Well that sounds kind of cool. That, or Microsoft's just not wanting to shell out money for more servers.

Kalmah, that would be true if everybody wanted to host a dedicated server. The average XBL user hasn't gotten over the fact that homosexuals and black people exist yet, I doubt they'd know what a dedicated server even is :P

on a side note, does that pic looks similar to Starcraft or is it just me?

@Kalmah

It means that a server farm can host dedicated servers without using a 360 and without having to actually be in game. A player could of course run a dedicated server from his PC and use his 360 to play the game or host a normal server on his 360 where once he turns off his 360 game goes off as well.

More interesting THAN!!! This isn't fucking Kotaku, learn how to English!

Yes, this makes a big difference. You know all those games where you have a terrible connection, and others dont and they kick your ass? How about the host issue, where the host of the game has a massive advantage over the others?

Dedicated Servers minimize these issues. There is no 'host', everyone has to connect the server via their internet connection. And while some people will always have a worse connection to a server than others, you can choose your server to try and get the best connection possible. Also, a dedicated server has additional advantages, such as the larger number of players, since the server isnt actually running the game, just processing player movements and actions and sending them on. You can also use the server to fine-tune your game-types and such, or do more interesting things (low gravity etc). Finally, you can ban people from servers you control; this saves you from relying on MS or Sony to do it for you.

I get sick of games of Halo 3, where people are teleporting around because I'm in New Zealand and the host is American, and go play Tf2 on pc, which has many good dedicated servers. Its great that Section 8 will offer this, even though I'll play it on PC which would have had them anyway.

Gears of Wars multiplayer was basically ruined by Host Advantage so yes...dedicated servers are a big plus.

@KaL: You sure? The story says Section 8 will be the "first 360 game to feature user-created dedicated servers to the platform."

Kalmah: Difference between Gears and Section8 are that Gears has a host run a server from the xbox playing the game, whereas this would have users make servers on their PCs. I dont know where host advantages come from, if its just bad design, or if its a server thing, but this probably wouldnt have it.

TimeGate sucks, as will this game.

More than anything, I just want to get some hands-on time with this game. It looks like a lot of fun, and although I enjoy the RPG-lite elements that have gone into some recent FPSs, it'll be nice to play a game that is largely objective-based and isn't Halo.

You get a Gold Trophy for running a dedicated server for 4 hours on Warhawk.

Too bad they'll all be empty. The game is horrible. I played it last week and it was one of the slowest most bland shooters I've ever touched. I had real high hopes for this game but it was just complete and utter shit.