немного информации про организацию сети в Р:
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Retribution is still a P2P game. We do have a nice new tech out of Steamworks which is their NAT reflection server. If a connection to a player fails, then we will route through Valve's servers.
We've done tests internally where we start a match between two players, then block the IP connection between the two and the game continues gracefully. In theory it should mean any two people who can connect to Steam can connect to each other. I say in theory because there are certain problems which will require us to be in beta to truly test.
This should go a long way to improving connections between players. NAT problems are one of the contributing factors to poor connections and skill mismatches.
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The beta rumor is true. Expect a press release early next week confirming exact dates.
The first group will be invite only.
The second group into the beta will be anyone with a Retribution pre-order.
The third group into the beta will be DOW2 and CR owners, as well as owners of Steam-registered DOW1 titles.