Only one map will support this number at launch, but more are promised.
THQ has confirmed that Frontlines: Fuel of War, which is released across Europe on Friday, will support multiplayer games of up to 50 players on Xbox 360 - 64 for PC gamers. This makes it the first next-generation console title to offer such a large player count in online games.
The Xbox 360 version will launch with 90 dedicated multiplayer servers across Europe and North America, with one map, Village, offering support for the full 50 players. As more dedicated servers are brought online, additional maps will be opened up for 50-player games.
You can find out more about the game in VideoGamer.com's Frontlines: Fuel of War review.
Ginger_Jesus wrote at 19:24 on 27 February 2008
Good information, and the 360 can support 50 players. Now that's impressive, I'm looking forward for this game I might just walk into my local GAME shop and buy it. Not just because online, but the single player campaign also looks very good. From reading it from their main offical website, its got a firm storyline to it than compared to other FPS games on the 360 or even other platforms.
Soralink wrote at 18:48 on 05 March 2008
Finally, something solid...Almost everything I look at changes this number back and forth between 32 and 50.
no name wrote at 04:02 on 09 March 2008
Soralink, I think the 32 is usually mis-reported and means a team max of 32 (64 total) on the pc. 50 on 360 is really impressive. I'll be waiting at least a month till others get on and hopefully new maps will be released sooner rather than later. Keeping fingers crossed for minimal lag.