Regarding yesterday’s explosion of news over the lack of dedicated servers in Modern Warfare 2, one of the Infinity Ward forum community members sent a direct message to FourZeroTwo via Twitter.
TriggerPappy, the one who messaged FourZeroTwo for an answer, asked him if he had seen the petition signed by over 70,000 PC gamers and what his response to the chaos was. Unfortunately, FourZeroTwo kept his response short (due to the Twitter restrictions), and stated simply:
“fourzerotwo: Definitely made a big wave, and the response will not be ignored. I’ll ensure …

The PC version of Modern Warfare 2 is being taken on a rollercoaster ride today in what will be seen as a game changing announcement by fourzerotwo. Aside from declaring earlier that Modern Warfare 2 for PC isn’t delayed, fourzerotwo also spoke on the webcast BASH 123 to reveal IWNet, a new matchmaking service for the PC that will eradicate dedicated servers and place the possibility of mod support in question.
The system will run in conjunction with Steam, which explains the hours spent on the game by developers in the …

Infinity Ward’s decision to ditch the use of dedicated servers and implement their own IWNet service with the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 has the community in arms. Shortly after the news broke a petition was started, a petition that at the time of writing has passed 30,000 signatures. The goal? To get Infinity Ward “to review their decision not to allow fully dedicated servers for their forthcoming game release CoD:MW2.”
Infinity Ward scrapping IWNet  just before the  launch seems highly unlikely. But 30,000+ signatures in ~24 hours does speak volumes.
Petition  Currently at  61,680
Petition

Discuss …

Buzz had been circulating for some time now that had us wondering if Modern Warfare 2 would be hitting store shelves for the PC on the same day as the Xbox 360 and PS3. The fact that major retailers such as GameStop briefly had the PC title listed with a November 24th release date didn’t exactly sooth our wounds.
Luckily Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has let us know via Twitter that there will in fact be no delay and the PC version will be hitting store shelves on the same day …

Infinity Ward’s Creative Strategist talks all things Modern Warfare 2 and answers some fan submited questions.

Gamers have been wondering why they didn’t just integrate co-op into the main campaign. Well, Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling finally gave an explanation to VG247. According to Bowling, they did try putting co-op in the story campaign. “We did it early on; that’s what Spec Ops started out as, as co-op through story,” he explains. Unfortunately, it didn’t meet their standards, “But it really broke the cinematic experience, took the immersion out of it, out of the story and the pacing and everything we’d spent so long crafting. It just …

Joel Emslie  from Infinity Ward talks about Modern Warfare 2’s Campaign,spec ops and Weapons.

Want to ask the developers of modern warfare 2 questions?
Best Buy will be  holding a live web chat on their community forums with some of the developers behind the game. The chat is scheduled to take place from 6:00pm – 8:00pm Central time (7:00 – 9:00pm Eastern) on November 3rd. Vince Zampella and Robert Bowling will be there to answer your questions live.
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Games.On.net caught up with Modern Warfare 2’s lead designer, Todd Alderman. In the interview Alderman talks matchmaking, maps from CoD 4  and discusses video sharing.
Via games.on.net
games.on.net: So, this is your baby? I’ve just been playing the hell out of it, it’s awesome!
Todd Alderman: Yes it is my baby, and thank you.
games.on.net: I have a concern though about the disparity between gamers that are about to play for the first time versus those that have levelled through the unlock system. With all these new features how do you ensure newcomers can come …

Here is footage from the GameTrailers Modern Warfare 2 episode featuring Special Ops gameplay. In the half hour show we learn about four new Spec-Ops missions and a new Special Ops exclusive enemy, The Juggernaut.