dedicated servers!!! OMG. Still playing Quake 3 engine and it won't run on anything less than a hexacore CPU because Black Ops required quad-core...LOL What a joke

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