Frontlines: Fuel of War multiplayer to support 50 players, maybe more

Been tailing news on Frontlines: Fuel of War, have we soldier? You might have caught wind of someone (somewhere) claiming that Kaos Studios‘ multiplayer tactical-strategic shooter could support as much as 50 players in multiplayer for the Microsoft Xbox 360. The good news is, it can. The bad news? Well, it’s hasn’t been officially announced yet. More at the full story.

Kaos Studios‘ General Manager Frank DeLise, otherwise called delisef at the company’s community forums, has hinted that Frontlines: Fuel of War (also for the PC) does support more than the current 32-player target. In a recent post, DeLise noted that they will configure servers to support 50 Xbox 360 players duking it out online over Microsoft‘s Xbox Live.

This comes right after the fact that a recent preview of Kaos Studios’ Frontlines: Fuel of War, a tactical-strategic shooter often compared to id Software’s similar offering in 2007, surfaced with a clincher. The clincher was that a single Xbox Live session over the Xbox 360 supported “over” 50 players, or so delisef claimed.

“Frontlines will in fact have some servers set to 50 players on [the Xbox 360]. We have been testing for some time now and its on heck [sic] of an experience,” said DeLise. He further noted, however, that Frontlines: Fuel of War could support even more than that number – just like how they surpassed the 32-player estimate.

“We actually hit 73 during testing but we are taking baby steps as this is a pretty big leap,” concluded DeLise. Will we see a contender for 60-player console multiplayer as boasted by Insomniac Games’ Resistance 2 (working title)? That’ll probably depend on how much Kaos Studios pushes for. More developments on this as they come in.