Local Internet service provider (ISP) MWeb will host the first dedicated servers for Gears of War 3 in SA.
This comes after Microsoft approached GameServers.com to host dedicated servers for Gears of War 3 for its Xbox 360 console players in a number of regions, which included SA.
“We know there are a lot of South African gamers playing Gears of War 3, so we're really excited about making servers available to GameServers.com,” says Desmond Kurz, online gaming manager at MWeb.
“With these servers deployed locally, players will no longer experience the higher latencies associated with connecting to international servers, which should make the game play experience so much better,” he adds.
The ISP says it is grateful to Microsoft, on behalf of South African Xbox gamers, for considering SA as a region to deploy these game servers, despite earlier reports that these servers were not going to be deployed in the country.
“To our knowledge, this Gears of War 3 dedicated server is the first locally hosted console game server in SA and we hope that this will be the start of a trend in which console game publishers and providers increase their footprint in the South African market.” says Kurz.
“MWeb will actively pursue such opportunities to improve the online gaming experience for local players.”
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