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arstechnica.com - 19 days ago

PC Modern Warfare 2: it's much worse than you thought

— arstechnica.com — Modern Warfare 2 has long earned the ire of PC gamers for its lack of dedicated servers, but Infinity Ward has now announced that it's taking away much more than control over hosting with the game in one long face-palm of a question and answer ... (more) PC Modern Warfare 2: it's much worse than you thought

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guardian.co.uk - 15 days ago

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC | Game review

— guardian.co.uk — Modern Warfare 2 is the most polished FPS of the year Xbox 360/PS3/PC; £54.99; cert 18+; Infinity Ward/Activision Other developers must be getting sick of Infinity Ward pulling an X-Factor by doing nothing all year and then bagging the Christmas ... (more) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC ...

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eurogamer.net - 14 days ago

Review: Modern Warfare 2

— eurogamer.net — Infinity and beyond? Twice, Infinity Ward asks if you're absolutely sure you want to see it. The scene, the fourth you'll encounter in the most widely anticipated game of the year, could be ... (more) Review: Modern Warfare 2

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RT @IslandDog [IGN] Stardock's Impulse Service Refuses To Sell Modern Warfare 2, As Does Gamersgate http://twurl.nl/xie80v 18 days ago

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Modern Warfare 2 refused by digital distribution retailers; Steamworks to blame
Joystiq — ... Impulse and GamersGate won't be offering the Modern Warfare 2 either. Impulse tells VE3D that "the most obvious issue is the forced inclusion of a competitor's store that blocks us from carrying the game." ...

Digital Distributors Refuse To Stock PC Modern Warfare 2
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today — ... , "We don t believe games should force the user to install a Trojan Horse." The PC version of Modern Warfare 2 will use Valve's Steamworks to manage such processes as installation, DRM, patching and save games, but this also means that Steam itself needs to be on players' systems. The online retailers feel that selling a game that carries a storefront for a competitor is against their interests. Impulse told IGN PC site VE3D , "We share some of the same concerns as Direct2Drive over the bundling of the Steam client with the game. The most obvious issue is the forced ...