Infinity Ward’s lack of dedicated servers for the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 was a big deal to some. And Swedish developer DICE was well aware of this fact. So much so that they took the opportunity during the controversy to inform everyone that their upcoming FPS Battlefield: Bad Company 2 would in fact have dedicated server support.

But they left out one tiny detail, those servers could only be rented rather then letting players build their own.

In an interview with Eurogamer DICE producer Gordon Van Dyke elaborated on their reasoning:

“This does not earn DICE a profit, but we will see where the game goes and support it post launch.”

Those wanting to host a private dedicated server will have to do so by renting from DICE authorized hosts that have been picked in “all major regions of the world”. This is the first Battlefield title to not support community built and hosted servers.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is set to release on March 5th with a live PC beta starting January 28th and ending February 25th.

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