Rebellion confirms Aliens Vs Predator PC will have dedicated servers

Posted Nov 20th 2009 8:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer

For a little while it looked like PC multiplayer gamers might not be very happy with the upcoming revival of Aliens Vs Predator. Comments made by a Sega producer for the first person shooter last month cast doubt that the game would have dedicated servers for playing the online aspects of the PC version

Well, multiplayer gamers can breath a little easier now. An email press release sent to Big Download from the game's developer Rebellion quotes the company's CEO Jason Kingsley as saying, "Despite rumours, Rebellion has always been planning to support dedicated servers for AvP PC and we can now officially confirm that this is the case." The game, which will also be one of the first DirectX11-supported PC games, is due out in February 2010.

[Via email press release]

Gallery: Aliens vs Predator

Tags: aliens-vs-predator, avp, rebellion, sega

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And why wouldn't it? EVERY game has dedicated servers, to say otherwise is preposterous. Just because MW2 didn't do it, doesn't mean everybody else wont either. Posted at 10:43AM on Nov 20th 2009 by Cheesus Crust

@1 id announced that Rage won't have them either. There is clearly a growing trend amongst the heavyweights.

I'm glad AvP is going dedicated. I love the original AvP and this news is just another reason to make me want a game that is looking very nice.Posted at 11:28AM on Nov 20th 2009 by asfm

MW2 won't force all other games to not have dedicated servers, but it will show that games with big enough franchise/hype/fanbase will sell on the PC regradless of what the quality is. So for all the other anticipated titles, the developers can do a poor job and still know the buyers will bend over for them. That is the issue MW2 creates for PC gaming.Posted at 12:41PM on Nov 20th 2009 by Unknown

MW2 wasn't a "poor job" of a port because IW was lazy. They actually implemented dedicated servers (see developer console hack), but never released shipped it because Activision wanted to milk PC users for DLC.Posted at 5:18PM on Nov 20th 2009 by Cornelius

Dedicated servers are obsolete. The future is playing on a laggy server hosted by someone in another country with an unstable connection, right Infinity Ward?Posted at 9:35AM on Nov 21st 2009 by smi04

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