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Section 8 XServer Released - Dedicated Server Hosting

Section 8 allows players to host Dedicated Servers for the 360 version using the XServer software. This is a first for the Xbox 360 and allows the game to reach 32 players. Find out more on the XServer and their Stats Portal after the jump.

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dgroundwater6022d ago (Edited 6022d ago )

Wow, online stat tracking and 32 player dedicated servers. Isn't this game kinda bad though?

lucifon6022d ago

The 360 demo wasn't great but thats largely due to some poor decisions such as the lack of dedicated servers meaning 16 players, lag, smaller maps etc.

The full game will of course as stated have dedicated servers which eradicates a huge bunch of the demos problem. I've played the PC beta for about 6 hours along with a few buddies and all of us absolutely love it like mad. The Retail version for the 360 wont have the major demo issues such as lag! Very excited for it

GameOn6022d ago

I didn't notice any lag the two times I played the demo but I never really got into it either.

ThatCanadianGuy6022d ago

I played it, thought it was garbage.Like all 360 games.
I'll pick up the award winning & certified best looking game of 09
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves instead.

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TimeGate Shooter Section 8 and Unreleased Project In Bidding War With Atari

SegmentNext writes: "Defunct developer TimeGate Studios is currently experiencing interest from numerous bidders on its intellectual property (IP). After its bankruptcy earlier this year, due to lawsuits and other bad press, the studio’s shooters are up for grabs."

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Bundle Stars offering 12 PC games for only $5

For a limited time only, Bundle Stars, the direct-to-consumer company focusing on digital downloads, is launching its biggest PC game bundle to date. Gamers have the chance to download and own 12 standalone PC games for the price of just $5.

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TimeGate loses appeal: Court orders Section 8 developer to pay $7.3M in damages

Venturebeat.com: Publishers and developers are like soap-opera characters. One day they’re working together, then the next they’re plotting how to take each other down.
That’s how developer TimeGate, which produced the Xbox Live Arcade first-person shooter Section 8, ended up owing publisher SouthPeak Interactive $7.3 million in damages, as originally reported by Polygon. This comes after the latest court appeal in the long-running case went in favor of SouthPeak.

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-Mika-4696d ago

Awww, this is horrible. This is going to destroy them. Southpeak, this is not cool. You could of just told them to pay your lawyer fees and then just let them be. I know what company I will be boycotting in the future.

Thirty3Three4696d ago (Edited 4696d ago )

"I" will be boycotting in the future?

It's not a boycott if it's only one person.

No offense, but I think people on the gaming scene just use words they don't know :O

No idea why I'm getting (at the moment of this edit, only one...) disagrees...

It's true.

kreate4696d ago

Hey I just googled for the official meaning of boycott including dictionary. Com, Wikipedia amongst others, but it doesnt state anywhere that there needs to be a headcount requirement.

From my reading, it seems like one or a party can boycott whatever they want.

Idk but if there's anything else to it, plz enlighten us.

Soldierone4696d ago

Both sides are idiots here. TimeGate isn't innocent, they are the ones that originally opened the lawsuit. Their publisher just said "yeah? Well take this" and won.

Honestly I'm normally on the developers side, but it was stupid to do that and greedy. Just say "we are done" and walk away, find someone else to publish. If they want the crappy Section 8 license, let them have it.

hano4695d ago

Whenever someone says both sides are wrong, it means they don't have the balls to be fair or they just don't know the facts.

Soldierone4695d ago

To be fair to what? The developer was stupid for opening the lawsuit, and the publisher is stupid for taking it too far.

I would say it takes a lot more balls to say both sides are morons instead of picking a side.

hano4695d ago

The law is always on the side of the guys with more money.

In this case, the publisher paid more so now the developers have to give up the franchise and go bankrupt. Justice isn't served.

WUTCHUGUNNADO4695d ago

This is why dueling should still be legal.