(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The last Call of Duty game Treyarch developed, World at War, had a maximum of 18 players online. Sony says it will be 24 this time around in Black Ops.

PlayStation 1-24 players announcement

Sony has updated their Black Ops page on PlayStation.com » with information that sounds quite exciting; hinting that the game can be played with 1-24 players. Since Xbox.com » has not updated their page with this information yet, we can not tell with complete certainty that it's confirmed or not. It sure does look like it, but only a few days back they made a mistake with announcing » new multiplayer material that didn't come through...

If it is true however, let's think about what this means for a second. The difference between 18 (World at War and Modern Warfare 2) and 24 players in an online multiplayer game mode can be huge. Even though 3 more team mates doesn't sound that many, it completely changes the way games will be played. First is the subject of lag (latency between you and the server, more info on wikipedia ), since the more players in a game will cause more lag and will make it less fun to play. Maybe Treyarch has found a way to keep the lag down with more players in the same game, which would be the ideal situation.

Besides the lag, Im excited to see how Treyarch will make this work map-wise. Smaller maps will be packed (usually resulting in a grenade-fest) and larger maps will look empty if not played in a 12 vs. 12 game.

Since it's not yet been confirmed by Activision nor Treyarch, let's await the first official multiplayer news, shall we? On that note, Treyarch's community Manager Josh Olin (JD_2020) is on press tour across America as we speak!

sweet, still not 30v30 but 12v12 will do

As long as it doesn't lag, it's awesome.

if they do this, they should but the larger maps in the rotation. ill base off MW2 for right now, for example, if you play the 12v12, you will only get maps like derail, estate, fuel, rundown etc. instead of scrapyard or even trailer park.

sounds awesome if it happens. hope it does!

I'm sure they have a better server now. Server disconnects aren't just from lag, but it will help with less games lagging out. They wouldn't put this in a game without being sure.

Hurray 24 people.

~Elmo

thanx for the update m8

They should do what they did in BFBC2. For Rush they have the whole map available, but for other modes they only have a certain section open and if you leave it for more than 10 seconds you get smoked by mortars

sounds good now i wont have to kick people becuz we have more then six