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Hackers Make Modern Warfare 2 Ded. Server?

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When news came that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 would come without dedicated servers for the PC version, gamers were upset and disappointed at the removal of one of the advantages of the PC platform.

Some PC gamers even decided to boycott the game. Of course, that didn't seem to hurt sales too much as Modern Warfare 2 went on to become the fastest selling game in history. Clearly Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gamers weren't fazed by what was happening on the PC front.

Interestingly, and perhaps not too surprisingly, it appears as though some crafty PC gamers have been able to hack together a dedicated server for Modern Warfare 2, complete with mods such as superjumping and grenade spamming galore. So far all we have is a video of it in action, but we'll let you know if we hear more.

Modern Warfare 2 - Dedicated Servers

Source: Joystiq.

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    frozenlead , November 17, 2009 7:22 PM
    the_one111HIRE. A. EDITOR.


    You should note that, since "Editor" starts with a vowel, you should use "An", not "A".
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    foody , November 17, 2009 7:10 PM
    What do you care Marcus? You can't play it on a Mac anyway.
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    brendano257 , November 17, 2009 7:06 PM
    This may be worth it if, but only if it becomes widely used, +1 for the developers.
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  • 24 Hide
    brendano257 , November 17, 2009 7:06 PM
    This may be worth it if, but only if it becomes widely used, +1 for the developers.
  • 26 Hide
    foody , November 17, 2009 7:10 PM
    What do you care Marcus? You can't play it on a Mac anyway.
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    alyon , November 17, 2009 7:12 PM
    Modders making IW look like a joke. On top of this you are able to play online, on IWnet, and with whatever lvl/pretige you want with a pirated copy. Excellent security... right. All this within a week of release.
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    deadlockedworld , November 17, 2009 7:18 PM
    "Hackers Makes Modern Warfare 2 Ded. Server?"

    Pluralize either Hackers or Makes -- not both.
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    the_one111 , November 17, 2009 7:19 PM
    deadlockedworld"Hackers Makes Modern Warfare 2 Ded. Server?" Pluralize either Hackers or Makes -- not both.

    Toms.

    HIRE. A. EDITOR.


    Or better yet use a decent spellcheck. How damn hard is this for you to do?
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    frozenlead , November 17, 2009 7:20 PM
    It was bound to happen. I hope IW isn't so dumb as to think they can control this kind of action.
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    frozenlead , November 17, 2009 7:22 PM
    the_one111HIRE. A. EDITOR.


    You should note that, since "Editor" starts with a vowel, you should use "An", not "A".
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    wildwell , November 17, 2009 7:32 PM
    What is this, English class!? Thank you Marcus, for this relevant news post.

    I hope you are taking great pleasure out of fragging your haters from your Mac running Windows/Bootcamp on this modded server. Cheers!
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    Abrahm , November 17, 2009 7:34 PM
    That didn't take long...
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    mustwarnothers , November 17, 2009 7:37 PM
    I'm currently (but soon to be replaced) the bread in a Tomshardware douche bag sandwich. Look at you mouth breathers.
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    ponchato , November 17, 2009 7:39 PM
    Quote:
    Modern Warfare 2 went on to become the fastest selling game in history


    I'd like to see a source for this. Halo 3, not Call of Duty, is the fastest selling game in history.
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    ominous prime , November 17, 2009 7:43 PM
    Awesome, hope it becomes widespread.
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    duckofdeath , November 17, 2009 7:47 PM
    This doesn't even appeal to me at all...that game play looks like tribes vengeance with the super jump and all...I was against IW at first...but now after playing online I do like the fact they are trying to even out the playing field...so far i've had a good experience with IW and I and my friends do like how the party system works, where we can use VENTRILO to coordinate the party and use the party system to jump from one game to another. ANother PLUS for IW...if the server/host crashes it transfers to another server/host...you don't lose the game it just pauses while the transfer takes place...BIG WIN in my book..how many ahole server admins dump a game if they are losing or ahole server admins that KICK you if you don't crouch, iron up and then shoot...too many facking rules...you want to play that deep, then play a sim like flash point where ironing up makes you shoot better or MW2 where ironing up does give you a better shot....If you ask me I like the direction IW is going on the PC...too many aholes on the PC side...why do you think more people are going to consoles......My two cents...
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    soul555top , November 17, 2009 7:49 PM
    ponchatoI'd like to see a source for this. Halo 3, not Call of Duty, is the fastest selling game in history.


    Without number crunching, it should read something like "not Call of Duty, the biggest opening day sales for a game in history." It beat a GTA game by roughly 1 million.
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    Hellbound , November 17, 2009 7:51 PM
    How long till IW files a lawsuit when they find out who hacked it for dedicated servers....
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    abhik , November 17, 2009 7:53 PM
    gta 4 beat halo 3
    mw2 beat gta 4

    look it up
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    cliffro , November 17, 2009 7:58 PM
    ponchatoI'd like to see a source for this. Halo 3, not Call of Duty, is the fastest selling game in history.




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    cliffro , November 17, 2009 7:59 PM
    Stupid link didnt show up

    http://www.vgchartz.com/photos/pics/8341922aaa.png
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