Here's another thing for PC gamers to rage about. Modern Warfare 2 isn't the only PC game that won't be supporting dedicated servers. id Software announced that its upcoming shooter will not support for them either. "It's not cast in stone yet, but at this point no, we don't think we will have dedicated servers," confesses id's John Carmack. He added that he's glad Infinity Ward did this first so that his studio "won't have to be a pioneer on that. We'll see how it works out for everyone else."
Is this the future of PC gaming? We'll see if this new fad catches on.
[...] it will not be supporting dedicated servers in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Shortly thereafter, id Software revealed that they too would not be utilizing dedicated servers in their upcoming shooter, ironically named [...]