weblogs.variety.com - 23 days ago
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id Software might want to brace for some rage over “Rage”. John Carmack, co-founder and technical wizard of the developer, says the company doesn’t plan to support dedicated servers for the multiplayer component of “Rage,” id’s upcoming new action game....
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id: Probably No Dedicated Servers for Rage [Rage]
Kotaku —
... to Variety. But he's glad "we won't have to be a pioneer on that. We'll see how it works out for everyone else." News that Infinity Ward was dropping dedicated server support in favor of everyone playing online through its new matchmaking service IWNet touched, off, predictably, a petition-fueled backlash from a PC community that had long used dedicated servers to play Call of Duty games. Carmack, Variety said, indicated the felt the servers are a relic of PC gaming's early days. Dedicated Servers and Rage - News You Probably Don't Want to Hear [Variety] Send an email to the ...
John Carmack: RAGE Probably Won’t Support Dedicated Servers
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... “It’s not cast in stone yet, but at this point no, we don’t think [RAGE] will have dedicated servers,” Carmack told Variety’s Cut Scene blog. “The great thing is we won’t have to be a pioneer on that. We’ll see how it works out for everyone else.” ...
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