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[-] Jambalaya@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Why wouldn't a multiplayer-focused game be always online?

[-] AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

Self-hostable servers, this way if their datacenters go down, game is still playable

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago
[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Another commenter already gave you the answer, but it truly sucks that we've gotten so used to this that you can't imagine an alternative.

this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2025
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