Another great reason to get Modern Warfare 2, besides being able to play it at midnight on release, is the implementation of Steamworks throughout. This will allow players to hop from one computer to the next, or one Xbox to the next, and retain all of their profile’s properties, such as achievements and, I’m guessing, things like killstreak configurations. Here’s what Infinity Ward said with regards to Steamworks:
“Steamworks will make it possible for us to have a closer connection to our fans, and enable us to support our community much more than ever before. Steam is the hands down leader in offering a community focused experience on PC and the inclusion of Steamworks has allowed us to deliver the most feature-rich PC version to ever come from Infinity Ward, which at the end of the day will mean the most to our fans.”
This is a huge move forward for Steamworks, which I whole-heatedly support. The concept seems simple, and I actually wish that more games would use Steam’s budding technology. Recently I’ve gotten into Steamworks through Left 4 Dead, retaining my game settings even when I had uninstalled the game. Whats next will be the implementation of Steam Cloud, which as I recall will keep your saved games.
What has yet to be seen is whether or not the dedicated server boycotters will get their wish and we’ll see a retrofitting of dedicated servers in game. I’m thinking its a long shot.
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