Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is coming in November, because it is Call of Duty, and it is November, and those are things that go together like ham and cheese. The game is currently in closed beta, open only to those who pre-order (or pretend they’re from Singapore). The game relies on dedicated servers, which usually, for us at the tip of Africa, poses a problem.
It seems though, that Black Ops 3 on PlayStation 4 (and presumably, the other platforms!) will have local dedicated servers. Take a look at this video.
Notice that when the game is paused, the network meter shows a ping of around 33ms? There is no way that a local connection would connect to a server outside of the country with that sort of latency. Interestingly, when we played the beta yesterday, this was not the case – so it looks like the servers only went live today.
It’s also worth noting that the extreme latency spikes you see in the video are because Gavin has the worst internet on the planet, using some sort of wireless tech, because there are no ADSL lines in his area. If you’re on a wired ADSL connection, or using LTE, you may see better pings yourself. In 2011, Mweb hosted servers for Gears of War 3 on Xbox 360, and its ostensible that should Black Ops 3 have local servers, that they’ll be providing them.
Naturally, we asked Megarom Games, who distribute Activision’s games locally, if there were local dedicated servers – something that they could neither confirm nor deny. That’s quiet confirmation to me.
We’ll do what we can to confirm the existence of dedicated local servers, but based on those pings, it has to be the case. And if it is, it’s big news.
Last Updated: August 20, 2015
Gavin Mannion
August 20, 2015 at 14:20
Stop laughing at my internet problems.. we are working on it
Her Highness the Hipster
August 20, 2015 at 14:24
it’s karma for all the time you spent laughing at me.
Gavin Mannion
August 20, 2015 at 14:24
It’s still better than an iBurst connection
Admiral Chief on the mend
August 20, 2015 at 14:48
Surely you jest? People still use that???
😛
Hammersteyn
August 20, 2015 at 14:48
I burst out laughing
Admiral Chief on the mend
August 20, 2015 at 14:52
Oh you!
Ir0nseraph
August 20, 2015 at 15:24
XD
Ricky Du Preez
August 21, 2015 at 11:17
i use Iburst… and it is absolute shit. Is there any other option on wireless net coz i dont have a telkom line installed…
Hammersteyn
August 20, 2015 at 15:22
Crawl of Duty?
DarkWave
August 20, 2015 at 14:45
hahahaha dem lag spikes sorry man 🙂
DarkWave
August 20, 2015 at 14:45
hahahaha dem lag spikes sorry man 🙂
Mossel
August 20, 2015 at 14:45
Dammit, if there are local servers I’m going to have to break my promise I made last year by not buying CoD again.
Ottokie
August 20, 2015 at 14:50
The Ghosts of our past still haunt us.
Mossel
August 20, 2015 at 14:45
Dammit, if there are local servers I’m going to have to break my promise I made last year by not buying CoD again.
HairyEwok
August 20, 2015 at 14:47
Dedicated servers is probably the best thing that can happen to a game. Especially a FPS game.
Guild
August 20, 2015 at 14:59
I hope this gets confirmed. Got this link from one of the SA guys in the Beta. Looks great.
kyle
August 20, 2015 at 15:37
what about Xbox?
Gavin Mannion
August 20, 2015 at 15:38
Xbox One and PC is also confirmed (well as confirmed as we get right now)
Gavin Mannion
August 20, 2015 at 15:38
Xbox One and PC is also confirmed (well as confirmed as we get right now)
Martin du preez (D4RKL1NGza)
August 20, 2015 at 15:49
Wow. Might be my first CODI buy new since MW1.
Martin du preez (D4RKL1NGza)
August 20, 2015 at 15:49
Wow. Might be my first CODI buy new since MW1.
Darren Peach
August 20, 2015 at 16:15
While you jest at internet speeds, try be a little kinder. It is a systematic problem where it seems those in a superior position feel entitled to laugh at the ill fortune of others. No humanity or consideration to speak of. Just a self indulgent lack of any meaningful ability to relate to something which is holding SA back. Yeah, It is just a joke after all………
Uberutang
August 20, 2015 at 20:26
That would be fantastic news. Once you go local server, you wont even look at P2P or EU hosted again.
Enter name here.....
August 21, 2015 at 11:01
You know COD has Hybrid Listen servers right? It’s p2p, so if it was a local host then obviously it would’ve had a low ping like that. I can even get that ping on AW. I don’t buy in to this at all. Willing to bet money we’ll still have the same servers as what we’ve had since Ghost. Nice to dream though.
Enter name here.....
August 21, 2015 at 11:21
Looking at the clip again, I recognize a lot of those names in the lobby. It’s a local dominant lobby. Nothing to see here…