Recent news that the PC version of Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops would have dedicated servers went over well with the crowd that rushed to sign petitions and otherwise expressed digital outrage over the fact that the last Call of Duty game, Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2, didn't ship with that kind of support. But, it's hard to believe that same mob will find the details of a new partnership with GamerServers.com to exclusively provide the service that much more agreeable. 

According to IGN, Activision and Treyarch have inked an agreement with GameServers.com, making it the exclusive provider of dedicated servers for Black Ops. In the end, this means users who want to create their own servers will both have to use GameServers and pony up some dough to the company. But it bears noting that Treyarch will be providing a stable of free servers for players to use as they please, as well. 
 

Recent news that the PC version of Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops would have dedicated servers went over well with the crowd that rushed to sign petitions and otherwise expressed digital outrage over the fact that the last Call of Duty game, Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2, didn't ship with that kind of support. But, it's hard to believe that same mob will find the details of a new partnership with GamerServers.com to exclusively provide the service that much more agreeable. 

According to IGN, Activision and Treyarch have inked an agreement with GameServers.com, making it the exclusive provider of dedicated servers for Black Ops. In the end, this means users who want to create their own servers will both have to use GameServers and pony up some dough to the company. But it bears noting that Treyarch will be providing a stable of free servers for players to use as they please, as well. 
 

Having only one option sucks but better than nothing.

for reals?

SURPRISE!

Crazy that it's come to this.  Oh well.

" Wow "

Capitalism!

lol

" This is funny to me. I don't care about dedicated servers, but the people who do, are going to be pissed. "

Ahahahaha. What.

wow bummer

I thought Battlefield Bad Company 2 did the same thing.

That's not half bad, provided that the servers are of high quality. 14.95 for 18 player server easily compares to CS and CSS prices. 
 
Yeah it kinda sucks you can't make your own server for your lan, but just like the whole SC2 thing, how often do you lan without internet access?

I can't help but laugh.

"But for anybody who wants to run their own server, it will be run from GameServers.com."
 
Ha, sure it will.  For about the first two days after launch.

Correct me if I am wrong but isn't this the same as Bad Company 2 on PC. I hope people dont just bitch because its Activison doing it.

" That's not half bad, provided that the servers are of high quality. 14.95 for 18 player server easily compares to CS and CSS prices.  Yeah it kinda sucks you can't make your own server for your lan, but just like the whole SC2 thing, how often do you lan without internet access? "

Is anybody actually surprised by this news?

Seems fine to me, I'm sure some will bitch, but at least they're bringing dedicated servers back to the community. 

" Correct me if I am wrong but isn't this the same as Bad Company 2 on PC. I hope people dont just bitch because its Activison doing it. "

Shit storm imminent. 

" Is anybody actually surprised by this news? "

good thing i dont have to pay for the server. they group i hang out with will.

Good thing I don't care about PC gaming.

Ahh, glad I am not interested in the games that these kinds of companies make anyways.

Some PC gamers have been paying for servers for plenty of years. What's the big deal?

Now all this dedicated server business wouldnt be such a big issue if the matchmaking was better...

Whats to be mad about? What else would you expect.

As a PC gamer... this is honestly non-news. It's the same sort of setup that that dedicated server owners and renters have been doing for years.

Hilarious.

" @ShaneDev said:

" Correct me if I am wrong but isn't this the same as Bad Company 2 on PC. I hope people dont just bitch because its Activison doing it. "

Exactly.  People will take a chance to bitch at Activision any time they get, but this is the same thing that BBC2 did.  They should be happy that they get dedicated servers in the first place. "

" Is anybody actually surprised by this news? "

OMG A FEE WTF WE SHUDNT HAV 2 PAY 2 PLAY GAEMZ!!!!

Gameservers host good servers. But if they have the supply/demand problems they had with BC2 I am going to be pissed. Took me more than a month to get a server.

@Crushed:

The difference here is that this is an exclusive deal with a single service provider.  While most committed server owners weren't running their servers on their own PC and did rent from server providers, they had the option of choosing the provider.  With a monopoly on it, the quality of service could be absolute shit and there's nowhere else people can get servers from.

LOL@ the same clueless consolist comments on every site this has been posted.   

I don't think this will matter considering that most people who care about dedicated servers are probably going to rent them anyway.

I just really enjoy what the guys down at gameservers.com do and am glad to support them so that they can keep doing what they're doing and keep bringing us great servers.

Most good clans etc. rent a server from some company anyway (I have done so myself) and the prices for these servers are no more expensive than most places you can get them from. The most rumbles i've heard has been because of the player limit but i never usually play in servers with more than 24 players either. I just hope that the servers are good quality so theres little lag.

Boourns! But what did you expect?

 Treyarch promised dedicaded servers, and now this shit. F**k 
Treyarch, and F**K Activision!!! 

"  Treyarch promised dedicaded servers, and now this shit. F**k  Treyarch, and F**K Activision!!!  "

Way to leave out that this is exactly what Bad Company 2 did, providing yet another thing for COD to copy. Lowest common denominators unite!

" As a PC gamer... this is honestly non-news. It's the same sort of setup that that dedicated server owners and renters have been doing for years. "

" You can tell who the console kiddies are by the "lolz" and "hahaha". Anyone who knows anything understands this is nothing new and there are people out there who actually prefer it this way. "

" Some PC gamers have been paying for servers for plenty of years. What's the big deal? "

" LOL@ the same clueless consolist comments on every site this has been posted.    "

oh man that sucks. I wonder how many dedicated servers there will be

Mother
 
fucker
 
I can't believe they took the "no dedicated servers" thing and then somehow made it worse.
 
You know how you run a server for a video game where I'm from? You install and run a goddamn executable on your computer. I should not have to pay fifteen dollars a month for an executable.
 
Christ almighty this is some serious shit right here.

Even though this series started on PC. I could never see myself preferring the PC version now a days.