Modern Warfare 3 Dedicated Servers

The Call of Duty series has struggled with the PC audience in the last few years. Modern Warfare 2 had no support for dedicated servers at all, making it tricky for PC gamers to build their own communities. Black Ops supported dedicated servers, but you had to rent them from a single source. It was impossible to set up your own server without paying a third party – ala Bad Company 2.

In a move that will be sure to make PC gamers happy, Modern Warfare 3 is bringing free dedicated servers. I really wish EA/Dice would take a play out of this playbook and offer the same thing for Battlefield 3. The servers are expensive and while it’s not a very large chance that I will be offering a server for Battlefield 3 myself, I’d be much more inclined to let one sit on my server rig at home if I had the chance.

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Minecraft for Android

Yesterday Mojang released the Minecraft Pocket Edition for Android OS. It’s currently only available on the Xperia Play for a limited time and will be released to other Android devices after that. It costs $6.99 and does support multiplayer over wifi. It’s more or less “Creative Mode” on a portable device as it doesn’t look like there’s any combat or monsters in this version.

Jeb, one of the Minecraft developers over at Mojang was asked if it was coming to iOS devices and he replied “soon” (source).

I’d personally like it if it was created large enough for the iPad as well as ported to the 3DS. I’d also like to be able to move the worlds from my PC to my gaming device. That way I could grab a single player world, play it a bit while I was out, and put it back on my PC and pick up when I get home.

It’s available on the Android Market.

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PS3 Price Drop

Sony dropped the price of the PS3 today down to $250. Might be worth it if you’ve been wanting a console system for a while but haven’t pulled the trigger on one. I use mine for the occasional Gran Turismo race and for loads of Netflix and Blurays. Source: Playstation.com

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