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Treyarch: Black Ops Has Local Matchmaking

NowGamer: Treyarch reveals exclusively to NowGamer that local matchmaking is finally in!

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-Alpha5758d ago

Lag reduction is good. I never have a problem with lag, yes sometimes you get laggy hosts, but generally the game runs fine.

I thought this was confirmation of split-screen online. Right now that's the only way I'm getting Black Ops.

plenty a tool5758d ago

now this is something that every game should have! not just peer-2-peer but games that run on dedicated servers aswell.

i know there is this myth on n4g, where the people who dont really know any better, think that a game on dedicated servers dont have any problems. but if you live in the eu and try to play on a server in the us or asia you will get lag and latency. or vice versa!

battlefield modern combat enabled you to choose your server location i.e: eu, us etc and that game although not brilliant, performed better than bad company! frontlines was another game that you choose you server location, and that played smooth aswell.

halo2 was the worst example of terrible host choosing. i live in the eu, and i have played that game and halo3, where everybody bar one person has been from the eu, yet the game has given host to someone from the us ????? disgraceful!

anyway, well done treyarch. after reading that, it's possible that i mite even buy the game now. time will tell, but i am pleased to see, that this has been done, and hopefully this will be something for the future for other games.....because there is nothing worse for me than playing on-line in a game that is being hosted across the atlantic, or in another part of the world

TEFL0N_D0N_815758d ago

Agreed. Split screen online would be awesome. Nevertheless, they should prevent split screen and hosting. The advantage would be unfair and ridiculous.

StanLee5758d ago (Edited 5758d ago )

Ah . . . this was in World at War. You could choose to have matchmaking locally, regionally or globally.

PhantomT14125758d ago

It is not exclusive, we already knew it even before the E3 if I recall...

suburbanboy5758d ago

err, local matchmaking was already in World At War. Even locale matchmaking

Senden5758d ago

O whoopdeedoo.. a console game finally has something that has been around in pc gaming for as far back as i've been doing online gaming.

tdrules5758d ago

if they put local matchmaking in PC Black Ops they would be laughed all the way home

Letros5758d ago

Word

Dedicated Servers 4tw

Senden5758d ago

Exactly my point, you can select which server you join for as far back as my pc gaming days remembers.. local matchmaking is an absolute joke and the fact they're actually mentioning it like it's a good feature shows what a sad sorry state console gaming is.

chak_5758d ago

uh?

no thanks, I'd rather keep dedicated servers, or just ignore the game

snaileri5758d ago (Edited 5758d ago )

just asking.
Another console port?

kevnb5758d ago

no dedicated servers = console port? Anyway, if it has dedicated servers Ill probably get it, if not heck no.

TheIneffableBob5758d ago

It's confirmed to have dedicated servers. It might even have mod tools.

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10 Classic Games That Are Desperate for Remasters

Licensing issues often leave many games forgotten. But all that aside, here are 10 classic games desperate for remasters.

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Iceball2000468d ago

The getaway
Smugglers run
Dead to rights
Worlds scariest police chases
Sure I’m missing a few.

FPS_D3TH467d ago

Mannn… worlds scaries police chases… that took me back lol

Knushwood Butt468d ago

Ape Escape.
Fun game but, wow, you need a college degree to understand the controls.
A remaster would also save you from having to constantly fight the camera.
Keep the music though. Those drum and bass tracks fit really well and haven't aged. Made me think that more games could work well with drum and bass tracks, but unfortunately it's a somewhat niche genre now.

Abear21468d ago

Max Payne Series
Infamous 1 & 2
NBA Street Vol 2
SSX
Skate

M_Prime467d ago

i could have sworn i read somewhere that Remedy is remaking May Payne 1 but things have been quiet lately

YourMommySpoils467d ago

They are making the first one, as we speak.

jznrpg468d ago (Edited 468d ago )

One of the few Xbox games I own. I have 3 copies of it because of the many discs it has, for just in case reasons

jznrpg468d ago (Edited 468d ago )

Xenogears, Xenosaga trilogy, Vagrant Story, Drakengards, Parasite Eve and many more but I’ll start with those

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Treyarch is Disabling Crossplay on Console for Black Ops 6 Ranked Play

Treyarch has announced an incoming feature that'll allow console users to disable crossplay with PC players for Black Ops 6 Ranked Play.

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Miacosa489d ago

Good hopefully cheating will be normalized.

anast489d ago (Edited 489d ago )

Most PC gamers cheat and the ones that don't have an advantage, as KB and mouse is the only way to play shooters seriously.

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Black Ops 6 Audio Innovations Prioritizes What Players Really Need: 'Down to the Smallest Details'

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is making audio innovations that prioritize the sounds for players, allowing for more promising competitive gameplay and super realistic audio. This would result in lowering the combat noise and hearing the footsteps and directional sounds much better.

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