GameSpy: 14 Mai 2010 wrote ...

Call of Duty: Black Ops marks the first time developer Treyarch is taking the franchise out of World War II. And according to studio head Mark Lamia, that's not the only big change CoD fans can expect -- particularly PC gaming CoD fans.

In an interview in the latest issue of PC Zone, Lamia was asked if Activision would right its wrong and go back to dedicated servers for the Black Ops multiplayer.

"I think dedicated servers are excellent. I don't see any reason not to use them unless... well, I just don't see any reason not to," Lamia told PC Zone. "We're working very hard... so people can run dedicated servers and also participate in the communal experience the console players get to have, given they're all on first-party servers."

And if Call of Duty: Black Ops does have dedicated servers for PC gamers, they'll likely be playing a multiplayer map or two designed by a studio other than Treyarch. Citing unnamed sources, Kotaku reports that Singularity developer Raven Software has been pulled off of the project it was working on to focus on the CoD multiplayer for Black Ops.

No word on how extensive the work Raven is doing, but speculation is that the company has put two other projects on hold to lend a hand on Black Ops. And given the recent enormous success of Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 map pack, it's possible Raven will focus on DLC map packs exclusively.

Call of Duty: Black Ops is set to launch for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Windows PCs on November 9.