

When we first tested out the online component last week on launch day the results were disappointing. The peer to peer hosting solution bought up a number of concerns, with the most worrying being that local ADSL lines may not handle the bandwidth requirements.

Instead of games being hosted on third party dedicated servers run by the likes of iBurst or SGS, they are hosted by players. Instead of the old dedicated server model, Modern Warfare 2 makes use of Steam in conjunction with IWet. Ever since Activision announced that Modern Warfare 2 would not feature dedicated server support in online play, gamers around the world have been up in arms.
