Vier dagen geleden kon je mij hier op Eigenwereld.nl zien zeuren als een kleine bitch, want Electronic Arts en DICE hadden na het invoeren van betaalde servers veel hun eigen servers offline gehaald. Wat de nodige problemen opleverde omdat veel privé servers hun eigen regels er op na houden, en veel admins een stelletje jankende egoïstische pussys zijn die mensen bannen als de beter dan hun zijn. Door al het negatieve nieuws doen EA en DICE nu aan damage control door vandaag de stekker weer in de oude servers te stoppen om zo de woedende meute met dDos tools en Nmap tevreden te houden.

GamesBeat reported last week that official servers run by developer DICE were no longer available for multiplayer gaming on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Instead the community was only able to use privately rented servers - charged at $30 for 30 days - or a handful of EA-run servers. EA later clarified its position, telling GamesBeat that DICE-controlled servers were no longer appearing as available because they had been rented out to players. The company stated that it would add servers and reserve a percentage of these for hosting by DICE.

In a follow-up comment received today, an EA representative told GamesBeat, "You should see DICE-hosted servers up today. I do not have the exact percentage or number of servers, but we'll continue to monitor this to make sure all players are having the best possible gameplay experience."

Checking the PS3 version of Battlefield 3, EA has indeed been true to its word, adding a significant number of DICE-hosted servers to the game. A search of the server browser revealed in excess of 170 official DICE servers, covering all geographical regions and all multiplayer modes.