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Gears of War: E-Day devs are embracing 'old-school' multiplayer in 2026: 'No battle pass, no tour of duty, no gimmicks, no bullsh*t' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] rozodru@piefed.world 20 points 1 month ago

i mean all companies have to do is just bring back self-hosting servers and dedicated servers. literally ALL they have to do is bring back the multiplayer of the late 90s/early 00s. that's it.

I mean hell I still play on old UT servers for 99 and 2k4. I still play on TFC and Q3A servers. it's simple but it's fun.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

So they release a dedicated server to self host?

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TL;DR: They will have grindable 'coins' and purchasable virtual currency that you can buy cosmetic items with. Some of the items can only be bought with real money. No mention of dedicated server.

[–] mcforest@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

That's a lot of bullshit for "no bullshit"

[–] lemmelemmy@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

And it was free to play multiplayer. No need for subscription

[–] Burghler@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Yea ok sure baud we'll see how long that lasts

[–] esc@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

no x, no y, no z

It was written by LLM isn't it?

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

If it were LLM it would be followed by a positive statement like ", just a" :)