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Rust Servers Burned Down in OVH, Players Lost Progress
, 10 March 2021, 16:44
Today's fire in the OVH server building not only resulted in connectivity problems for some services, but also led to the death of up to 25 European servers of Rust. The lost data cannot be restored.
Internet is in Trouble, OVH's Data Center Burned Down
Hubert Sledziewski, 10 March 2021, 14:45
Today morning in Europe, a fire broke out at the Strasbourg branch of OVH, which hosts 140,000 servers, as a result of which the entire SBG2 data centre and part of SBG1 burned down. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Over a Thousand WoW Classic Players Will Start Playing From Scratch
Bart Swiatek, 02 March 2021, 10:23
Thousands of World of Warcraft Classic players have decided to start playing again on a less populated server as part of the so-called The Fresh Crusade initiative. The project is tied to the planned release of The Burning Crusade expansion pack, and its goal is to create a more balanced game environment.
Minecraft Finally Gets Private Servers on PS4
Adrian Werner, 20 November 2020, 16:36
Minecraft on PlayStation 4 has finally caught up with the other versions in terms of functionality, receiving support for private servers.
WoW Players Complain About Poles and Polish Server
Jacob Blazewicz, 22 October 2020, 15:59
Some time ago, Blizzard decided to merge a handful of smaller World of Warcraft servers with Burning Legion, the unofficial realm run by Polish community. The result: complaining about slavic players, who are less than eager to welcome foreign gamers with open arms.
Among Us Falls Victim to Its Own Success
Milosz Szubert, 02 September 2020, 17:27
The team from Innersloth reported that as a result of the recent jump in popularity, the servers of Among Us are at maximum capacity. This applies especially to North American region.
WoW - Blizzard will Reduce Number of Servers
Bart Swiatek, 06 July 2020, 14:26
Blizzard Entertainment has announced that it plans to shut down some World of Warcraft servers. Populations of sparsely populated realms will be combined to reach an appropriate level before the launch of Shadowlands.
Minecraft - 18 Million People Have Played on the Popular Server
Milosz Szubert, 07 April 2020, 14:19
18 million unique players have already visited Hypixel's server in Minecraft. That's as much as 52% of all people who bought the popular Java edition of Mojang AB's game.
Escape from Tarkov - High Ping Will Eventually Kick You From the Server
Adrian Werner, 03 April 2020, 16:15
Fans of Escape from Tarkov will finally see changes in the functioning of servers. From now on they will be kicking players with too high ping. Not only is this supposed to increase the gameplay comfort of EfT, but it should also reduce the number of cheaters.
FIFA 20 - Rock, Paper, Scissors Decides on Winner of E-sports Match
Paul Wozniak, 02 March 2020, 23:22
During FUT 20 Champions Cup qualifications two players decided to settle the match by playing „rock, paper, scissors” due to problems with the servers. In recent days, connection errors have also been reported by the players of other Electronic Arts titles.
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem Game Servers Were Shut Down for Over 30 Hours
Paul Wozniak, 16 February 2020, 20:26
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem servers have been out of service for over 30 hours. This is due to the great interest in the production, which the creators did not foresee. Currently, those who have created their characters in online mode do not have access to them. Moreover, there are still other troublesome errors present in the game.
World War 3 - Limited Player Base Forces Devs to Merge Regional Servers
Adrian Werner, 04 February 2020, 13:01
The Farm 51 announced plans to merge regions in World War 3. This means that players from all over the world will be able to play on the same servers without having to change their Steam settings and lose progress on their profiles.
Destiny 2 - Isuess With Free-to-play Launch and Overcrowded Servers
Bart Swiatek, 02 October 2019, 12:21
Yesterday a free version of Destiny 2 debuted, as well as another paid expansion for the game called Shadowkeep. The interest in the game resulted in serious problems - developers were even forced to temporarily shut down the servers of both installments. Most of the complications have already been eliminated.
Intel Reveals Xeon Platinum CPU With 56 Cores
ElMundo, 03 April 2019, 22:28
During Intel Data Center Innovation Day 2019, Intel has revealed new CPUs from the server-dedicated Intel Xeon Platinum family. The top model, marked as 9282, offers as much as 56 cores.
Valve Announces Steam Link Anywhere and a Web API for Developers
Conrad Hazi, 15 March 2019, 21:08
Valve decided to show how busy they are even before the GDC has started and revealed the Steam Link Anywhere service, enabling us to use Steam Link through the Internet, and shared the technology for free with all developers who might be interested.
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds to get FPP-only servers soon
luckie, 14 July 2017, 15:16
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds developer noticed some players frowning at the fact that the game offers both FPP and TPP at the same time. That's why they're introducing FPP-only servers.
Battlefield 1 rental servers to be handled directly by EA, not third-party companies
luckie, 11 October 2016, 11:24
If you want something done right, do it yourself. That's what Electronic Arts probably thought regarding their server rental service. Unlike in the past, for Battlefield 1 EA will not be using third-party server rental companies.
Server monetization introduced to DayZ
luckie, 09 December 2015, 12:16
Since December 1st DayZ private servers owners can ask for an admission fee and accept donations from players. Bohemia Interactive is currently doing a test run of the monetization system to see how it works in their zombie-themed MMO.
E3 2015: DayZ – Single-Player Mode and Private Servers Planned
luckie, 18 June 2015, 13:27
DayZ will get a single player mode and equip the players with tools to host their own servers. In the future, the game will use the Steam Workshop functionality to help modders. DayZ is expected to enter the beta phase by the end of the year.